Dear So and So

[laura*]

Dear squeaky bike:
Ok then, we're not going for a ride today. I feel like a total klutz today - I'll probably break something fixing you. I'm going back to bed with a book.

Dear microclimates:
The forecast was for hot 80's, sunny, an offshore wind, and an extreme forest fire danger. Here in the forest it is cold 60's, 99.9% humidity, and I probably wouldn't be able to set the forest on fire with even a flame thrower. Bah!

[bmccasland]

Dear Knee and opposite Hip,
Yes I stood up for 6 hours at a job site this morning, but do you have to hurt quite so much? Knee, you've been fixed, we did months of PT, still do our exercises, what's up with this??? And why are you getting hip in on the party? A construction site is not exactly the place to sit around. Not my fault there's no place to sit in a truck and monitor the near-water activities. You did get the report from the eyes about the construction equipment barely having room to manouver. WE didn't want to get stuck in the mud.

I want to have a good time at the party this evening, so behave.

[maillotpois]

Dear Maillotpois,

"When it's easy, ride hard; when it's hard, ride easy" is the best thing I've ever read. Thank you. I thought about this on my ride, and I think it can be applied to every aspect of life.

Thanks. It gets me through my double centuries and brevets. Hadn't thought about its broader application, so thank you for that.

[ultraviolet]

Dear neighbor,

I've already interrupted your party once to ask you to turn down your music. If it wakes me up again, I'm calling the police. And since your entire apartment reeks of the pot smoke hanging in the air, I'm guessing that's not going to make for happy times for you or your guests.

Also, you're 41 years old. Maybe it's time to stop hanging out with college aged kids. Just something to think about.

Love,
Your neighbor who has way more connections in your field of work than you realize...another thing to think about, since you'll be out of grad school and on the job hunt in the next year or so.

[Owlie]

Dear self--
This is not an easy choice to make, and there are pros and cons for both options. You've got a choice. Take it one step at a time. This first step isn't binding. Let Dr. C know what concerns him, ask questions and then bring up the other stuff later. Then talk to Drs. A and L...

Dear Chat Noir poster--
I've carted you around between...six different residences now, not counting the trips home over the summer. Now you no longer want to stick to the walls...by any means. I think this may be it for you.

[Owlie]

Dear neighbors and their idiot redneck friends:
You lot may be the single biggest argument for home ownership ever. Stop acting like morons and grow up. (Oh, and be quiet while you're at it.)

[tangentgirl]

Dear Self: GET. TO. WORK. Enough procrastinating, lady.

[azfiddle]

Dear DH

I am both mystified by your fixation on "run my age plus one" goal, and amazed by your accomplishment yesterday: not content to run a marathon up a mountain, you parked 17 miles above the start, got up at 2:30 am, ran downhill to the official start, completed the marathon, and ran back to the car. After 2 months of lots of cycling but no running at all, except that 35 mile day last week. Over 57 miles.

I'm afraid to ask how many toenails you lost (and no, I won't peek!).

[indysteel]

Dear DH

I am both mystified by your fixation on "run my age plus one" goal, and amazed by your accomplishment yesterday: not content to run a marathon up a mountain, you parked 17 miles above the start, got up at 2:30 am, ran downhill to the official start, completed the marathon, and ran back to the car. After 2 months of lots of cycling but no running at all, except that 35 mile day last week. Over 57 miles.

I'm afraid to ask how many toenails you lost (and no, I won't peek!).

He did what? What a feat!!!!

[azfiddle]

Yes, once he had done a couple of marathons, about 5 years ago he made it his goal to run his age plus one, but last year he started doing it on Mt. Lemmon, so he had about 7000+ feet of climbing.

I don't run, but he can ride circles around me - (in fact, he does, to get in extra intervals.

[Owlie]

Dear DH

I am both mystified by your fixation on "run my age plus one" goal, and amazed by your accomplishment yesterday: not content to run a marathon up a mountain, you parked 17 miles above the start, got up at 2:30 am, ran downhill to the official start, completed the marathon, and ran back to the car. After 2 months of lots of cycling but no running at all, except that 35 mile day last week. Over 57 miles.

I'm afraid to ask how many toenails you lost (and no, I won't peek!).

Dear self:
The responsible thing would be to, having paid the CC bill, (which was ridiculous, thanks to your inability to remember to pack lunch for much of the month) and rent and the electric bill on the way, to put the balance of your birthday money toward paying the student loan. However, we do realize that that is slightly unrealistic. SO. There's about $50 worth of stuff you want. Buy it. Put balance of "spending money" half in savings. Put the other half toward paying off the loan.

[marni]

Dear self:
The responsible thing would be to, having paid the CC bill, (which was ridiculous, thanks to your inability to remember to pack lunch for much of the month) and rent and the electric bill on the way, to put the balance of your birthday money toward paying the student loan. However, we do realize that that is slightly unrealistic. SO. There's about $50 worth of stuff you want. Buy it. Put balance of "spending money" half in savings. Put the other half toward paying off the loan.

mymother always made us wait two months before we made what she called in impulse buy. If we still wanted it in two months, and had managed to save the money, then we could have it. Otherwise forget it. I still tend to hold off a year or so unless it is critical to my survival. Just a thought.

[tangentgirl]

Owlie, it is birthday money, use some of it for something nice for yourself. You deserve it. And happy birthday!

***
Dear Self: honest to goodness, enough with the procrastinating. You have responsibilities, deal with it. You even like what you are supposed to be doing, what's the problem? If you don't do this, you are going to have to go back to corporateland, and you know you hate that place.

[Biciclista]

Owlie, it is birthday money, use some of it for something nice for yourself. You deserve it. And happy birthday!

***
Dear Self: honest to goodness, enough with the procrastinating. You have responsibilities, deal with it. You even like what you are supposed to be doing, what's the problem? If you don't do this, you are going to have to go back to corporateland, and you know you hate that place.

good grief, I agree!! don't pay off loans with birthday money! buy some smart wool.. or something else nice for yourself.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Dear Self: GET. TO. WORK. Enough procrastinating, lady.

Dear Self: honest to goodness, enough with the procrastinating. You have responsibilities, deal with it. You even like what you are supposed to be doing, what's the problem? If you don't do this, you are going to have to go back to corporateland, and you know you hate that place.

....as she types on women's biking forum.... lol!