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If you had told me a few years ago that I would get on my bike and ride to a different state, and all for a soda and some fries from McDonalds, I would have told you that was ludicrous. No-one would ever commute that far for something so trivial. And yet just last year, I would do exactly that. It was a hot summer day at roughly 1:00 in the afternoon. By then, I had already dropped about 10 hours that day on my Xbox and computer, which gave me a headache. I was more used to riding my bike around town, sometimes even to school, and so I figured I could just ride down the hill, maybe grab a bagel from the gas station down the road and be rested and refreshed for another 9+ hours of gaming. It was my off day from work, so I figured it would be …show more content…

It was mostly downhill, so I hadn’t even broken a sweat. I went inside to greet the obviously confused staff, ordered myself a double cheeseburger, fries, and a large root beer, and went on my way. Cutting across the street, and scarfing down my hamburger as I went, I dove into a movie theater/bargain store. I had always enjoyed coming here because of the small toys that were lying around, such as wind up helicopters, bouncy balls, and other fun distractions. I walked to the back of the store where the theater portion was, observed that every one of the movies had debuted nearly 5 weeks ago (it wasn’t a very popular theater), and headed back to my bike for the grueling ride home. I had gone about 2.5 miles when I saw a small figure in the middle of the street trying to cross. It was a small snapping turtle, attempting to journey from the marsh one side of the street to the marsh on the other. I carefully waited for traffic to stop, and fastidiously scooped up the turtle in my helmet and carried him to the side he was directed. After making sure he wasn’t going to drift back into the street, I hopped on my bike and trekked the rest of the way

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