The Highs and Lows

This was a very interesting week. I've now worked one job or another every day since Monday, July 7, making today my eleventh-straight work day. Tomorrow is number 12, and then I finally get a weekend. Whew. At least some of the work was different and interesting. In any event, I'm really looking forward to racing in Prospect Park on Saturday morning.

It's one of those funny things. When I lived in Brooklyn, I yearned to get out of the city for a race. Now that I've been driving all over the friggin' state for races, and dragging my ass up mountains all over the place, I think riding from Mom and Dad's house to the Park Slope and riding some fast laps around Prospect Park will be great fun. The only down side is that I have to drive four hours to Brooklyn to do it.

And now,

Tops from the week:
1) Windham NMBS Day 1 coverage on Velo News, by me.
2) Windham NMBS Day 2 coverae on Velo News, also by me.
3) Only six more days to the Empire State Games! Get excited, the final preparations are underway.
4) A certain fast new bike joins the fleet. Now I just have to learn to ride it!
5) The Tour! It's been really exciting, even if three riders and a whole team have been thrown out.

Bottoms from the week:
1) Riccardo Ricco. Asshole.
2) 12-day work weeks. I've got to chill out.
3) June's credit card bill. Uhg, I need to work more.
4) The economy, that one's obvious.
5) Leg shaving. What a pain. What I need is a hair grow on/off switch. Just turn the hair off for the summer. What an idea!