Today I decided to force myself off the bicycle. Making it harder to not ride, the two donuts and three pieces of pizza I’ve had for lunch. But, I’ll work it off this weekend practicing (and hopefully racing, weather depending) at Buttonwillow.
I wanted to have stickers made of me and my grandpa. He’s kind of a silent sponsor of my racing. I just wanted an outline, that I could have made in any color, of a round, happy looking grandpa in slouchy camos and a pith helmet (his usual ranch attire) holding the hand of a chicken legged little girl in a rice paddy hat. Not sure why, just, we wore them around the Alpine ranch back in the seventies and eighties. I thought it’d be a cute little graphic to put somewhere on my bike. Maybe one of us would be holding a fishing pole. But I used to love goofing off around the ranch with him, driving the tractor, checking out the wells, feeding oatmeal to the catfish, climbing rocks and building rope swings.
It was hard seeing what we all have to look forward to in the world of modern medicine; a slow, agonizing decline of both mental and physical health. That is, unless I kill myself on a motorcycle, bicycle, slipping in the shower or by accidental shaving accident. I’m sure I can come up with a hundred different interesting ways to risk my life, on purpose and, well, not. Maybe the world is punishing me for having too good a life. Who knows.
I’ve gotten a lot of work done today on MyLawsuit.com; things are progressing nicely. Tonight I go to see my almost eight year old niece in a theatrical version of The Princess and the Pea, then tomorrow I leave at 4 or 5 a.m. to head to “b wizzle.” I’m looking forward to riding again, especially with the road rash and thumb and everything else finally starting to heal.
Oh! And I just added this Strava widge to the side of my blog. Isn’t it rad? I love that site! It makes every day like a race day, and it’s kind of social too. If anyone is interested in buying a full years’ subscription, let me know, because I’m a Strava “Ambassador” and have coupons for half off!
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