So goes the Arab curse.  The theory of course being that what we wish for has consequences beyond our immediate awareness, perhaps unpredictably so.  As this is tax season and I’ve been remarkably adept at avoiding them, I’m afraid that you’ll have to do without this morning. Be assured that I rode and was caught entirely unaware (and over-heating) when our afternoon temperatures spiked up to 26 degrees.

Of course, as the titles alludes, I was the recipient of my stated wish, namely to overcome my pathological submission to wind.  Or rather, I was granted another of the necessary lessons such a desire requires.  I leave you now with the following screen shot of Calgary wind conditions today.  You will have to take my word for it that it was not a tailwind.

Notice the nice peak at precisely 5 pm.
(Click it to make it easier to read)