Crossin, Leaves & Turtles

I'm back. Been a rough couple of weeks. The weather here in the heartland has been stifling, cold, rain, wind, cold, rain etc. Perfect weather for some cyclo-cross! Have been getting out the best I can lately, but it's also fall, which means that the leaves fall from the trees, and G&I get to pick them up, all 1.7 trillion of them.

Spent the entire last weekend, I kid you not doing leaves in some fashion or another. We hauled them, dumped them, shredded them, burned them, gave them away, sold them, heck we even ate some I believe, just to get rid of all of them! We get to do them again this weekend, as we did about 90%, and have the balance to go, not to mention all of the leaves that blow in our yard, as we live on a bluff, we get all of the winds and the neighbors leaves as well, ugh!

My dear friend & contractor buddy Robert came down a couple of weeks ago, and we did an extreme makeover remodel on G's bathroom. Practically took it down to the studs, and replaced everything w/ exception of the entry door and the window. He went from about 7 am till 9 pm. every day, and got it done. Looks beautiful, and I will put up some pics once the shower door is installed next week I believe.

Got a wild hair up my butt on Tuesday, as I was supposed to be on the bike, indoors, on the compu-trainer for a training session. It's WAY too early in the year for this to happen, but it was 36 degrees and raining outside. The Turtle went for a swim instead. Yes, the first time in a while, like a LONG while. I ended up swimming 1500 meters, or 45 laps of the pool over at Village Courts. I was really tired after that, so I consulted Edgar, president of my fan club. He stated that turtles like water, and do not be afraid. I responded with "what the heck are you talking about"? He then said that it sure beats sitting on your butt doing nothing, and believe it or not, that is what turtles actually do for pleasure. (I think Edgar hit his head or something, as he has been a little "off" lately) but he's right, so OK. I am going crossing this afternoon, then back to work, so have fun!

Here's a good shot of me on lap number 37!