008: reboot

Here is what I have seen and done over the past week:

Yup, pretty much laid on my back, choked on my own snot and stared at the ceiling.

A week ago I had just finished a strong ride with the boys, come off a really good block of training and was very confident as Diane and I were preparing for the 6 hours of Patapsco. Dare I say, I was starting to ride with strength and swagger for the first time since the Baker's dozen.

Diane and I don't race too much in the spring these days, so the 5 or so events we do seem to gain importance. They are place makers in our build up for the cross season.

Last Sunday when I first fell ill, I figured I'd be fine by Wednesday, I was wrong.

Thursday when I woke up with the my new Barry White voice still intact, sexy to the ladies, but not so much for cycling, I knew I was out for the weekend, and spent another day on my back.

Graciously, Breyla-la agreed to take my spot, so Monkey could still race. Sweet. Sadly the race was rained out, and the rain date is... Yup, the same day as the Granogue Cross race, so now I'm tasked with trying to sell our entry. Supersweet...

Let me say I was at my surliest on Thursday, and it was no mistake Monkey had to escape the house to get away from me on this magical day. I am no good at being sick.

This week in my cold medicine drugged haze I dreamed about peperoni pizza, I dreamed I was racing cross, I dreamed about main street, and skateboarding, and drinking some funny drinks.

Most of all, I just want to be healthy again. I want to go to work. I want to ride my bike...

Ugh...

This morning I noticed that our lime tree has a number of blooms, a number of potential limes.

Diane commented, "I've never seen so many little limes."

I replied, "that's God telling me he wants me to start drinking beer again monk."

we'll see when I get healthy again...

with just about 100 days until cross season, it's time for me to get healthy and stop fucking around with this thing. This has not been the spring build up that I would have liked for my cross season. Time to make this happen is now...

first thing: get healthy...

"Whatever comes our way, whatever battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. My friend taught me that. He chose to be the best of himself. It's the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what's right. "

respect

fm