Spring Fever

With our recent trip down to Florida a few weeks back I was spoiled with morning temperatures in the 60's and highs never breaking 80.  It made for a nice relaxing trip but certainly made the thoughts of coming back home to highs in the upper 50's a bit hard to stomach.

However, yesterday was the type of day I needed on the bike.  I was able to use my good looks and charm to awaken Jenn 15 minutes early and convince her to drop me off by the store a few minutes early on her way over to Westcreek where she was to do a nasty set of intervals.  I was going to work until mid-afternoon and then ride home and get some natural Vitamin D as it was supposed to near 70 degrees yesterday.

The sun started beating down on my pasty untighted, short sleeve wearing skin immediately and it was nice for my body to warm up within moments of being on the bike versus about 20 minutes in.  Somewhere along Cherokee Rd some lucky husband was cutting his grass which was a delightful smell I never get tired of.  Unless your grass isn't really grass but instead wild green onions.  Then the smell isn't so delightful.

Another sign Spring is near, Spring Training is about 2/3 the way through and the start to the regular season is at the end of the month.  After I got out of the shower yesterday I was able to watch the a Cubs game on the boob tube.  Something I wasn't able to do much last year.  This year a plan is in the works to make sure I don't miss a game and I cannot wait for it to be put into action.

Now to do the other thing most people dread doing in the spring.  Nope not clean, Jenn and I did that before we left for our trip.  Taxes!  Gotta get the man his money or better yet get our money back from the man.

Bike powered parade

Jammin in the jungle to the beat of one...one speed that is. The afternoon parade through the Animal Kingdom was human powered.

Come and Gone

Another two days have come and gone.  I haven't done anything worthy of writing about unless you consider stuffing my face constantly with a small hope my hunger will subside.  Today starts another day with no physical activity on the books unless I go for a late night run in the middle of the night in the Sunshine State.  Don't confuse it with the place the sun don't shine which is actually a small town in the Sunshine State.

The next week hopes to be a relaxing one with Jenn running a half marathon Saturday morning.  A few days inside the Disney parks and a few more days of doing who knows what.  I am taking my running shoes and watch with me in hopes of burning a few calories so I don't come back with the extra luggage I so graciously donated when we did our Spring cleaning a couple weeks back.  Praying my hip won't flare up and I'll be able to do more than one without ruining the rest of the week.  Stay tuned for pictures and such.  I'm sure I will take some at some point, maybe.

Monday, the day much of America's working force dreads as it means an end to the weekend and its back to the grind we call work.  Yesterday, was President's Day which meant everyone but government employees had to combat a case of the "Mondays".  It is a highly contagious disorder which spreads rapidly and often has people considering extreme measures to end it.

While looking ahead to the week and realizing how tough it was going to be to get some saddle time in, I too went to an extreme measure and I pulled a Revolver.  One symptom of the "Mondays" is delusion sets in early and gets worse as time passes until you ultimately just pass out and awake the next morning with a sigh of relief that you survived yet another bout.

For me it started with a couple mildly delusional thoughts of warming up on the rollers before firing off 15 revolver rounds into my heart, lungs and legs.  At some point the delusion became a frantic hysteria and I fired off one more killer round which saw my heart rate reach its highest point since about the same time last year.

Cooler temps and night rides are going to be the name of the game for the next two nights.  Then Jenn and I board a plan for Orlando for a week in the warmth of Mother Nature's sun.  She is running in the Disney Princess Half Marathon with her sister.  We haven't had a true vacation since our honeymoon so it will be nice to slow down for a couple of days.