40-Year-Old-Virgin Bike Riding Montage

Picture this:  The theme from "Greatest American Hero" playing in the background or some saxophone montage music from an 80's movie (St. Elmo's Fire is applicable) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKtCcWnAjl4   the wind in my hair, bikeflag streaming behind my 1997 model Bianchi mountain bike.....  I'm considering riding my bike to work after the baby is born.  Now, let's be real.  I'll have to be cleared from the doctor to exercise.  The weather must be favorable.  My bike needs a tune-up and some other accessories to accommodate such a trek.

It's roughly 17 miles to my office (Woodridge to Itasca).  I looked on Google Maps:
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=6001+Perry+Drive,+Woodridge,+IL&daddr=1140+West+Bryn+Mawr+Avenue,+Itasca,+IL&hl=en&ll=41.876208,-88.05336&spn=0.33437,0.439453&sll=41.87612,-88.042425&sspn=0.33437,0.439453&geocode=FR55fQId3n_A-ilHag7sVlAOiDEMfSucXIasEQ%3BFcd9gAId0sjA-ikprqAC560PiDFwD8cJvIR1QQ&oq=1140+West+Bryn+Mawr+Ave,+Itas&t=h&dirflg=h&mra=ls&z=11

17 miles is totally possible.  Chris and I have biked for a couple of hours on a few occasions.  Additionally, it'll save money on tolls AND most importantly, get my big fat ass into shape.



The complexity comes from leaving early enough in the morning (6 AM) to make it to work by 7:15-ish, with time to shower in the plant's locker room.  I'll have to plan on leaving clothes/bringing clothes to work, as well as a hair dryer and my makeup.  I can totally do this.  If I wasn't 29 weeks pregnant, I'd do it now.

I watched an episode of 48 Hour Mystery last night.  I love that show.  Addictive.  This particular episode was about John Gotti and his family's account of "growing up Gotti."  First let me say that Victoria Gotti needs a makeover.  BIG TIME.  Her fake and way too long brassy blonde hair needs a good cut.  Her makeup is totally outdated (purple eyeshadow and fake green colored contacts are very 1991).



So, John Gotti, according to his kids, was this pleasant dude.  Kind, generous, giving, funny and charismatic.  To the general public, John Joseph Gotti was "Dapper Don" or "Teflon Don"; slippery enough to avoid the grips of the US judicial system.  Acquitted 3 times of murder convictions, JG was finally found guilty and sentenced (to life in prison) for the involvement of the murder of Paul Castellano.

Anyhoo, VG and her 3 sibs (one son died many years ago) seem to think that John "paid his dues."  I'm curious...... DUES.  Does dues = the countless deaths that John Gotti was associated with (either planned, organized, followed through with)?  He wasn't sentenced to death, just life without parole.  I think this will be my thought point of the day.  What dues did JG pay?  What about the victim's families?  Granted, a life of organized crime is a tangled web.  Lots of lies, deceit, cheating, etc.  Does anyone coming from that past ever really come clean?