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Planning fail

Yep, we don’t pre-reg unless we have to. So sue me.

Yesterday, after I made the post that I’d be taking Eddie to Sapphire, he came down with a fever. He’s just grumpy and feverish, not really sick, but Jeff stayed home with him today. Henry was coughing a lot upon waking, so he stayed home too.

If there’s a boy that’s well by Saturday, I’ll bring him along and stay for most of the day. If not, I will come down, deliver my Sooper Sekrit Project, and head back home relatively quickly.

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Biking
( Biking day 7 )

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Liquor Fail
We’ve been growing mint out on the deck, and Jeff picked up a bunch of limes the other day. You know what that means! Mojitos!

Jeff mixed it all up, and we took a taste. Bitter. Strange. Almost too alcoholic. (is that possible?) I thought maybe it was the quinine in the club soda, so we just added more sugar. Enough sugar, lime, and mint, and it’ll taste okay.

Come downstairs in the morning, grab the bottle of liquor off of the counter to put away.

It’s vodka. THAT would explain it!

The weather report yesterday threatened rain for this morning, but instead it was in the lower 60s and just cloudy. Perfect biking weather.

Even though Henry popped out of bed before us, we were still late getting out. I'd been hoping to get out of the house by 7:15. Hahahaha! We made it to the Bike to Work Day pit stop at about 8am. My two coworkers had left there by 7:45, well ahead of me.

( I rode 11 miles in, the first part flat, and only a few big hills at the end. I was tired, but it was no worse than my normal 7 hilly miles. )

According to the calculator at the Arlington's Car Free Diet* link that I posted yesterday, if I ride to work 3 days a week, I'll save ~20 dollars a week, emit 39 lbs less of CO2 per week, and burn 2,200 calories more a week. Nifty! 3 days a week will be very doable some weeks, impossible others.

*This isn't a human dieting site. This is a site about Arlington residents trying to wean themselves off of cars. I am not on a diet.

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In other news, last night we pulled up staples in my closet floor. Tonight, I prime. Sunday, paint two coats. No trim - yay! We bought the wood floor so it can start to acclimate to the house.

Afterwards, I plopped down on the couch and sewed six buttonholes on the green silk gown. I'm doing buttonholes instead of eyelets, so I can cut the fabric instead of making the holes which will muck up the whole front of the dress.

Tomorrow is bike to work day, so I rode in today! There’s a chance of thunderstorms today, but this morning was just cloudy and cool, so I made the trek anyway. It’s really just day 3.5, as the last time I rode in Jeff picked me up in the afternoon. If it’s storming this afternoon, that’s what we’ll do again.

Jeff was out of town last week (even aside from the rain) and he had off site meetings the first part of this week so I had to pick up the boys. I’m hoping that in the next couple of weeks I’ll be able to ride almost every day, so I have more energy for all of that walking in Belgium.

There are a couple of local people that bike in all of the time. One of them works in my building and he is BAD ASS. He rides, every day, rain, shine, or snow. During the last snowstorm, I followed his bike tracks into the office. This morning I turned onto the main road just a few hundred yards ahead of him. I stayed ahead for a bit, as I blasted down the hill, but going up the other side, he breezed right by me as if we were on flat. He wasn’t the least out of breath as he greeted me with a cheery “good morning!”

I’m in awe.

( Cut in random place for more bike rambling )