TAKIN TIME OFF HOLY CRAP

Booked some flights dude. Heading to ColoRADo for a week. With my brothers. All fahkin four of us dude.

Dad's not doing great, and yeah maybe we all need to spread it out but maybe that's next step, currently we'll all be there, together, do what we can do, gather firewood for the winter, help cook big piles of meals and freeze and portion them out, work on shit around the house for him, drink lots of cheap beer.

Not so much a vacation as a change of scenery but it will be a good thing.

This morning started way better than yesterday, shitty night sleep but oddly shitty, not for a good reason, just one weird dream, then randomly waking up. Nothing to pin it on. Got up earlier to try and make it to India Point Park for CX skills and drills with Marcus. Dani and David B where there when I finally rolled up later than planned. But still with plenty to do. Worked on some remounts with them, set up a mini-course with the cones I brought, did a handful of mini-races. Start, two laps, dismount and run up hill, first one with a wrong side off camber dismount to help figure out how to conquer that, then a longer run with require shouldering of the bike. I did the latter one a couple times, on road tires, stating on grass and dirt with slicks kind of don't work, spun the tires a bit and the turns are less than confidence inspiring with 28s and 80psi.

Felt good to open up the lungs and sprint up hill with the bike.

Just got an email with order confirmation from Trek saying the crockett is ON THE WAY, shit i better order the cranks. Lighting fire to the credit card this week i guess, not cheap ticket to CO, bike, cranks and other bits to make it work...  oof, oh well, it is only money. At least there are still bikes to build. But that season is winding down slowly...  but IIRC by this time last year I was done at the other shop, this one should keep rolling for a bit longer, they may cut enough other staff that maybe I'll stay on even longer than I am anticipating. We'll see.

Okay, I've snacked and written enough, fixed one issue, waiting for call back from service engineers on two more. Productive but relaxed morning and words that aren't grumpy and dark for a change.

SMACKDOWN TONIGHT, and well, Dani is back and she's going to be there and she's going to rip everyone's legs off. Very likely looking like there'll be two groups. Hopefully big Eian will be there and I can motorpace a bit.

as always: we'll see

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