So I’m sitting in the backseat of a pickup truck on the way back from Wisconsin. It does still hurt to sit down, but at least thats all that still hurts today. This weekend was one of those that made feel old, pains, cramps and aches while biking followed by soreness and some general discomfort the next day. It was definately a fun time though, I haven’t done a group biking trip like this probably since the last time I went with Bob and Jeff, I suppose that wouldve been sometime in ‘98 when we did a 60 mile part of the Illinois Prarie Path. Only when in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin can Bob run into someone he knows, not that its that amazing that he finds someone that he knows. but more the fact that he was recognized in a dark train tunnel, “Hey are you from troop 652?” Really it is a musing that I know such the ‘celebrity’, but at least in not old like him yet. For our total of 68 or so miles we had fun, 2 miles of which was walking through old train tunnels, in the complete dark, lots of making fun and general good time playing like always with this group of people. The hot tub at the Hotel following the ride was definately a nice thing it helped to loosen up those muscles and getting up this morning didn’t hurt as badly as it probably would’ve.

Since its been a week when I last updated, I guess the rest of the week was actually pretty cool. My genuinely new experience for the week was learning how to take the skirting off of a mobile home, that was to be able to run network cables for Abby, she is probably one of the only people that has Cat5 cable running under her trailer for her broadband access. After that venture I was definately tempted to keep more tools in my car, but that would either require me to clean out my trunk and put some stuff in there or get a truck, I’m voting for #2 at this point. Working 11 hour days is starting to wind down, I am too burnt out to work long weeks like this. I actually got out of work at 4:30 on Friday. Too bad I started at 7 and had a meeting through lunch, so that still puts me at 9.5 hours for that day. Thursday was also a change from the norm, I went out with someone other than Vanberge or Abby, that was a fun time, dinner, pool and a movie. Made getting up for work on Friday a little tough but I actually didn’t mind at all. I was in a good mood when i went to bed, so I was still in one when I got up. I do feel like a complete ass for dinner on Thursday night though, we went to Tony Roma’s, it was there that I discovered Maria doesn’t eat meat. Sorry. I hate traffic at the Illinois/Indiana border I was cruizing into the city on Friday night, until 16 miles from the border, then it was stop and go all the way a little into Illinois. On the plus side, I still beat Bob to the gathering point, and he only lives about 20 minutes away, not 2.5 hours.