Status Reports

That's what this reminds me of - - the weekly status report. As usual, it's tough to get started, but you know you have to because there's a deadline. In my prior life a status report was turned into a customer invoice, and a customer invoice was prerequisite to my paycheck. The main reason that I hated doing it was that the weekly status often had to be "fluffed up" a little bit to make it seem more important than it really was, or the customer might realize that they could do without me, which would upset my agent or employer. Anyway.....

This week was almost totally devoted to bicycling. We averaged a little over 20 miles a day (no fluff!) Tuesday thru Saturday. Tuesday I rode 22 miles (round trip to Preston) and was exhausted by the time I got home. Saturday Jennifer and I rode the same route and we felt pretty good by the time we got home. Our goal for this year is a round trip to Harmony, which will be about 48 miles, and we think we'll be ready when we get a nice day after Tuesday of next week. Legs aren't the problem this year. The limiting factor is my right arm. The leaning forward, or "dropped", position puts pressure on hands and arms, and I'm not quite there yet.

We've had lots of time to bicycle because we're not devoting any time to unpacking and organizing "the little house". Why would we if we're going to move again in 6 weeks? We can see that the current owners of 508 Fillmore are here this weekend, but they're not spending any time outside so we assume they're packing. It's a little awkward. My natural inclination is to go over there and introduce myself, but then there is always the possibility of screwing up the deal with too much talk, so we hide from them and they're probably hiding from us too. It's a small matter. We'll never see each other again except for a few minutes at the closing, so we're not losing friends or even much of a possibility to make new friends.

Jennifer's digital camera is temporarily missing, presumed to be safely packed in one of 10,000 cartons, but who knows? When we find it I hope we can include some interesting pictures on this blog like you guys do. Jennifer has gone to the cities today to see her favorite artist Charlotte Laxen at the arboretum, so I'm going to ride over to Whalen for lunch and top it off with apple pie alamode!