Thanksgiving has come and gone...let the shopping commence. As for J and myself, we spent the holiday at my Dad's house with most of my step-mother's relatives there. On Saturday, we headed down to my brother's house to hang out with my side of the family. It was nice to see everyone and it all went well. I managed to watch my food intake, was much better than last year but I still managed to do some damage. I just love the pecan pie!!
This morning's parkway ride had 8 people show up! That's surprising because once the weather turns cold, it becomes the standard that around 4-5 riders are the max. The temperature was 43 degrees but it was actually quite pleasant...probably because there wasn't any appreciable wind to speak of except for what we were generating. This was my first ride where I put on the full cold-weather gear for the first time of Winter 2007-2008. I had worn my bib knickers and arm warmers a few times before but now it was full leg covers, long sleeve jersey, and a light jacket! The pace was slow (also a by-product of the colder weather with this group), usually around 20 mph. My legs felt terrible but the pace wasn't anything I couldn't deal with, and my pull on the final section was the fastest of the ride...going about 23 mph. It felt slower. I didn't want to go any faster anyway. My return home was also slow and I almost hit a runner on the bike path who came out from behind a blind corner. I thought I saw some movement thru the bushes and reacted by soft-pedaling immediately and touching my brakes. So I wasn't going as fast as I could have been and really had no problem missing the guy. A bit faster and we might have collided since my turning radius would have been a smidgen wider.
The first part of this week was kinda busy, getting some ads and billboard designs out. I've sent out the invoices on those jobs and I currently have a healthy amount of outstanding receipts which will come in handy as those checks should be arriving bit-by-bit over the rest of this year. I hope to get more work in before Christmas so I can deal with January's bills and needs. But I'm good for December! Just finished the layouts for our Christmas cards and now I need to get them printed and mailed out. I'm fairly pleased with them...they have plenty of photos and updates about us in them and should get the recipients up to date.
Found out that the Louisiana-Mississippi Bicycle Racing Association has tentively listed my road race in July '08 for the district age-group road race championships. That's news to me! I'll have to see what extra I'd have to do to make that happen so I can figure out if I can do it or not. I don't mind doing it but it does add a little more pressure to an event I was going to do on a low-key level.
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