"craziest thing ever"... maybe

Nah... there are way crazier things in the world.
For a lot of people that little thing I did yesterday was crazy.
For me it was a necessity.

Domi has been in Bavaria with his family for what was supposed to be a 1,5 week vacation... but his dad decided to add another week to it. I missed him a lot and I was really upset. Especially in the evenings when I came home from my summer job and had time to ponder over stupid stuff...

It reached the point that on Saturday, one day before they were scheduled to come home I posted this on twitter:

I'm a total fucking loser. My friends want to hang out but I rather stay at home, hang around the internet being bored and mope about Domi
Sat Jul 31 2010 12:14:48 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via web

fucked up. I didn't use to be like that... I'm the current goddamn western state champion in basketball... look at me... fucking loser
Sat Jul 31 2010 12:16:23 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via web

So I spent my Saturday being at home, doing nothing. In the evening Domi called and said this to me:

Domi just called and we talked for almost an hour. He misses me. He said he wants to hug me for half an hour when he's back.
Sat Jul 31 2010 21:54:30 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

I couldn't sleep and thought a lot about almost everything. I went to bed at 2:30am and maybe subconsciously made a decision:

It was a beautiful Sunday morning when I decided to pack my rucksack with 5 bananas, 3 bottles of water and a few energy bars. I had a weird idea but wasn't sure if I should follow through. So I took my bike and let my legs do the thinking.

But let the tweets speak for themselves, shall we?

Call me an erratic fool. But I'm in a mcD about 35 km outside cologne. I came here by bike and I'm gonna go as far as I can towards bavaria
Sun Aug 01 2010 11:57:14 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

I already spoke with his dad. They're gonna pick me up on their way back from Bavaria.
Sun Aug 01 2010 11:58:20 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

Currently I'm going about 15 to 18 km an hour. By this rate I'll be in at least two different states
Sun Aug 01 2010 12:00:03 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

I drank 3 bottles of water/minerals mix so far and had 3 bananas and 1 cheeseburger
Sun Aug 01 2010 12:02:15 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

Wow, once you sit down and relax, your legs don't want to get up anymore.

Sun Aug 01 2010 12:03:09 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

My biggest concern is my iPod's battery. It is my only source of a map. Right now a nice lady allows me to use her laptop's USB port.
Sun Aug 01 2010 12:13:23 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

~~~ 2 hours later ~~~

I'm in Königswinter in a cafe waiting for a ferry boat to cross the Rhine. Then I will continue on the B9
Sun Aug 01 2010 14:29:59 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via web

a nice man in his 60s gave me his map of the region... it ends at the state border... but I still have a bit until I reach it
Sun Aug 01 2010 14:31:43 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via web

Here I am http://maps.google.de/maps?ll=50.665131,7.19965&spn=0.061041,0.143337&z=13&iwloc=13964904820822171281&lci=com.google.webcams
Sun Aug 01 2010 14:34:11 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via web

~~~ another 2 and half hours later ~~~

I've arrived in Weißenthurm http://maps.google.de/maps?ll=50.415136,7.458344&spn=0.030683,0.071669&z=14 I'm exhausted. I need to peeee
Sun Aug 01 2010 16:53:38 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via web

according to my bike computer my top speed was 32,8 km/h... my avg speed is 18,3 km/h. I am very very exhausted
Sun Aug 01 2010 16:56:12 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via web

I just called mom and told her where I am... she freaked out... I think I have to face consequences... fuck it...
Sun Aug 01 2010 16:57:51 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via web

fucking German laws... everywhere everything is closed cos it's Sunday... I can only get water and energy bars at gas stations... for double the price... and no bananas or fresh fruit... I ate about 10 bifi rolls so far... I'M EXHAUSTED... can someone call a TAXI? lol
Sun Aug 01 2010 17:03:55 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via web

a lot of my friends on twitter sent me awesome messages and they were very supportive and encouraging... thank you soooo much :o)

guys guys... thank you so much for your tweets... I can't answer them all... I gotta leave... and please don't worry... I'm fiiine and happy
Sun Aug 01 2010 17:11:34 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via web

~~~ another 2 hours later ~~~

I DID IIIIT. I'M IN KOBLENZ. Free wifi at BK. That last 11 km took me almost two hours
Sun Aug 01 2010 19:12:04 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

I need food. Having two king fries and a triple whopper. Brb
Sun Aug 01 2010 19:16:14 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

*buuuuurp* I'm full now. Ok I can't move a muscle. Seriously. They're hard like stone. I feel like I weigh twice as much. Will sit back, call Domi and try to close my eyes if that's ok with you. Thank you so much for supporting me and rooting for me. You guys are pure love. I haven't completely realized it yet. 104.6 km. That's insane. Never done anything like this before.
Sun Aug 01 2010 19:37:36 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

Thank you so much for all the nice tweets. I'll get back to you asap. Now some rest. Oh, one more thing. Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouuuuuuch
Sun Aug 01 2010 19:38:45 (Central Europe Daylight Time) via Twitter for iPhone

Eventually, with a delay of 40 minutes they arrived in Koblenz and picked me up.
We almost never kiss or hold hands in front of his dad... I don't know why, maybe because we don't want to overload him with the gay thing... he still has a hard time with the fact that his "straight" son is in a gay relationship. But he is very very silent about that... he tries his best. He is a good person.

Anyways... Domi didn't care... he gave me one of the best hugs ever... And I don't know if it was my exhausted legs or relief that we are united again or love or whatever... but... at that moment I felt zero gravity... I couldn't move because every muscle in my body hurt and was as heavy as a rock... but at that moment in his arms... *sigh* I LOVE YOU.

His mom immediately called my mom and told her they've picked me up.
I sat in the back while Domi and his dad towed my bike to this transporting thing on the back... Domi sat next to me and held my hand (another thing we don't do in front of his dad).
They kept talking to me and asking me all kind of questions.
While his mom was interested in what I was thinking to have done "such a sweet thing", his dad asked me about the road and the stops I made and "technical stuff"...
At one point he asked me if I had the right amount of air in the tires, cos it is important...

After about 20 minutes I leaned over and rested my head on Domi's lap and closed my eyes while he was stroking my hair...

I don't know if I can make you understand how important this moment was for me.
One family... no holding back... total contentedness... a feeling of... I don't know... a big reward after 10 hours... and after waiting for 2 and half weeks... HEAVEN!!!

We arrived home shortly after 10pm... Domi helped me inside and mom didn't say much... I quickly tweeted "Home. Dead. Bed" and fell asleep.

Only to wake up with a lot of pain two hours later...but yeah... worth it.