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Monday, October 03, 2005

Well, I wish I could say that our weekend was highly productive but in terms of getting things done it really wasn't as productive as it probably needed to be given how busy the coming weekend will be. It was, however, a good weekend in terms of quality time spent with my wife. Friday night we went down to a little greek restaurant in Thomaston called Aviano's. It was really similar to a place we have here in town except that the service was about ten times better. The downside was that the meals really weren't worth $25 as they were a bit too salty for our taste. I might go there for lunch sometime but I'm not sure I'll return for dinner unless it's to try out the pizza (a very real possibility since good pizza is either way too expensive or has to be arrived at through enduring the previously mentioned poor service).

On Saturday I got a really strong ride in, my first at true race pace. I had some help from the wind so I'm not sure if it's really indicative of my form at the moment but it was nice to average 22.6 over 56 miles on my regular road bike. I managed to get some yard work done before the lawnmower ran out of gas as well but not quite as much as I had hoped. That night I took my wife dancing at this little club down in Macon. We had never done this before and it was a lot of fun. I'm haven't ever been much of a nightclub kind of person preferring instead to go to blues clubs or pubs (or something that is a combination of the two). One reason is that I'm a bit shy abou asking people to dance and I'm not too fond of the meat market mentality where the person you're dancing with always seems to have an eye somewhere else on the dance floor looking to see if there's something better. Going with my wife removed all of that and so I got to enjoy spending time with her and dancing as well.

The only problem with Saturday night was that we didn't get home until after 3 am on Sunday. I tried to piece sleep together over the course of the day but it was hard to do given what I needed to finish. I mostly finished up the yard work and got a recovery ride in but I didn't do too much else. I honestly can't understand how my students can do anything like this and still function as students. I only had a couple of beers but the late night wiped an awful lot of Sunday out for me. If I had had to study I can't imagine I would have gotten too much done. Granted, they're 20 years younger then me and can probably sleep through the sunrise but I'm still feeling the effects of the evening today. I can't imagine how bad off I'd be if I had gotten blotto and/or stayed out until 4 or 5 or 6 am by running to Waffle House and then Wal-Mart and then dropping a friend off and then...

So now it's on to the week at hand with meetings, visiting close friends, a Rosh Hashanah service to help coordinate and attend (yes, even as a Christian I celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover with my Jewish friends; it is what we hold in common) and a championship race to train for. It's a lot to do along with Mid-Terms (something I'll try to write about tomorrow) this week. We will have lots of travel over the week and into the weekend. Given the fact that gas seems to be rare around these parts right now that might be an interesting thing. When I went to fill the car on Friday only two local stations were carrying regular and when I went to find gas for the lawnmower on Sunday I ran into the same problem. I was able to find gas each time without too much trouble but spotty supply has me a bit worried for our Sunday travel up to the TT in Rome on Sunday.

Anyways, I hope you had a good, restful weekend and that your week goes well.

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