TGIF. Eff airplanes, and eff this weather.
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TGIF. Eff airplanes, and eff this weather.
Caught a one day of flu yesterday. I think I got it from my son who had it last week. At least I had to drug up myself and take the kids to soccer and the 75 degree weather did magic. Hopefully I can squeeze in a bike ride today.
Too many things going on. Need to start piling up my kit for the AZ trip, including finding a new hydration pack and stocking it with tools and spares. Need to get an insurance claim going. Need to do something about finding a new mountain bike. Need not to get all hyper about what is ordinary life.
Yup: remember which shit matters, JBP, and which doesn't. 'tis a non-trivial problem.
First night home with new baby == tired me at work today, as the baby wanted more after nursing for nearly an hour, so I got to feed her with a tiny syringe of breastmilk. After that then my brain decided it'd be a good idea to think about research ideas for another hour or so... not great timing, brain, at 1 AM.
First night home with new baby == tired me at work today, as the baby wanted more after nursing for nearly an hour, so I got to feed her with a tiny syringe of breastmilk. After that then my brain decided it'd be a good idea to think about research ideas for another hour or so... not great timing, brain, at 1 AM.
Glad to hear you are all home. For me getting the baby home almost felt more special than the birth and hospital where there is so much stuff going on.
On Friday my doctor diagnosed me with severe bronchitis and it's not getting better. There's traces of blood in my luggies today... I think I will go to the clinic instead of waiting to see my doctor tomorrow. If I had to guess I would also say that I still have a fever. Eff this shit, the riding season has started!
I cannot recommend Osprey hydration packs enough. I used to be a Camelback fanboi until I got an Osprey and I will never look back. Their fit, security, and bladder are all superior to the Camelbacks.
Mornin'
Nothing happening at the moment.
Totally agree about Osprey packs.
Nothing happening at the moment.
Totally agree about Osprey packs.
+1
Osprey FTW. Their bladders don't fail like Camelbak and they are more comfortable.
New bed gets delivered today. I have been sleeping on a Thermarest on the floor since January because of my back. It will be nice to sleep in a bed again.
Wife and daughter just left for two weeks. I am digging out trenches for some new sprinklers in the yard. Pretty soon Mike from FATE Brewing Co will be arriving and there will be tacos and showing brewers how it is in Yakima. Any of you Rangers know this guy? Good beers?
Don't know Mike, but they're in Boulder and brew some good beers. Nice IPA, nice stout too.
Cool
The upside of this + being in the hospital 7-5 today as well is that I wrote about 1800 words today based off of my sleepless thoughts last night. After grabbing a bit more data the next few days I should have enough material for another paper.
Insomnia ==> ~$1k/yr for the rest of my career, in other words. (Publication target of 20 to get the next rank, salary boost of $25k/yr for each academic rank. QED.)
Update: Make that closer to 2500 words upon revision and fleshing out (including gratuitous 3rd person references to my own prior published work--recall that reviewers are blinded so I can't just refer to it directly).
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They are pretty cool dudes that is for sure! Sounds like the food is good too.
Did trail work on TMTMNBN.
..........oh and helicopters still rule.
TGIF. Eff airplanes, and eff this weather.
I had a good day today. Good swim, good burger and fries, good run.
Can you fly a Helicopter?
Old riding buddy was in town with a bunch of his friends from the Marines. Did a nice road century up on Skyline drive. Conditions were perfect. They were all strong riders, very stereotypical roadies, however they weren't very good at riding road bikes. The only people on the ride who knew how to hold a wheel were mountainbikers.
For the topic of the day, one of the Marines was a Super Cobra pilot.
I haven't done a ride over 40 miles in well over a year. I felt surprisingly good going the 100 miles.
For the topic of the day, one of the Marines was a Super Cobra pilot.
I haven't done a ride over 40 miles in well over a year. I felt surprisingly good going the 100 miles.
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How hard could it be. Left hand is up down. Feet are left right, right hand is round and round.
I'm about 30 miles outside of Moab, feels good to finally get this trip underway. Looking forward to the next seven days of riding my face off.
almost forgot, most excellent wildlife viewing on the lake today
Worth it just for the access to the hydration bladder and the nice tool organizer, IMO.
Powder day today at Winter Park. I'll take it.
New bed is here and is thuper cumphy. But for some reason it smells like egg rolls. Good thing I like egg rolls.