Way back around the first snow of the season, I found a thumbtack in the front tire of my bike. Perhaps I ran over it; perhaps some mischievous soul stuck it there on purpose. In either case, both the deflated tire and the icy, subfreezing weather forced me to walk to class all winter. Until recently, that is, when unseasonably warm temperatures allowed me to finally repair the bike. On Saturday I drove (with the windows down) to a bicycle shop to buy a patching kit. I fixed the leak without much trouble, which allowed me to ride my bike to class today (without a coat because it was beautiful, sunny, and over 60 degrees) for the first time this semester. I love these spring previews.