REPEAT PERFORMANCE?

So....Ken and I start biking up our monstrous "driveway." We get to the top and what do we find? Our kids STILLLLLLL waiting for their bus. Can you say deja vu? Ken offers to drive them to school and I keep on going. Inside my head, I'm thinking, is my chain going to come off this time, and, do you see any dead birds? It only lasts a second and I keep going. I get on Sagecrest to go down the big hill and there are two dogs in the road. The evil side of me is happy to see these creatures. I get out my dog spray.....yes, Mace for dogs.....and just dare them to come at me. One starts coming toward me and I get to spray him. I gave just a nice friendly little spray. I purposely missed him but got him close enough that he could smell it and leave me alone. Keep in mind that I'm going down hill and if this darn dog makes me fall off my bike, it's gonna hurt. Well, I'm happy to report, it was NOT a repeat performance of my previous post but a great ride of calm, solitude, clean hands, and kleenex the rest of the ride. I did blow a snot rocket or two for good measure....reminiscent of other GREAT rides.