more than i should that i only managed to ride 18 miles this week.

one day.

mentioned it before, and despite having a pretty damn remarkably good day today, well above the average and venturing into the awesome, the damn albatross is weighing me down.

but man good day - write about the positive right? helps to dispel the negaive?

supposedly.



of course last night, getting home way closer to midnight than is right, eventually getting to sleep, dog waking me up at 5:40 was too early.  but she acted like a good snooze and woke me back up at 6am.

got everyone ready for the day, play date, volunteer at and watch ballet, assemble bikes, wrap it all up with a timely and very much appreciated invitation to dinner with some friends.

was pretty damn f'n awesome

i wrenched on bikes instead of riding, so there's that.

I got to hear that Russ snagged a podium.  Fox managed a 10th and Nicky scored an 8th.

Biggest deal is Ryan Fucking Kelly working as a course marshall, standing out there in the drizzle a bit and what not, taking abuse and helping out for HOURS ALL FUCKING MORNING before his race and he makes the P/1/2 BREAK?! JD said it best:
Attn all "gotta rest my w/ my legs compression sock dudes": @ryantkelly marshaled all day, then made the winning P/1/2 break at Sterling.

got to hear about friends racing and doing well even if i wasn't riding.

i need to start looking at some days to protect, sadly next week is shot from this week, and the following one doesn't look much better.  i'll just be happy to be back on the bike next week, if possible.

as rewarding as it is being even reasonably successful juggling it all as a solo-dad, it'll be a bit of a welcome relief when it comes to an end.

Here's a tip - don't drink that Sam Adams Blueberry Hill beer. Not even to be nice to someone (who bought a mixed pack but didn't realize it had stuff like that in it).  That "natural" flavor lingers, probably should have picked up a bottle of Rum or Whisky to get rid of the after taste.

dog is snoring on the couch next to me.... i'm burping blueberry chemical flavoring.  not agreeable.

probably should just cap it off with trying to sleep, like the rest of the house. I'm so gonna get my ass kicked on the wed night smackdown next week.  oh...  man...

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