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May
31
Quotes from Mt. Hood
Category: enjoy the blog, quotables | 1 Comment
On the radios during yesterday's stage:Lisa: Katie, you are ahead of Kat by 4 seconds, and the time bonuses at the finish are 15 seconds for first place, 10 seconds for second place, and 5 seconds for third, so if she wins the race and you come in second you will still be in the leader's jersey.Me: Um, Lisa? I dunno about your math. If Kat wins and Katie is second, Kat is in the leader's jersey. This is Courtenay who is setting you straight btw. Do you copy?Lisa: OK Courtenay a.k.a Albert Einstein, so I failed math...********Michael's explanation of why bike racers need health insurance:...
May
30
Brief Good News
Category: enjoy the blog | 1 Comment
As the paucity of posts might indicate, the internet situation here is not all-access wireless.But, the gist:We are here!We are having fun!We are winning!Here is the We:L-R Katie M., Me, Sharon A., Hannah B., Martina P., with Mt. Hood in the Background Cuties after today's hard hot stage (check out those tan lines!):
May
29
Off to Mt. Hood…
Category: enjoy the blog | 3 Comments
Wish us luck!Prolific reportage to ensue, pending wireless internet availability in Hood River (haven't quite gotten there yet).
May
24
Selling some Nice Stuff
Category: enjoy the blog | 4 Comments
I am going to momentarily use the blog as my Personal Advertising Marketplace Sell Stuff Venue. Here's what's up for new ownership:One TIME Carbon Edge First Bicycle, size XXS (50 cm seat tube, 51.5 cm top tube):One Powertap Pro powermeter, scientifically proven to get you uphill at warp speed** (no photo for this one)One Pair Mavic Cosmic Carbone SL Wheels:I will not ...
May
23
Today, I am pedaling up hill for forever singing along to something on my ipod.I see a wiggling stick in the road."OOO," I think, "a GARTER SNAKE needs to be RESCUED from certain squishing-by-a-car!!"Then I get a little closer.Mr. Garter Snake has teeth, which he shows me. Mr. Garter Snake has spots not stripes. Mr. Garter Snake has a wide head. Mr. Garter Snake is kind of fat. And, oh my, Mr. Garter Snake has a bizarre sort of tail.Mr. Garter Snake is no garter snake, he is a rattler.I ask him to pretty please not go anywhere while I get my phone out for documentation purposes. He ...
May
23
Me: My ride went O.K. I think I overheated.JD: How come?Me: Well, I was wearing an undershirt so I wouldn't feel obligated to bring a vest, and I was wearing arm warmers so I don't get a cycling tan, but it was like 90 degrees in Castro Valley when I got there.JD: Arm warmers? Are you retarded? Why not just wear sunscreen?Me: I had 45 on under the warmers but you still get a tan with that.JD: -stupefied pause- JD: Courtenay, you are a cyclist! You're going to have tan lines! Just embrace it!Me: Easy for you to say, you don't have summertime tank tops and sundresses looming over your head.JD: Ridiculous. ...
May
21
This was my last weekend of domesticity and social shenanigans before the summer racing frenzy officially begins...The gory details: Late late late night Friday (and I didn't even drink!) led to sleeping pretty much all day Saturday, with the exception of a short bike ride and a drive down to Lake Merritt to sell my mountain bike to the cutest new-biker ever (she was embarassed to ride the bike in front of me, she walked it around the corner before she got on! how adorable!). Sunday was occuppied by yet another round of house-cleaning. Emily says I seem to be cleaning house like all the time. There are two phenomena going on here:1. Good enough for ...
May
19
Quotes of the Week
Category: enjoy the blog, quotables | 3 Comments
Whilst at massage:Me: How was your weekend?JD: Good. Busy. We spent Sunday running all around doing family stuff all freakin' day, hanging out with my mom, taking her out to eat, that kind of thing.Me: Whoa, that's really nice of you, was it her birthday or something?JD: No, genius. It was Mother's Day.Me: Oh, right...**************How I got suckered into "planning" what turned out to be a really fun party (may post the PG-rated photos...):Me: So I haven't gotten an invitation to your birthday party yet?Devon: I'm not having one.Me: ...
May
18
Sickage Update
Category: enjoy the blog | 2 Comments
So, the terrible bug that beset me earlier in the week is officially ousted! I am back to my busy I-can't-keep-up-with-my-life self!Activities of the past day and a half included but were not limited to:washed and sold Ultegra gruppo gossipped with my mom about my little sister's latest crafty plot to go back to Bogota because "six weeks just isn't enough time to spend in Colorado with her aunt and uncle and cousins, it just wouldn't be fair to them to spend so little time, so that is a much better idea for next summer instead..." the little brat is cracking me up!cleaned apartmentlaundryback to work!last-minute planned a 30th birthday for tonight ...
May
16
Still Sick
Category: enjoy the blog, family | 3 Comments
