i want to ride it where i like

So. The other day at work, I was bemoaning the state of the local bus service. It has been horrendous for years, but at the end of last week, the road on one of the main routes collapsed, meaning the buses had to take a really out of the way detour to get to their destinations, meaning the schedule was even more screwed than usual.

Context is that I live in a valley system, which has one A road down the middle of it in all directions the valleys go. All other routes are over the hills/moorland, and add extra time to journeys because they are out of the way to access, and obviously not suitable for certain types of traffic.

Anyway, I happened to mention that I'd been wanting to buy a bike for literal years, and maybe this was my sign from the universe to do so. And the lass I was talking to said her sister had a bike she wanted to sell, did I want it?

Obviously, I said yes!

So they brought it to work for me last night for when I finished my shift, and the plan was for me to ride it home. Except...I haven't ridden a bike in sixteen years, so I was very wobbly, somewhat scared of the traffic on the road, and it really hurt my thighs. So I gave up approximately halfway home and wheeled it the rest of the way.

And now I have a bike sitting in my kitchen.

I just need to get used to it again before I start riding it to work and back (and also get appropriate equipment; I need a helmet, lights, and reflectors). And also find somewhere else in the house to store it.

But I have a bike! I am very !!!!! about it!