Thread Drift

[Xrayted]

My bike trainer was sold last year. It wasn't really my idea. Sigh. Of course, now I need one since I'm a freezing cold rain weenie. I saw a great one on CL with the riser, mat and I hope this person gets back to me. I really like the one they have and I also get to go to Hood River, OR, which is one of my favorite places to visit.

[spokewench]

Yeah, I need to pull the trainer out of the basement and get it in the house. We're having a lovely snow storm with nice ice everywhere!

[chickwhorips]

CC - Occasionally I come out of the darkness to stalk you guys still. Or I have someone that's a pain in the arse that tells me I need to remember my password.

I'll try to do my best with checking in, but it's fatty season! I can't promise that I'll be near a computer when there are trails calling my name!

[marni]

Yes, Marni, you should miss Acton! Remember, you worked with my son, Josh, at the coffee place. The skinny, dark haired kid who came in to work, when you were leaving for the day.
The breakfast place I was referring to was Julie's. By the Ace Hardware on rt. 27. It may not have been there when you lived here. I can't remember exactly when it opened.
We actually ended up going somewhere else, closer to our house, as the kids were exhausted from the red eye.

I do remember Josh. The breakfast place is new but then every thing changes with time.

[snapdragen]

Wow, it's like the band is getting back together! So great to see some of the old gang, you have been missed. X - I'm sorry to hear about your rough times. Chick - how's the great north treating you?

[Pax]

I want to be the Roadie!

[crazycanuckoz]

If you're the roadie pax, can we be this band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3paf2TLrgsg

I'm slowly slowly packing my bags for my monday flight & am now remember...i'm heading to worldly parts that are in the midst of winter...not summer..I need something to wear besides shorts & leggings... ...Top part, sorted..

I didn't put much thought into it until this week as my uni assignments were a bit more important...Marks are slowly trickling in & am passing ..

[Crankin]

I am sure you are more than passing. Have a wonderful trip.

[Xrayted]

Happy Hanukkah and Thanksgiving everyone!!

Ah Snap, they are only rough times if you allow them to be. I got through the emotional rough part pretty quickly overall with the help of some wonderful friends, old and new. Life is actually really great these days. I haven't felt this alive in a long time. I'm getting the chance to explore and do a lot of the things that I moved out here for now. I've met some really fantastic people over the last few months that have allowed me to see how wonderful life really is and can continue to be. And being single is actually really liberating in many ways. I haven't done the single thing in a long time but there are many advantages to it. Like I have $$ left over at the end of the paycheck. Who knew?

Chick is probably up there in AK playing in the snow with her pup. Those two are crazy cute together.

How has the old gang been? I've missed you ladies. I'm back on the bike. And bought another trainer off of CL. The road bike is now ready to crank as I watch tv. I have to use up those old tires somehow. Lol.

[OakLeaf]

Unexpected benefit of cycling: reassembling the bike out of its shipping case is an unobtrusive way of showing the HVAC guys that I know my way around a toolbox.

Not that I expect these guys to cut any corners, this is the second major job they've done for us besides several visits for routine maintenance, and I trust them. But it just feels good to show that "woman home alone" does not mean "idiot."

[Pax]

Love that, Oak!

[Xrayted]

Hahaha Oak! Yes! Someday there will be no doubts or sideways glances when we do something like that. It will just be business as usual because we will achieve absolute equality in the world.

[Xrayted]

I am so loving my Lindsey Stirling CD. Wow that young woman can play. Beautiful music that makes my day better.

[lph]

Christmas party season: I guess it's a sign of adulthood when you can get seated next to someone you've had a bad falling out with, and haven't spoken to in three years, and pull off sitting there for over two hours without mudslinging, recriminations or resorting to banalities.

*sigh* Growing older has its perks. But it's still hard work.

[Pax]

Congratulations to New Mexico! Now the 17th state to approve Marriage Equality!