No mas

The streak is over. I went back and checked the records and found that I last purchased gas January 21st which was a Saturday. It was posted to my checking account(debit card) on Jan 23rd. So, add it up from then ‘til today you get 103 days. As it’s always said when a streak ends; time to start a new one.

I had a busy morning. Well, busy by my standards. I’ll be the first to admit that I typically don’t do shit on my days off. Clean Elwood’s shit box. Maybe start some laundry. I usually mow the lawn on Sundays. I pretty much monkey around in my playroom (garage) and then go out for a ride. Then I wait for The Wifey to get home and figure out what’s going down for dinner. Today I went to the grocery store, bought gas, and stopped by Highland Gardens for a scoop of mulch for the homestead. All this before 10AM.

I could have used all that busyness as an excuse for a nap but instead I rolled out for a 3hr+ ride. Good ride. Mostly small ring spinner type stuff. I was really gripping hard the last 30 minutes. I’m still unhappy with my seat situation. About 4 miles from home I was unexpectedly doused from behind with water. My exact words were WTF?! Only to find a smiling Legend right behind me holding a now empty water bottle in his hand. It was warm today. Once I got over the initial WTF moment the water dousing felt really good. I was tempted to jump in the Yellow Breeches for a nice cool down. 56 miles total. Longest ride I’ve done in a long time.

This week has been a good one in terms of free goodies. Monday some lady dropped off a dozen donuts at Holmes. I think we gave her an empty bike box which to us is just trash but to her was worth at least $3 in donuts. Mmmmmm donuts. Monday I also received the latest in VisitPA.com Mountainbike team fashionwear. A nice bright shiny new T-shirt. Thanks VisitPA Ray! It gets better. Tuesday my favorite little punk KHam throws me a awesome new pair of Trek/VW socks. Black and red, high cuffed and super comfy. Thanks Kyle! Not to be outdone. Tuesday afternoon The Legend blows everyones generosity out of the water by showing up with about a dozen sandwiches and a GINORMOUS chicken breast salad from Panera. He fed most of us at Holmes for two days with that nice little visit. Seems a Doctors office he visits down in Hangover double booked a lunch so he had to do something with all that fantastic grub. Thanks Mike!

I just got word that our floors are being sanded and refinished starting next Monday thru Wednesday. That’s cool. What sucks is that means I need to move all of our shit out of the house by Sunday night. I hate moving shit. Hate it. Next time I move I’m paying someone else to do it. These floors will look like a million bucks once they’re refinished.

I’ve been hearing a lot of The The on Fred the past couple weeks. Show of hands…..who can name me any two songs by The The? I couldn’t. I definitely have heard a few of them before but just another case of one of those bands that gets overlooked but really kicks ass.

Flyers are done for the season. They got Buffalo’d pretty bad. Should be interesting to see what comes of all the big hulking but very slow defense that got them into deep shit most of the season. At least the Sillies are playing a little better lately. Now that I’ve said that I won’t even turn the game on tonight. I just said something positive about them, which most assuredly means I just jinxed them to a week of losing.

I lounged on my hammock tonight for about 30 pleasant minutes while reading the most recent issue of Bike Culture (formerly The Ride). Decent little mag. I could have fallen asleep if not for my post ride stank I have working. I guess it’s time to clean myself up a bit. The Wifey is giving me that look.

Until next time.