Today was a good day...

Dear Readers,

On Monday, I looked at the weather and scheduled a half PTO day for Wednesday. Eighty degrees and sunny, I'm not letting this get away, or so I thought...

Went to work Wednesday, and the shit hit the fan. As they say, the real trouble hits you in some random Wednesday morning, and usually nothing that you ever expect. SON OF A BITCH- I figured, my day was shot.

We scrambled, we hustled, we did everything we could at the given time. My boss and I sat in my office, and I said to him, "hey, I'll hang out here in case something else comes up." He smiled and said to me, " Man, it's 80 degrees and sunny,  we've done everything we can- get out of here and ride your bike, heck, I wish I could join you. I love that man. BEST BOSS EVER.

I had a better day than a dog in a shark suit...

I met up with Buddy the Leg Breaker, CONsorto, and Nick and headed out for an amazing ride. The boys drug me all over the place. I suffered. I struggled. Thanks for saving my bacon gentlemen.

All I could think about was how bad Hell of Hunterdon was going to hurt. I was over my head. It was perfect.  I was suffering up one particular climb and CONsorto asked, "you okay man?" to which I replied, "we didn't all talk vacation today to do something less than awesome." It was a great ride.

Diane got home from work and we went to one of our favorite restaurants for half priced nachos. While not our normal half-priced nacho joint, it is one of our favorite places. The place was packed. A sunny day had attracted tons of college co-eds. They were taking advantage of the half priced nachos and perhaps more importantly the half priced margaritas. Diane and I were easily the oldest people in the bar. Scratch that we were  twice the age of most. But it didn't matter, it was 80 degrees in March and we were having an amazing time.

We worked our way to the bar and watched some kids get up to leave, while another group worked for the stools at the same time as we were. Diane used her superior cyclocross scrum skills and perhaps a little extra hip, and maybe some high elbows, as one sorority sister tried to hone her way into our stools. Diane sat on the stool victoriously,  turned around with a Cheshire cat smile and said to me, " no one out scrums me for the front row!" We both laughed.

Cyclocross Skills Applied to Real Life! 

The owner of the restaurant saw us migrate back to the bar as we waited for a table. We have been friendly with him for a number of years. He came up to us and apologized for the wait. We told him not to worry, it was great to see the place hopping and we were stoked. He asked what we were drinking and offered to grab them for us. He came back, and a little while later came back again, and we chatted, and he got us a second round. He came back and said he had a table for us, I said, let me settle up for the drinks when he said, "your drinks are on me guys. thanks for hanging out with all the kids, and for supporting us!"

FREE DRINKS!!!
I swear it's been 20 years since I got free drinks at a bar/restaurant!  YES !!! Today is awesome!

Buddy and I on a day much colder than 80 degrees

That's right, we're rock stars. That's how we roll all you silly kids and your lame half priced margaritas!

The nachos were delicious, we had a great evening, and kind readers, it was the perfect ending to pretty damn good day.

thanks for reading.

respect
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