Grand Canyon Adventure

Doing the final pack for the Grand Canyon Adveture.  Will depart shortly after picking the boys up from school at 12:30. 1st destination, Goodland, KS.  Went to Martin's school awards ceremony this morning.  He received the Top Reader award in his class.

Welcome Back

Its been a while, but I have returned to prepare for our journey to London.  Like inspecting the old tent before a camping trip, I'm shaking out the dust from this blog to make sure I remember how everything works.  In 9 days we depart for London on Chris and Harold's Most Excellent London Adventure.

We just celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary last week.  Chris' birthday is this Sunday, and mine will be the first Sunday we are in London!

82 miles for the month.

9 miles today which makes 84 for the month, a few more than I pledged to Team Wonderbike. Kids are learning their music for Robber Bridegroom.

27 Miles and a Couple of Marmots

27 miles logged this week. Zucchini lasagna lasted all week. Managed to survive the first week of classes. Had auditions for Improv and the Robber Bridegroom. Bridegroom is cast, we'll get to Improv. Out on Eastwood saw a couple of marmot looking critters, need to investigate what they are. Yesterday I bought a headlamp for the bike so I can see and be seen coming home from rehearsals at night. The weather is quite cool today. I hope it lasts. First rehearsal of Bridegroom is tonight.

Sunday Morning-Omlettes and Frisbees and Squirrels, Oh my!

I made omlettes this morning and had some of Chris' yummy Zucchini cake for dessert. Why shouldn't breakfast come w/ dessert. I logged a total of 18 miles on the bike this week. Not much, I know, but when my office is only a mile and a half away not much is required. Yesterday was great, got up and biked to the farmer's market with Chris. Shopped for the weeks groceries in the afternoon, grilled a yummy steak, and made zucchini, spinach and artichoke lasagna. Played a great game of Frisbee golf with Martin in the early evening. Rowan stayed home to work on his claymation squirrel.

Wednesday night Thunderstorms Thursday Project Runway

Wasn't able to blog Wednesday night as the lightening was intense, and I didn't want to risk blowing up the computer. It was an excellent storm though. On Wednesday morning, I caught a break between showers, and rode in on the fresh after rain streets. Love the smells and the atmosphere of that! Had a morning on meetings, getting ready for the upcomming year. Thursday was about a division meeting in the morning, then spent the afternoon tearing out walls in the new black box space. It has turned cool here, but the humidity is still a bit intense, I was a sweaty mess by the end of the day. Had a beautiful evening ride home in the cool air, its was gorgeous! To cap of my day I watched Project Runway . . . finally! I'm excited to finally get to see this season that was locked up in litigation for so long, and also the new season of Top Chef is on Wednesday nights. The only bummer is that next wee we have auditions for Robber Bridegroom, and I'll have to watch them late at night.

Loose Seat

Starting out today, I had to tighten a couple of nuts on the rear rack, but then it worked fine lugging my cordless drill to campus. Couldn't get in to work on the new black box, because they haven't moved the weight equipment out yet. The influx of students in mid-August must have taken them by surprise. Coming home my seat started to pan from side to side again. Need to tighten it some more, but I'm trying to wait until September when I can get a bike wrench. The C-wrench is startind to round off the nuts. And everyone knows that there's nothing worse. I kept wondering if the loose seat is some sort of sign. Do I need to be more of a tight ass? Or do I need to loosen up and not worry so much? Tomorrow I will ride in without tightening my seat to see what that brings. I know if I wait long enough, the bike will provide the answer.
On another note, we have to do something about these idiots showing up a large public gatherings with loaded weapons. There is a vibe coming from these right wing fear mongers that is making me a little nervous about the future. Maybe they need to tighten a couple of nuts.