I'm BAACK

So thanksgiving was amazing as usual. I hitched a ride up to mi with uh so it was super cool not to have to drive alone. It was a great trip as we had a stop in columbus and then a turkey sandwich lunch stop the next day. We were preparing our palates by eating turkey before thanksgiving...last minute training, I guess.
Grand Rapids was really cool as I got to do a bunch of riding in 30 degree weather, that is always super enjoyable especially when you are used to riding in the 60s one day and the next day it is 30. BRRRR.
The highlight of my trip was finding out that my cousins husbands brother is Marie Osmonds dancing partner on "dancing with the stars"!!!! I could always feel that I was famous somehow, I just didn't know how, but this explained everything and I am sleeping better now.
I flew back home on tuesday and I think I might be getting old. Do you think it is a sign that you are old when you get super annoyed with the teenager sitting next to you on the airplane who played drums on his legs and tapped his foot the ENTIRE flight. I was aggravated for some reason. Also, I don't think you should be able to be a flight attnedant if you butt is so big that it bumps into people everytime you walk down the aisle. I guess I am getting old and cranky these days.

Big Time Interview

So finally made it up onto thebikegame.com.!!! It is a website about the seriousness of cycling. They interviewed me and it is on there right now. Check out thebikegame
Rode 3 hours in the dark last night, it was sweeet....

I always knew it.

I knew I was on to something...I could just tell...Should have done this study.
Went to the doc today. I am healed but I have 2 more weeks with crutches while I get used to full weight bearing. I will be doing wind sprints and the long jump in six weeks. SWEET!!!!

Not that I am one to brag.....

So I would like to thank Steve for bringing it to my attention that I am on Wikepedia's notable former residents list from Grand Rapids, MI. Don't believe me? Check it out here...me and good old Gerry Ford...on the same list. I am finally getting the recognition I deserve.

Putting my masters degree to use.

Yes it is 7am and yes i am holding up a sign outside. This is the good life.

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GO LANCE

He is slowly getting cool again...
NOT TOO SHABBY.

I am so classy

That is wine cube, not a box of wine and yes that is a plastic wine cup.

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I am home and safe

I survived the trip. Key West was an absolute blast. Nothing like riding a beach cruiser from bar to bar with your crutches in the basket. It was amazing. We stayed in a wonderful house with a great group of guys. I have some pictures coming up soon, but I just wanted to let my mom know that I am okay. HA!!!
I am back to riding, ramping things up a little bit. I can weight bear 75 lbs on my foot now and see the doctor in one week... hope it goes well.
It is still nice in nc...will get up to 70 today.
Not much else is going on, just working everyday and tonight uh and i are going to the symphony. The WS Symphony has tuesday night concerts which actually is a great day to go as there generally aren't any conflicts.
Pictures from Key West are coming...i promise.

Home for a Minute

I have a bit of work to do...

So we (uh and I) got back from our MI trip yesterday. Nothing like starting a 12 hour drive in at 7am after going out from 5pm til 2am the day before. Luckily I had good company so it went by extremely fast.
The weekend was wonderful. I got to see every single one of my friends and family. It was the perfect trip.
The reunion was wonderful and I was surprised how everyone looks exactly the same. We recieved this book that had where everyone lived and who was married and how many kids people had. We graduated with 137 people. The book had 100 people responding and out of 100 people 18 people are not married and 11 live out of state.

My Crutches and I are off to Key West in the Morning!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!

lunch at work

I have been riding lately, about 45 minutes a day for three days now. It feels awesome.
My high school 10 year reunion is this weekend so I am going to MI for a couple days and will be there from thurs-sun so if anyone wants to ride short and slow or go to founders let me know.
After MI I am going to key west for a fishing trip and to check out this thing called fantasy fest...should be interesting.

Wow

Rich is on a diet. Yes he did finish it.
Vegas is awesome we saw the sun rise today.
The boys rocked the race last night.

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First time is a charm.

So last night was the first night here and i woke up this morning with a tattoo! Crazy!
This banner is at the show.

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Airport

Rich was worried that the world would run out of food so he brought this huge disgusting sandwich from wal mart for 4 dollars. I then sQuished while putting it in the over head compartment. He was so upset over that stupid sandwich it was so funny...to me.

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mobile posting

I can now post to this from my phone...the last entry was posted that way. How cool is that. So now I should be able to update this thing from the show and the race. The only problem with this is that I won't have anymore excuses. I am starting to love technology. You know what else I love? FREE TRIPS TO VEGAS!!!

Vegas

Getting in shape for the show!

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VEGAS BABY!!!!

I am going to vegas tomorrow and I CANNOT WAIT. I am going there to watch the USA CRITS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS on Thursday evening. It should be a riot as all I have to do there is party. I hear it is a good place to do that. I went there last year when I was in a wrist cast and so this year will be even more fun as I will get to get pushed around in a wheelchair. I am sure my teammates will be excited to help out with that.
The race seems to be shaping up to be a huge deal and it is going to suck watching it from the sidelines. Oh well I guess that is how it goes. I am super excited to hang out with the boys in vegas though, that is going to CRAZY!!!!! I can only imagine what we are going to get ourselves into...I will let you know...some of it..
Other than that I have been working at the shop everyday and watching "The Rock of Love", "The Pick Up Artist" and "The Real World" on a regular basis. I love america and its television it is so enlightening.
I'll keep you posted...maybe.

wow what fun

Yeah that was Jim B's rear end in that last post, it sure is nice isn't it.
So not much is going on here in NC. The weather is nice to look at, and it probably would be nice riding weather.
I have been keeping busy by working at the bicycle shop. I just roll around in a wheelchair and talk to customers. It is kind of fun.
I have three more weeks of non weight bearing and then we will see how things are. My leg is already atrophied down to the bone. It is scray how fast that muscle has left.
Anyway everything is good, going to the symphony tonight. The WS symphony has tuesday night concerts which I thought was weird, but apparently they have been doing them for ever.
Happy BDAY to my DAD. It was yesterday and he isn't as old as I thought, so that is good.

I have nothing

I have nothing to say about anything at all. I am home in NC and have been spending my days watching tv. That is it. Nothing more nothing less. I did weigh in this week and took a "before" picture so I document what a mess I will become in these next weeks. Should be entertaining at least.
All joking aside I am well, just bored and my right leg hurts more than my left one because of all the hopping up and down on it.
My mom wants me to clean up my language on here, so I don't think i swore too damn much this time.
Check out this turd-cutter. Guess who it is correctly and I will mail you some of my vicodin as a prize.



This what downers looked like for our race...

I used to love racing in the rain...

Surgery

So I had surgery today. It was fine, i guess. They put me under and so it went by quickly. Now i am chilling at the "boss man" chads house. Uh is flying up here tomorrow and driving me and my car back home on sunday. I am so lucky to have wonderful friends and teammates who have taken great care of me this week so I would like to say thank-you to them. I have some pictures I will put up on sunday when I get back to my computer.
Cyclingnews did a little story on my break, it is a funny story so check it out here. Is it bad that i giggled when I saw they mentioned beer in that article?
Good luck to my teammates who are competing in round 8 of the the USA crit series this weekend in binghampton ny. I was really looking forward to doing that race because I used to do it when I went to Ithaca college. It is right in that same area. Those pictures I posted a while ago is what I looked like when I did that race back then. People kept asking me if I was hot with all that hair. HA!

Damn Curb

This was almost exactly one year ago.
I guess it must be that time of year because I crashed badly at downers in the rain and broke my M-F ing calcaneous. For those who don't know what that is, it is your heel. I fractured it in 2 places and am having surgery on friday. It sucks and it hurts and I am out for at least 3 months. Gotta Love It.