I put in nine hours of saddle time over Thanksgiving. Saddle time means 'time in which the pedals were moving' and does not include time waiting at lights or taking a break. Since the weather was unseasonably warm, I had to take advantage of it.

That left little time for doing my homework. There's always one night of classes in which most everything is due, and that night was last night. I still have a few presentations and an exam in the next couple of weeks.

Of course I much prefer riding my bike over doing homework.