Will the day ever come? It's been weeks in the making... planning, biking, meeting new friends, eating, wondering if this is possible, icing, and biking so more.
I'm back to a very similar spot to where I was a week ago... except this week is clear of internal audits, massive amount of homework, and a potential deluge of rain. I anticiapte a very clear and restful week.
My Sunday was much busier than I expected, which left no time for lasagna prep or laundry, but don't worry, I accomplished the important things! I wish blogger authorized the use of bullets because I prefer those when offering a list to readers. We're not allowed, so please stay with me.
I finished a (excellent- I'm grading myself for now) paper in the morning.
Had a work revelation as a result.
I met up with an old friend, Nicole from Somervile Road Runners and biked 50 miles around Concord, Lexington and Carslie. We hadn't seen each other in over 6 months so we might have spent more time talking than riding, but it was 52 mile in 3 hours and 27 minutes so that's not far off my week's previous ride. Nicole is a tour guide for the bike company Trek so she spent the last 6 months traveling around Europe and India leading tours. What. an. AMAZING. Job! I know!
Nicole was also able to offer her expert opinion on my bike brakes, cleaning my bike, and if all goes well, maybe I will be traveling around Europe as a tour guide next summer. I have experience... I gave campus tours back in the summer of 2006!
I also met with long time fundraising support Melissa Branzburg for a restful night sleep away from Somerville. Turns out, the ville is lately a place of loud parties, crime, greed, and well... sleepless nights! The success of my ride depends on restful nights so I am taking some drastic measures to meet my needs.
Back to focusing on the upcoming ride,
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