episode 118: shiny pants

After a nice night of climbing 6 of us headed out to grab a bite to eat. Over dinner conversation, Rachael, Buddy the leg breaker's wife, comments in her thick English accent that she has just bought a new set of shiny pants. This revelation was kinda out of the blue, and I could tell that by looking a Buddy he was showing great interest in the new shiny pants. I think to myself , hell, I got get Monkey to get some shiny pants, maybe something like these:

I quietly say to Diane, " honey, you need to get some shiny pants too." In a loving smartassed kinda way. Then I think Rachael realized that everyone at the table, had misunderstood her, as she corrected me saying, "Shiny pans, not pants, you know to cook with." There was a burst of laughter and we continued our meal, and although I was excited for Rachael and her new shiny pans, the idea of Diane getting shiny pants was far more exciting for me than shiny pans.


the next day Wes the Conqueror, FFAmy and I rolled out of fairhill and met up with Matt (run forest) and Ted Logic on the road, as we all met at Charlie's where we found Tom (papa smurf) and the Nature Boy Matt V. Charlie lead us on a little ride around Lancaster county, nothing too strenuous as it was my last weekend of base, and I am having a much anticipated rest week starting immediately after the ride. At one point, Wes looked at me and asked, "why are they yelling BALL SACK?"

Monkey and FFAmy work it out a bit...

I too had heard that call from behind us, "BALL SACK?" I couldn't figure it out, had someone sat on their junk? had someone burst through their shorts? Had someone found a hackeysack on the side of the road? Then a car sped by, and it came to me "cars back, not ball sack." I get it now. there was a small burst of laughter/

At one point in the ride Nature Boy Matt V, says, " everyone is riding really well." Matt V doesn't generally run in the same circles that we do, although it was nice to have him pull us around today. I responded, "we have a lot of work to do" Matt looks at me and says, " can you just take a compliment?" He was right, I promptly thanked him, and followed up with, "Matt you need to understand, we are ingrained in this group to not take compliments, it's part of our culture..."

sweet, sexy new hotness.

That's kinda sad, but I also know that it's the truth. We work hard, even when we are riding our best, which clearly we are not yet, we are not satisfied, we still all desire to push it just a little further ride just a little more, climb just a little better... Sad as that may be, it is what keep this game so damn interesting...

It was a nice little ride. When I got home I found this:


Tom, who drove to the ride, who had pet my dogs, showered in my shower, dressed in my clothes, sleeping on my couch. Luckily , I love this guy.

respect.
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