You said it, Springfield NBC affiliate reporter.
The last seven days been
stressful scary awful.
In both a small and big picture way. For me, they started with a broken
thumb last Friday (yes, it was bike related and yes, it's hard to work
without a thumb). Then Erich broke his arm, reducing the Hub Bicycle
Mechanic Team down to two working right arms. I want nothing but to do the best work in the quickest turn-around time.
We're still cranking out the same quality service you've come to
expect, but at a slower pace that I'm finding difficult to be ok with. All of that seems small potatoes, though.
Sunday night was the wildly fun and successful
Midnight Marathon Ride (yes, I rode, broken thumb and all).
Then the Marathon on Monday. My dear friend, Josh,
said it best with this post on his website
Bike Safe Boston.
Sad, unsettling, angering- I can't say it any better than the hundreds
blog posts, tweets, and columns that have come out over the last week.
Yesterday
I arrived at the shop wicked early to try to get some work done. I
looked out the window shortly before 7am to see a CBS news van pull up
on Cambridge St. Shortly after that Fox, CNN, AP, NBC, ABC, etc... It
was surreal to be watching a live stream of the news shot from a
helicopter hovering over the building I was watching the news in. I
didn't know the two that lived in the house on Norfolk St, but I did
know a lot of their neighbors. I recognized so many faces in the crowd that gathered in front of the shop (many evacuated from their houses, some still in pajamas)- both of folks
who are customers and those I see when I walk to the bank, or post
office or lunch. I know that this is also not a unique feeling, but this
past week reinforced my love for the city and this neighborhood in
particular. Some terrible people lived here, but so, so many more good
people do, too.
Today
the news crews are gone. Many folks have remarked at how well and
quickly things seem to be getting back to normal. We're getting back to
work, and continuing to will broken bones to heal up fast. So, thanks
for your patience, and continue to stay safe out there.
