lazy sunday morning.

It's been a long, long time since I've updated this site, and I suppose I should start practicing for my route this summer. Something tells me that after all day of riding, my posts will be short and sweet and I won't want to spend a lot of time figuring out how to use the site. Something also tells me that I'll end up uploading my pictures and then letting my super-awesome brother take the time to put them on the site for me :)

Things are warming up here in Michigan. Ice cream sales at the cafe are a good indicator that the long winter months are ending, and I served a lot of ice cream last night. From couples carrying leftovers who eat maturely from a bowl with a spoon, to sticky-fingered little kids with superman ice cream smeared all over their faces and mysteriously too in their hair, the weather drew in all sorts of depot town wanderers. Pretty soon I'll get to take my shiny new baby (a.k.a. my bike) outside for the first time since the January cruise around the bike shop parking lot. Honestly, I'm a little terrified. Here I've been riding for hours, comfortably in my room on the trainer watching movies and listening to music, but I still need to learn how to really ride it--outside. Fortunately for me my experienced brother can babysit me while I'm learning. Good God, I hate driving with crazy Michiganders...now I'm supposed to bike on the road with them?

Safely inside for now at least, training is well underway. I'm up to about 2 hours a day on the trainer, with biweekly spin classes and a few core training and piyo classes. I've even dragged myself to the pool a couple of times a week, and surprisingly, despite two years of separation, we still get along well. It feels refreshing to get in now and just swim because it feels good, and every now and then I time myself for a laugh. There's just something entirely unique about the sport, and something about the water, that's hard to explain. Addicting too. Maybe I'll be one of those crazy people who never really quit for good. Maybe.

Now I'm off to get some more fundraising letters together and then I have some organic chemistry to tackle. Thank goodness training is by necessity a priority in my life this semester, there's only so much organic and quant. and genetics I can study before I start dreaming about it. And that's a bad sign.