Splish Splash I was Taking a ................

Had to be out of town earlier this week for some business in Memphis, TN. My business partner & I stayed at The Peabody Hotel, downtown. Nice place, BUT! They have this really cool tradition. Every day at 11am, the march about 9 ducks from their home at "Duck Palace" on the roof, down the elevator to the lobby. They roll out the red carpet and the ducks waddle into the fountain, smack dab in the center of the hotel. They stay there till exactly 5pm, when "The Duckmaster" tells the tale of the ritual, and then the little guys hop out of the fountain, walk on the red carpet, into the elevator and back home for the evening. It was pretty silly. I tried to get some good photos, but the lighting was poor, and everyone was taking flash photos, so they are not that good, sorry.

Nurse Barb called me last night & said the "drugs were in the works"! These are the anti-inflammatory meds that I hope will cleanup some of this tendinitis, arthritis etc. that is going on. Mikey & I did a 2 hour ride this morning, fairly easy, and I feel tired, but OK now. We shall see tomorrow, how that ride goes.

Start my official training program with my coaching group on Tuesday. The Badger, Coach Stan-O-Leenie, Dr. Reid & The Turtle will all be in for the long haul. We have a battery of fitness tests, to see where everyone is at in their conditioning. Is there a number less than 0? How about negative 0? Well, if that's the case, the only place I can go is up I guess?