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[chickwhorips]

MP - it wasn't the avian flu just something i ate, thankfully. feel better now.

knotted - the bike will be there soon... don't worry.

fish - congrats!

nanci - glad the new addition is doing well and eating

lise - good luck with dating.

kit - good luck also!

(i can't share my luck, i think i used all of it up already)

mimi - we have about 7 hours of sunlight in the winter, if we see it. i'm pretty far south. and i wouldn't exactly say amazing, crazy yes, but amazing not so sure.

[Kitsune06]

CWR- You're crazy. Completely insane- and so, so awesome. You rock. I'm so glad you're okay.

on the interview-
got another call re: the one this afternoon- turned out to be for a position I *didn't* want, so I'm in fuzzy socks and PJs now, with hot tea and rain outside... I think my interview went really well- I can expect to be called for a 2nd interview, where I get finger printed and have to do my fed. background check... but the guy said he really liked what he saw, and that he had all confidence that I could do very well in said position, so that bode well.

I think luck is more like a muscle than a quantifiable thing. It does best when used so-an-so often, and can really benefit from being given a run for its money...

...or that's what I tell myself.
That means, CWR, that you are now luckier than you've been in awhile. =) go buy a lottery ticket.

[chickwhorips]

good point about the lotto ticket, one problem. can't do that around here either. i really should go into buisness for myself here. i could sell so many things....

[salsabike]

Okay then.

Y'all may remember that in addition to the Mom stuff, we are undergoing a major house expansion. The roof was scheduled to start coming off today and we had to be out till next Friday when the new roof would be done (we hope). So we made Hilton reservations because Mr. Salsa had Hilton points from previous work trips. The last week was spent frantically getting everything into the basement where we will be living for the several months it'll take to do all the inside work. Every day, also, I spend hours on the phone with my sister, friends back East, rehab staff, re my mom. Arguing with contractor about securing the house while we're going (okay solution but only after much stress). SOOOOOO....I woke up this morning, all packed for hotel stay, at 5 am in the basement bedroom, hearing the rain Mimi mentioned above. Got up to go to the bathroom and stepped in a BIG pond of rainwater. The new construction wasn't sealed off yet and the rain just poured in between the old and the new right through the basement walls and flooded the floors. Short version---water damage assessor says that contractor's responses for drying it up made sense and we won't have any major damage. All after more big stress, rushing to work to meet with various kids' parents, etc.

HOWEVER. I am now firmly ensconced in a local Hilton (Mimi, this will amuse you--it's RIGHT next to Paine Field. Think Boeing, you guys. Gotta like the frequent sound of small aircraft coming and going). I AM SO THRILLED TO BE HERE. Room service, can't go back to house to worry, cats boarded at great neighborhood cattery, Mom not having acute medical crises this week for first time since August 1, new Myron Bolitar novel (he's such a smart-***). Halibut for dinner. I'm so happy to be in this hotel I can hardly stand it.

Rock hunting is the most fun. You get to scrabble in the dirt in the desert or the mountains, and find really beautiful stuff. My favorite so far--topaz and fossil hunting in Utah desert. Second: thundereggs in central Oregon, which must have millions of them. We have a rock saw and a polisher. Love it.

Lise, my Siamese cat Beeper MUST ALWAYS sit between me and the keyboard, and moans lugubriously at me if I jostle her trying to type.

Mimi, do post kitten pics when they finally emerge. Poor babies.

This is the second time Karen A's books have come up here and it's interesting to see how many of us are reading/have read something by her. She's filling a real need and niche, apparently.

6 Gaps ride? I will look for it online.

Thinkin' we may have to wait till October to see Knotted ride her new bike on the NW TE ride. But beer this Saturday should help her a little, anyway.

[snapdragen]

I am short.

All my adult life I've thought I was 5' 6". Today I went in for a bone density test, they measured me - I'm 5' 5 1/2". Wonder if I'm shrinking....

[DirtDiva]

Could be worse - some of us are 5'3" and most assuredly have not started shrinking yet.

[Nanci]

I'm 5'2" if I stand really straight. You're tall to me, Snap.

Best rock hunting is for agates, etc. on the shore of Lake Superior.

[Nanci]

But as a kid, I always went on field trips to the "brick yard" where there would be tons of fossils. I couldn't believe they just left that stuff laying around!

[DebW]

All my adult life I've thought I was 5' 6". Today I went in for a bone density test, they measured me - I'm 5' 5 1/2". Wonder if I'm shrinking....

I always though I was 5' 6" also. Actually 5' 6 1/4" I believe. But my last few physicals they've measured me at 5' 7". Weird. Inverse osteoporosis?

[betagirl]

Beta, I was going to have a heart attack for you if you were really going to ride that 13 tooth DuraAce cog. But yours is an 18. *wipes brow in relief* Do you have a puller for that freewheel cog? Looks different from any of the 5 or 6 freewheel pullers that I have, but my Regina 2-notch might work if the diameter is right. Have fun with Sloane. We want a full report...

Yeah, a 13 would be bad. I'll have a 48/18 setup as you thought. I didn't get to test ride her yesterday and won't be able to today *sniff* Too busy with the research gig. Tomorrow definitely! As for stopping/starting, I'm sure it'll be interesting to figure it all out. I'll try to keep the bruises to a minimum. Oh and those pics I swiped off the web, they're not my actual cogs. I was too lazy to take pictures

Thanks for that weather report for winter. It's funny as it's the opposite of what they're saying around here.

CWR: WOW! That's a story you'll be telling for a long time.

Fish: congrats from me as well!

Salsa: ew, sorry about the H2O. Gotta love those hotel points

Could be worse - some of us are 5'3" and most assuredly have not started s

Hey you shorter ladies have it made with shoes/heels Am I the only one that's happy to see the heel heights coming down a bit?

I'm now 5'9. I used to be 5'10 1/2. So I have started shrinking. Which is uber-lame because I'm 30. I also have osteopenia in my hips. When I learned that I was like WTF? I had this screening thing done where you stick your heel into this contraption and it spits out some z-scores. This 70 year old woman (or close to it) went before me, she was fine. So I figured I was in like Flynn. No. "You need a DEXA scan...." A who? Learned later that Crohn's disease not only eats your intestines but it sometimes likes to go after your bones as well. Fantastic!

As for reading, my friend gave me "Who Moved My Blackberry" to read yesterday. I need something humorous right now to offset the piles of reading I have for school. I haven't read the books mentioned, but have them on my "to read" list.

Mmmmmm Hurricaine's....

[Lise]

salsa, I can't even imagine the kind of renovations you guys have going on. Hilton it is!

beta, that is "uber-lame" (great term) about the Crohn's eating your bones as well. I did not know. My cousin and a couple of friends over the years have had Crohn's, so I've learned bits and pieces. I hope you got to ride into town today, even if it's not on Sloane yet.

I'm 5'8", and sometimes feel abnormally tall. (I think) I'd really like to be 5'5" with a size 7 shoe. My real shoe size is 9.5-10. I just feel very large sometimes. My femurs are on the longish side for a woman, I've been told at the LBS, which maybe part of why I enjoy cycling so much. But then there's yellow, and Nanci, and RunningMommy, who are all shorter than I, and bike much farther!

I'm off to ride in this gorgeous, rain-free day.

[Veronica]

Revel in being tall!

I'm 5'4" and 3/4, usually just rounded to 5'5", with shoe size 9 - 9.5. I think I was meant to be taller, but my bones got compressed. That's why I'm sturdy.

V.

[Nanci]

Holy you know what!! It just cost me $37 to send my August SS package, because it was over four pounds...

[Trek420]

Throw your shoulders back and enjoy being tall! Oh to be able to reach the top shelf

I'm 5'1" sis Duck on Wheels is about 5'10" It's just not fair.

[Nanci]

My work sucks so much today I almost started crying a minute ago...