Frozen Saturday Goodness

After a week that I would just as soon forget do to the amount of things I fucked up, I was happy to get out on dirt on Saturday. Temps were chilly, the ground was frozen and up on the trails of MMCC a light dusting of snow made things look nice and festive without making things slow.

Temps weren't nuts, but enough to freeze the bottle a bit and freeze an earthworm to my frame. It was also cold enough that I should have worn my winter shoes. I didn't and ended up taking a short cut and aborting at mile 17 of a planned 20ish mile ride.

I should have rode today too, but I was freaking tired. A late night on Friday at Wifey's holiday party, dealing with Jake The Dog and all the shit that I had to deal with on the XXC side of life this week had me just wanting to lay around, drink beer, play video games and eat. I did all quite well, thank you very much.

The coming two weeks are the beginning of "hell" A.K.A. Christmas/NY weeks.

12.19 Open (except for work).
12.20 B-Man's last day of school before holiday break.
12.21 & 22 entertain B-Man.
12.23 Drive 7 hours to PA & a scheduled dinner party that night.
12.24 Christmas Eve day/night at my Dad's house.
12.25 Christmas Morning, Breakfast & Dinner at my in law's house.
12.26 Open, but surely something.
12.27 Anniversary of my mother's passing & drive home to MI.
12-28, 29, 30 Wifey at work, I entertain B-Man all day.
12.31 New Year's Eve (Probably at The Bird with some friends).
1.12 2012 begins, as does drying out and focusing on the 2012 season of XXC and racing.

On a positive side of things, I am looking forward to chilling, catching up on sleep and ingesting as many carbohydrates as I can. I am also stoked to start work on the next XXC. I often find myself thinking that the next issue will be the last issue, but at least for now I am just going with the stoke I'm experiencing. Nothing wrong with that I suppose.

Later.