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Saturday’s ride certainly showed me that I was not at the level of riding that I thought I was at. Need to get more fit, increase top speed, sustain a fast pace and increase endurance. I’ll need to put together a training plan, which includes doing intervals at least 2x a week. Just need to find a level enough grade to do it.

Time to toughen up.

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Doing a recon ride with my brother a fay before his race. Turned out to be a hard ride for me as a cramped up real bad not far from home.

It’s been a rough week. Especially yesterday.  Working from home today was a much needed change of pace. Actually got some work done today.  I was also able to bring the kids to and from school today.  That was nice.

Looking forward to the weekend, slow down, relax, don’t have to rush out anywhere.

Also my brother is coming up here for a race on Sunday so we’ll be doing some riding together on Saturday.  Definitely looking forward to that.

Looks like it’s been over a here since I last blogged.  A lot has happened since. I won’t go into it now, just way too much stuff. Mostly good things, with a few hiccups along the way.

Anyway, just testing out this WordPress app in my Nook.

Going to read more of The Hobbit and then get some sleep.

It’s been a rough day.

So I’ve reopened my blog, hopefully I can keep up with this. Need to update a few things but can’t do it right now. Just wanted to get the ball rolling on this.

Have a good day everyone!

So I downloaded a new soft keyboard for my tablet because the stock one just sucked. The so far it looks and functions really great.  The colors are really cool, and the split keyboard makes it real easy to type now, and and the predictive text is just really killer. I might just pick up on my blogging again. Who knows.

I’m actually debating whether or not I want to migrate back to Blogger or go to wordpress.com instead of managing my own site. The we’ll see how I feel at the time.

I have lots of stuff to write, but most of it either on facebook, and twitter and now google+

We shall see.

At the time of this writing, we’re on a return flight from Fort Myers Beach, FL from a wedding.  This was also our first full weekend away from the kids.  Didn’t realize how much we missed them.  We caught ourselves constantly saying, “I miss the kids”, or “we should’ve brought them”.  We kept saying, the next time we come down here, we’re going to bring them.

Fort Myers Beach is a beautiful area.  Everything is so calm and relaxing.  The beach has white sand, clear warm water, and the air was crisp and clean.  The pool was like any other pool, but being away from everyday life was something we both needed, even if it was for just a short while.  I think this time away gave us some time refocus and clear our heads.

We spent Friday afternoon sleeping. It was really nice to actually have some sleep without being woken up by the sound of cries.  After our afternoon nap, we went to the pool for a bit.  After an hour or so we went for a walk along the beach.  That was really nice, it was something that we haven’t done since Linette got back from St. Kitts over 7 years ago.  It was really sweet.  I also got som nice photos of the beach at sunset.

We spent most of Saturday pool side, Linette got a tan and I got burnt 🙁

Sharon and Brett’s wedding was really fun and down to earth. The wedding overall was very relaxed and laid back.  The wedding took place on the beach in front of the Pink Shell Resort.  What threw me off was a sign that said “Shoes Optional”.  The ceremony was short and simple, will the Sharon and Brett trying to say their own vows.  I say try because each of them choked, Brett getting more choked up than her.  At least Sharon had notes on her. 

Reeption was great as well, however it was really hot and I think Linette and I got more of a tan. We met some really friendly people at our table from different parts if the country.  There was Rob and Karen from Colorado, Rob and his wife from Alaska, and Bob and his wife.  Basically a table full of Rob’s.  Only difference was Bob and Rob are veterans from the Air Force, and Rob from Alaska is currently an active pilot as a Major.  It was nice to hear other people’s opinion especially when it comes to politics.  I’ll just Linette and I were the only democrats.

Afternoon was really hot, that is until the heavy rains came.  That is when the party was moved into the alcove in the parking garage.  I thought it was funny that we were celebrating a wedding in a parking garage.  You know what though, that is in line with how Sharon is, I truly feel that she wouldn’t want it any other way.

Congratulations to Sharon and Brett!

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i think i’m going into depression.

I feel like I’m slowly destroying everything I hold dear to me.