Heading west tomorrow for the first bike races of the season. Hopefully their weather is better than ours because it's snowing here - hard! I thought (or hoped) that we had seen our last white days, but no such luck. To think it was 60 and sunny last Saturday...
So, we're doing a short roubaix on Saturday, followed by a TT on Sunday. I'm very excited to do my first TT with my Power Tap and see what my wattage output is. Of course we'll also get to see Ted's family a little bit.
The Cougars are playing the Ducks tonight. Hopefully they win. It's on TV, so I'll be watching. My bread's about done baking, so I'm off.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
Lost Pups
We set out to do 2.5 hours on the bike today. Midway through our first interval, I heard Ted say that two dogs were coming at us down the road. Sure enough, heading straight for us were two cute, obviously friendly, dogs. I stopped and they jumped up on me immediately, giving me friendly kisses. That was when I noticed how emaciated they were. I could feel every bone in their bodies. I immediately knew I could not leave them. I tried Ted's phone first, but there was no signal. Ted suggested that we come back for them after our ride, but I couldn't do that. I was too afraid that they would be hit by a car, so we decided that Ted would ride back and get the car, while I would stay with the dogs on the side of the road.
The two dogs were hounds of some sort, and both male. They were all over me, loving attention. The littler one was particularly skinny and kept shaking, so I put my arm around him. The bigger one would occasionally get stir crazy and wander out into the road, so I would call him back and wave at passing cars to slow down. Surprisingly, not a single car asked me if I needed anything. I mean, it was obvious I was on a bike ride and therefore had not brought my dogs with me. Plus, anyone could see they were starving.
I had no food with me, but I did have my two bottles of Gatorade, so I decided to let them have it, which they loved. They were so thirsty and sucked on the bottles until they were dry. The Gatorade also served as my means of bribing them when they wandered out in the road.
Ted eventually made it back after a very hard effor to get home as quickly as possible. We put the two boys in the car and took them to the Humane Society, so I can rest easily tonight knowing those sweet dogs are getting food and shelter tonight. Hopefully someone nice takes them in because they are very nice, cute pups. It would be great if they could stay together since they are obvious companions.
I, of course, had already become attached to them after spending an hour with them on the road, so it was bittersweet when we dropped them off. I'd take them home if I could!
The two dogs were hounds of some sort, and both male. They were all over me, loving attention. The littler one was particularly skinny and kept shaking, so I put my arm around him. The bigger one would occasionally get stir crazy and wander out into the road, so I would call him back and wave at passing cars to slow down. Surprisingly, not a single car asked me if I needed anything. I mean, it was obvious I was on a bike ride and therefore had not brought my dogs with me. Plus, anyone could see they were starving.
I had no food with me, but I did have my two bottles of Gatorade, so I decided to let them have it, which they loved. They were so thirsty and sucked on the bottles until they were dry. The Gatorade also served as my means of bribing them when they wandered out in the road.
Ted eventually made it back after a very hard effor to get home as quickly as possible. We put the two boys in the car and took them to the Humane Society, so I can rest easily tonight knowing those sweet dogs are getting food and shelter tonight. Hopefully someone nice takes them in because they are very nice, cute pups. It would be great if they could stay together since they are obvious companions.
I, of course, had already become attached to them after spending an hour with them on the road, so it was bittersweet when we dropped them off. I'd take them home if I could!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
A basketball fan I am
I have never been a sports fan, at least not of the big American three - football, baseball, and basketball. I am now an official fan of the WSU men's basketball team. Ted and I went to their home game against Arizona and I was officially hooked, deciding to get tickets to more home games. When all was said and done, I had convinced Ted that we needed tickets to every remaining home game that still had tickets available. It has been so fun to watch them, especially since no one expected them to be as good as they are. Only two more games for us. I think I'll go through withdrawal when it's all over!
Flu and colds are spreading around here like crazy. Everyone seems to be sick lately, including me. I was pretty miserable for a good week, but I'm now back to feeling better. Ted had something a while ago too.
I am starting to get really excited for the racing season. The days are getting longer and Daylight Saving Time starts earlier this year - March 11th! I cannot wait. I think Spring is actually finally on its way. The first big race for me this year is Redlands (http://www.redlandsclassic.com/proStage/proStage.shtml), which I have never done before. I'll be heading there with four of my teammates from Ti Cycles and I think we'll have a lot of fun.
Still working on getting the business going - lots of little things to get done. I'm heading to the County Clerk's office tomorrow to see about getting all of my necessary licenses. After that, I should be able to move on to the more fun stuff - designing a logo.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
changes
Today was finally my last day at my job. It seems like forever ago that I gave notice to my boss, so I was absolutely ready to be done. I spent the day "training" the guy who is replacing me, though I use the term training lightly since a monkey could do the job. Okay, so it's not quite that bad, but... Thank goodness for no more 5 am mornings. I actually had to go on sleeping medication when I started this job because I could not sleep with the idea of having to get up at 5. Eventually, after about a month, I got used to the idea (relatively). I will say that Ted got up with me every morning when I was home; he'd make me a cappuccino with stove-top Italian espresso, each morning, along with warming up my car and getting me on my way.
We're heading to Seattle this weekend since our Power Taps are available. I'm very excited for that. Hopefully it'll help with motivation since it has been incredibly cold here this week.
I have a lot of work to begin now that I am going to try to get this personal chef service going. I'm diving into it all tomorrow, beginning with pricing for my service. Lots to do, but it's exciting to be doing something that is actually mentally stimulating.
Ted and I are hoping to go to Memphis to visit Rusty in March or April, depending on everyone's schedule. Hopefully there's a time that will work for everyone.
I came home from work one day recently and couldn't find Pazza, figuring she was sleeping under the covers on the bed... until I heard a hoars meow from behind the refrigerator. Sure enough, she had jumped in her crawl space between the fridge and hot water heater after Ted had left for work. It's her new thing, so we now have to barricade off the refrigerator whenever we leave the house. For longer periods of time, we actually pull the refrigerator out at an angle so she doesn't get stuck with no water - or food, but going without food for a couple days really wouldn't do either cat too much harm.
Wow. It's 12:37 am and I do not have to get up at 5 am. In fact, I don't have to get up at 5 anywhere in the near future. That is nice to realize for a person who hates early mornings and loves her sleep.
We're heading to Seattle this weekend since our Power Taps are available. I'm very excited for that. Hopefully it'll help with motivation since it has been incredibly cold here this week.
I have a lot of work to begin now that I am going to try to get this personal chef service going. I'm diving into it all tomorrow, beginning with pricing for my service. Lots to do, but it's exciting to be doing something that is actually mentally stimulating.
Ted and I are hoping to go to Memphis to visit Rusty in March or April, depending on everyone's schedule. Hopefully there's a time that will work for everyone.
I came home from work one day recently and couldn't find Pazza, figuring she was sleeping under the covers on the bed... until I heard a hoars meow from behind the refrigerator. Sure enough, she had jumped in her crawl space between the fridge and hot water heater after Ted had left for work. It's her new thing, so we now have to barricade off the refrigerator whenever we leave the house. For longer periods of time, we actually pull the refrigerator out at an angle so she doesn't get stuck with no water - or food, but going without food for a couple days really wouldn't do either cat too much harm.
Wow. It's 12:37 am and I do not have to get up at 5 am. In fact, I don't have to get up at 5 anywhere in the near future. That is nice to realize for a person who hates early mornings and loves her sleep.
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