So, I've been thinking...
Well, here I am back writing my thoughts down for anyone who might happen by, watch out, if you dare read, some of the general slackerness I have been oozing of lately, might rub off on you.
So here is what I have been thinking about, I really want to ride the DALMAC Bike tour with my Dad this summer, if you don't know what it is, check the link on the right, short and sweet, it is a 4 day 330 mile ride from Lansing to Mackinaw City. Stop in various towns along the way, camp on school grounds. My dad is 66 and I don't know how many more years he'll be doing this ride. Problem is, I am having trouble finding time to ride, either on my touring or mt bike. So I have been running, ran tonight about 6 miles roughly 60 miles ytd, playing basketball on my lunch hour, walking when I am too pissed to run, but I just don't know if it will all be enough. Here's why it is scary, my dad doesn't believe in paying for rides or runs on public roads, we call it Bandito'ing, and have proudly banditoed quite a number of public events. The Bottom line is we get no SAG, which means if I can't keep up, I am on my own, no one is going to pick me up and bring me up to the day's stopping point, but hey I am a big boy should be able to do it, just the fear of the unexpected.
So, I am trying to get in shape (better) to make this trip easier, one way or another. In about1.5 weeks both of my kids will be out of school and that means I should be able to play basket ball three days a week, I am planning to ride a bike to work some days in the summer, and weekend biking should help. Additionally, I have planned three day trips for some co-workers and I to ride some new mt bike trails in Michigan, each trip rides two trails, one in morning, one in afternoon, before returning home. Hope it works out, I am really looking forward to it.
Kind of a sad day at work, one of our group (J to the C) is moving on to a new job, good for him, but as a group we have worked together for nearly 5 years, you sure learn a lot about a person when you see them every day for 5 years.
Change is good though, I have a feeling that there are more changes coming in the group. The good side of the coin is that a couple of us placed a small wager earlier this year on just this topic, I won a 40 oz. That's good. The bad news is, for the year I am down by many beers, "if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!"
My mom got some bad news the other day, seems she bought a trailer in Florida in a park that rents the land the trailer sits on to the owner, well the land owner sold out to a developer for $45 Million and my mom lost a lot of cash, too bad for her. Sounds like she is going to have to start looking for a new place to live next winter, if she can afford it.
I got drafted into playing in the area outdoor summer basketball league, preety neat thing, it has been around for almost 20 years now, when I returned to the area after University, I played and our team won the first year end league tournament, since then I have played on and off, but with the games being late Sunday afternnon and early evening, and having kids it is getting very difficult to play, I'll give it another go this year, it's free and the guys that drafted me don't have any expectations about my ability to make games.
Funny how your activities change over the years, in College I played baseball, was good enough to be drafted, still hold several records for pitching the baseball, now if I even think about playing baseball, my shoulder hurts, on the other hand, I'll play hoop all day, if possible. In High School I played basketball and was recruited to play both sports at smaller schools, but for a slow, no jumping white kid,it just didn't seem like a good thing to do, now I wish I had played both, I was invited to walk on at State, just didn't have the desire, then. That's a good lesson, I think I have learned that one. Although check back, my little pea brain just isn't quick on the uptake.
Well, it's getting late and I have expounded enough for a nite, PO! Monte.
So here is what I have been thinking about, I really want to ride the DALMAC Bike tour with my Dad this summer, if you don't know what it is, check the link on the right, short and sweet, it is a 4 day 330 mile ride from Lansing to Mackinaw City. Stop in various towns along the way, camp on school grounds. My dad is 66 and I don't know how many more years he'll be doing this ride. Problem is, I am having trouble finding time to ride, either on my touring or mt bike. So I have been running, ran tonight about 6 miles roughly 60 miles ytd, playing basketball on my lunch hour, walking when I am too pissed to run, but I just don't know if it will all be enough. Here's why it is scary, my dad doesn't believe in paying for rides or runs on public roads, we call it Bandito'ing, and have proudly banditoed quite a number of public events. The Bottom line is we get no SAG, which means if I can't keep up, I am on my own, no one is going to pick me up and bring me up to the day's stopping point, but hey I am a big boy should be able to do it, just the fear of the unexpected.
So, I am trying to get in shape (better) to make this trip easier, one way or another. In about1.5 weeks both of my kids will be out of school and that means I should be able to play basket ball three days a week, I am planning to ride a bike to work some days in the summer, and weekend biking should help. Additionally, I have planned three day trips for some co-workers and I to ride some new mt bike trails in Michigan, each trip rides two trails, one in morning, one in afternoon, before returning home. Hope it works out, I am really looking forward to it.
Kind of a sad day at work, one of our group (J to the C) is moving on to a new job, good for him, but as a group we have worked together for nearly 5 years, you sure learn a lot about a person when you see them every day for 5 years.
Change is good though, I have a feeling that there are more changes coming in the group. The good side of the coin is that a couple of us placed a small wager earlier this year on just this topic, I won a 40 oz. That's good. The bad news is, for the year I am down by many beers, "if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!"
My mom got some bad news the other day, seems she bought a trailer in Florida in a park that rents the land the trailer sits on to the owner, well the land owner sold out to a developer for $45 Million and my mom lost a lot of cash, too bad for her. Sounds like she is going to have to start looking for a new place to live next winter, if she can afford it.
I got drafted into playing in the area outdoor summer basketball league, preety neat thing, it has been around for almost 20 years now, when I returned to the area after University, I played and our team won the first year end league tournament, since then I have played on and off, but with the games being late Sunday afternnon and early evening, and having kids it is getting very difficult to play, I'll give it another go this year, it's free and the guys that drafted me don't have any expectations about my ability to make games.
Funny how your activities change over the years, in College I played baseball, was good enough to be drafted, still hold several records for pitching the baseball, now if I even think about playing baseball, my shoulder hurts, on the other hand, I'll play hoop all day, if possible. In High School I played basketball and was recruited to play both sports at smaller schools, but for a slow, no jumping white kid,it just didn't seem like a good thing to do, now I wish I had played both, I was invited to walk on at State, just didn't have the desire, then. That's a good lesson, I think I have learned that one. Although check back, my little pea brain just isn't quick on the uptake.
Well, it's getting late and I have expounded enough for a nite, PO! Monte.
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