Yahoo For Me!

So I went to bed last night with the thought that, cold or no cold, I'm going to get on my bike. To my happy surprise I woke up feeling much better got on my bike for the first time in 4 days (I know, not a long time to most of you) and made it to work in my usual time. I even went back home for my extended lunch break so I'll probably bank a good 40+ miles today which has thus far been a good way to work all the crap out of my system as my health improves.

Ever get those fits of motivation where everything seems to come together? I got the second summer job I wanted, my ex-gf's dad who my friend and I worked for this weekend said he wants to pay us more than orginally agreed upon, got the dishes done, volunteer project in the works, found my favorite biking shorts, threw on some shorts and I still have 20 minutes to kill before I go back to work.

On top of this, I unexpectedly learned a few days ago that the subject of my day dreams who resides 200 miles away from me may grace me with her presence to endure my overbearing lines and bad jokes this weekend. It's all coming up SuspeckTed...for the time being anyway.

Seriously though, maybe my kharma is working out. I was the sickest when it was raining and likely too crappy to bike to work anyway, and the first day I feel good enough to hop back on it turns out to be a fabulous mild sunny day. Not to mention my brother lent me a mix I made a long time ago to listen to on my ride back...I forgot how great of a song Players Ball by Outkast is.

Okay, enough gloating. Maybe I'm just trying to say "this too shall pass," things were ugly and gross and now seem to be working out. This phrase is humbling in both ways....when things are craptastic they'll eventually get better, but when things are amazing it probably won't last either.
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40+ miles TODAY? Dear God, Ted, I've been reading my bike pretty much every day it's possible and I still haven't put on 40 miles this year. You're an animal, dawg. I just called you dawg. Tight.

When I fall to pessimism, which actually isn't too often, I always remind myself of a quote from "Say Anything":

"Can't you just be happy? How hard is to to wake up in the morning and just decide to be happy?"

Hmm. I wish I ahd that movie with me. I wanna watch it.
Peace,
Chris
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Thanks for the props man. Annie, who has graced the blog for the first time with a comment the other day road back home with me yesterday and said her goal was to be able to keep up with me at my regular pace in two weeks. I told her that I would be super pissed if she was able to do so...when asked why (this conversation partially taking place while we're biking) I asked if she wanted to see my regular pace to which she started yelling at me after about 30 seconds of my accelerating. I'm not sure I'd be the best riding companion as I generally swerve between narrow gaps of traffic without much regard that someone behind me might be blindly following. I think I'll get better at that over time, or I'll get hit by a car...whichever comes first.

Love ya,
Ted

PS - Old Cusak movies are the shit. I still think Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer are two of the best movies ever made. I really hope they're rereleased when we're like 70.

PPS - Awesome to hear you're riding. One mile a day or 500 a week, all nonmotorized two wheelin' fiends earn a lot of gold stars in my book.
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I still think Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer are two of the best movies ever made.


They are great. I wonder what he thinks of them now, though.