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[Lise]

MP, hang in there. You'll have moments/days that are better/worse than others. Healing from anything usually takes twice as long as I think it should. Remember your body was working hard with this clot (s?) in there for awhile. Now it's working hard with medications. I honor you for that.

And, as aside, what a story to have your foot run over by one of the riders (? - I know so little) at the TdF!

Speaking of which, I have the most basic of cable, which means: Golf on two channels, TDF on no channels. GOLF?!? I ask you!

Have fun with the family, fish! L.

[DrBee]

Golf????? That's just wrong!

[maillotpois]

My foot was run over by the head of the Tour de France, Jean Marie le Blanc who follows the lead riders in his red car.

We were 2k from the top of Plateau de Beille in the Pyrenees and I was on the inside bend of a corner near the top, crouching down because it was the professional photographers' corner and they'd invited me and the PP over there to get away from the mean basques and I wanted to get down out of their way. Well, I was crouching down, with PP on my knee, and Lance and Basso came by so fast and the car was right behind them and rolled over my foot and must have hit me because I fell back into a ditch! I was just glad the PP wasn't hurt, but it took us a LONG time to get back down the mountain - we had to meet someone in Carcassonne the next day - and meanwhile my foot was getting totally swollen, which was a little scary.... turned out to be okay, but it was a little scary.

[Lise]

Wow! What a great story! As long as no permanent damage to the foot. PP has a phenonmenal story to tell in school! How cool that the photogs invited you and the PP to hunker down with them.

I was really sorry to see that Thor was downed by some spectator's sign. Golf happens all summer long. Why not put the TDF on one channel instead?!?

[Brina]

fish, virtual twins are siblings not biologically related who are the same age. They could be step sibs, or one or both could be adopted. Some people in the adoption community refer to it as artificial twinning but I prefer the term virtual.

[DrBee]

Ah - okay, that makes sense. Virtual twins.

MP - WOW! That's scary getting knocked into a ditch and mean spectators. But what an awesome story! PP is a lucky girl (on lots of levels).

[KnottedYet]

Forgive me, Beer Gods, for I have sinned....

I dumped an O'Doul's (non alchohol) into the dregs of my glorious Red Hook ESB to make it last longer. (there's a very important reason I only buy ONE bottle of real beer at a time. sometimes I forget why. not good.)

I won't do it again, I promise. Sort of.

O'Doul's is pretty sad. Does anyone know a fake beer that tastes good? Preferably a red/bitter? The closest I've found is Kaliber by Bass, but that's on the pale side, too.

I worked for a while at Sparrow (the hospital with all the twins). Pretty cool to hear news of it after all these years.

[maillotpois]

MP - WOW! That's scary getting knocked into a ditch and mean spectators. But what an awesome story! PP is a lucky girl (on lots of levels).

She is. She'll understand it later, I am sure....

[Nanci]

Remember we were trying to think of the name of the white chalky sandy stuff in tortoise urine? Urates.

In other news, I am BEAT from my ride Saturday. I didn't put it with the July 1 rides, because it deserves its own story.

MWBR. Coincidentally, that phrase kept running through my head Saturday at odd moments.

[Lise]

In other news, I am BEAT from my ride Saturday. I didn't put it with the July 1 rides, because it deserves its own story.

MWBR. Coincidentally, that phrase kept running through my head Saturday at odd moments.

Nanci, looking forward to the ride report when you get it written. I agree it deserves a thread of its own.

"MWBR" runs through my head all the time.

I had a pretty quiet call shift, slept all night (except for 2-3 AM, who knows why ). The plan was to run and then take a long ride on the bike to really test out the new saddle and aero bars after I'm done doing rounds at the hosp. this AM.

Alas, I awoke to a torential downpour, lightning, and thunder. Looks like....swimming at the Y and running on the tread mill instead! I'm hoping to ride my bike out to my sister's (9 mi) for the 4th, but...well...mwbr, weather-wise.

[DrBee]

Good morning ladies! I took off of work today and went for a nice 20 mile ride this AM. I'm still overly concious of cars (that's not necessarily a bad thing), but I felt great in terms of bike control and confidence

Today will be a good day. Heading to cook buttermilk blueberry waffles... Have a glorious day!

[DrBee]

Nanci --Urates - you're right, I am the only one that would care. I don't remember that term. I've learned something new today - thanks!

I'd been wondering about you Nanci - sorry to hear you were racing the clock all day. That doesn't sound like much fun. How were the shorts and the saddle? I'm looking forward to the ride report!

CC - I'd trade with tyou, but I can't get any of those things around here anyway. Lise - I bet you're a good overt sister

It's my turn for the showers - THEN to the waffles.

[KnottedYet]

I think I'm finally starting to get over this dang cold. Whoever told me it lasts 2 weeks: you were right! I must have had the same one you did.

Now that I'm feeling better, it looks like it'll be a cloudy and rainy commute. Might have to wear the raingear over my work clothes. Or wear bike shorts (for a 4 miler?!?!) to save my work clothes. It will be nice to get a break from all this sun, though.

soooooo glad I don't have to work tomorrow. Need to get in some open water swimming, got a BBQ, do laundry and dishes and clean the house.

I have nothing important to say. Just rambling and drifting along....

P.S. Urates. I care, too. (urea, uric acid, urates... sounds like I'm conjugating a latin verb)