I'm done with work. It's eerie how fast 8 weeks flew by. The first two months of summer felt like eternity, but once I started work, wow. My favorite camper, Josh, said to me yesterday, "Marion, you know what I'm going to do when I go home today?" "What are you going to do?" "I'm going to miss you ( Read more... )

Listening to Ben Folds and simultaneously wishing the summer would never end and for august 30 to arrive tomorrow.

and I cannot wait til Saturday--one week with the family cycling and speaking French, what could be better?

(well a lot could be better, but it's a pretty damn good vacation)

Yesterday my mother found out that the small, completely unremarkable pink bump on the side of her face was basal cell carcinoma. It looked like a small mosquito bite, nothing like the gross pictures you see in dermatology pamphlets. Basal cell carcinoma isn't supposed to be serious, excision is the treatment, but you never want to hear the C- ( Read more... )

$30 to fix my fork and wheel. Don is my hero. Bicycle Barn wins again.

We've got a 50-miler planned for tomorrow, but since I'm still sore, I'll probably only do 25 or so. I'll see.

I chilled at Sarah's last night with her, Liz, Amy and her bf Rob. It was pretty low-key, involving brownie sundaes and the hot tub. Of course I wake up to:

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Today was far too exciting. I crashed my bike for the first time since I was 14, thus it was the first crash to this current bike, my 2000 Fuji Touring. I'm amazed that I've been able to put thousands of miles on the bike without crashing until now. Unfortunately, this crash doesn't have a great high-drama story to go with it, no pickup truck ( Read more... )

Ok, I suppose you all deserve a decent update, but seriously, I do nothing. I work, I see friends, I spend time with my family, I'm having fun. So in no particular or coherent order, here are some, not nearly all, things I've been doing ( Read more... )

You Know You're a Roadie If...You can identify bugs by their taste ( Read more... )

(stolen from somewhere on the internet, with some of my additions ( Read more... )

First read thisThen read this ( Read more... )

you're the magic that holds the sky up from the ground ( Read more... )