Super Pie Day

Not just ANY pie day but SUPER pie day.

So I've been told.

Made a berry pie with the kid yesterday afternoon. More or less helped her make it, okay not really helped just consulted and did stuff like take the pie out of the oven and things like that.

Declined a slice last night -may have one tonight though. Will have to make more ice cream though.

Solo's comments this morning ring true. Yes. I could likely find more fiscally rewarding job opportunities. Unfortunately career path is: get job in boston and commute every day or get job in industry which means cars and driving and not home much, which may be fine once there are no kids at home, but both more or less remove the bike from the equation in most practical sense as the primary mode of transportation, and the last time I removed it from the equation I lasted 2 years pedaling before just giving up and working on cars and getting fat.

The other thing that doesn't come up unless I'm challenged about my behavior and attitude and perspective is that I really actually like what I do and I'm good at it. The teaching this semester is adding a shit ton of stress but is rewarding enough to make the sacrifices and struggles worth it.

Heck I even remembered to bring the laptop in today. Almost forgot though.

The other point - and yes I could have just replied to the comment but hell why not make a whole post on it.

The Tires - yes. I did switch from the Durano Plus with stan's filled tubes (heavy and slow but indestructible) to Ultremo DDs, and I'll probably run those again tomorrow if the weather cooperates. But I do have a feel faster set of tires, and heck i should untubeless the CX tires if for no other reason than it forces me to re-do them to start the season instead of using the old sealant and keeping them inflated until September, and while not aero those ultegra wheels are the lightest set i have besides the zipps and the brake track is so fucked i'd have to put extra long V-brake pads on the Road bike just to be able to stop w/o punching through the rim track. Which i could do but may not be worth it.

Danced between the rain clouds this morning. Cool temps, borderline too cool to ride w/o gloves at an easy tempo, but it worked. Maybe I'll manage to get home w/o getting too soaked.

Won't be emerging from the dungeon until then.

Also tried a different coffee (dumb but I'm too stubborn so i'm going to suffer through it until it is gone) good and bad side to it: MORE CAFFEINE which isn't probably good, esp since I haven't adjusted volume to compensate. BUT IT SHOULD WORK OUT WELL GETTING THROUGH CLASS LECTURE FROM 2-5PM (probably only 2 hrs of lecture, not all 3)

woops - did an old classic start writing and then got busy dealing with stuff around here.

better hit publish - then move on... OOOH ALMOST LUNCH TIME! F'YEAH

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