I didn’t exercise for three days running and the weather was warm so I headed out on my bicycle in the afternoon to try to get back on track. The ride was good for the most part and I noticed I am not having to work quite as hard to climb hills as I did before. I guess this getting fit thing is paying off now. :)

My first stop was at some markets in a suburb a few kilometres away to buy a needed item for someone in the household. Then I popped over the big shopping centre across the road to buy bread before heading back towards home. My next stop was the Indian food shop that lies in a somewhat different direction. I would have taken a direct route but there are lots of roadwork areas along that path and I was uncertain how well I’d be able to cycle there. Essentially I rode most of the way home and travelled to this shop to buy curry paste for Game Fanatic.

They didn’t have the paste that we’ve been buying in stock so I got a couple different others to try. One of them was a Sri Lankan paste (which turned out to be quite bland). I needed to spend $10 to use my credit card so I wandered around an checked the fridge at the back. I discovered a bottle of mango lassi there and added that to my small haul.

The ride home was a bit more eventful because the chain on my bike suddenly popped off and I couldn’t get it back on properly. I ended calling the Scientist who was to meet me at a nearby shopping centre parking lot to help out. I walked the bike there and tried again and was able to sort out the chain but it was too late to call the Scientist again. Fortunately it’s only about a five minute drive from home. He was able to take the purchases home while I rode home.

I drank a bit of the lassi while on the way and it was bit thicker than I expected but not so much that I made note of it. The ride home from that point was uneventful from that point. I got home and had a shower. My appetite was almost non-existent and I hadn’t eaten very much during the day so it surprised me. I was able to eat a bit of food later in the evening and that didn’t sit well with me all afterwards. I felt more sick to my stomach than I had before. This wasn’t the stomach churning feeling I’ve had since the election.

I did sleep reasonably well but woke early and thought I should check out the bottle of the lassi which was in the fridge. I only drank about half of it before. I discovered there was no use-by date on it so I’m inclined to believe it was sticker that was removed previously. I should have checked it out when I bought it and paid for it. I’m guessing I had some sort of food poisoning from this…either that or it was coincidental. Needless to say, I won’t be drinking any more of it and I probably won’t ever buy any dairy products from that shop again. Sigh.

At least the bike ride went well though. :)

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