- I recently exchanged Twitter messages with Adrianne Curry, an actress and model. She won the first season of America's Next Top Model. We discussed the maturity level of 18-year-olds in regard to military service and voting. I was actually surprised she responded to my comments. Of course, that doesn't compare to being able to correspond with Michael Yon who is a war correspondent (he has a book coming out that I will have to get a copy of). He and I have exchanged a couple of conversations via FaceBook about Mount Everest, Katrina (the hurricane), and flying into Iraq. He's former military and writes about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus he has an intense interest in the Far East, especially Thailand. His photography is outstanding and his writing equally so.
- Taking three of the kids from the Centenary Cycling & Triathlon Club to Fort Worth this weekend to participate in the Texas State Duathlon Championships on Sunday morning. I won't be racing this time. The entry fee this week was $60 and it wasn't worth that much money for me to run-bike-run in under 75 minutes. Heck, it was $50 each for the students a couple of weeks ago (that the club is paying for) and I thought it was too much then! I don't understand why it's so expensive unless it has something to do with insurance and liability. I hope the race packet has some decent swag in it or we're not coming back to this particular race.
- I've been trying to prepare for the Rouge-Roubaix bike race coming up on March 13th. I need a couple more long rides (like, 60+ miles) to feel like I have a chance of completing this race the way I'd be proud of. I've already paid the entry fee (that was a lot, too) and reserved the hotel so I gotta go. There's already 23 Masters racers (40+ and 55+ age groups) pre-registered including four of my teammates from Team LaS'port. I'm expecting that number of 23 to probably double by race day, maybe even triple! The bike is ready to go. Am I? Only three more weeks to train!
- Looking to do a few needed repairs on the house this spring and I still have leaves to rake up. We have a fascia board that is apparently rotting so I'm going to have a guy come out to see what needs to be done...hopefully it's just that one board. So many things we want to do in the back yard. Sheesh! We need to cut back on the spending this year since we're planning a big trip to Oz but there are still projects that have to be taken care of. Home ownership is a wonderful thing, right?
