The break for giving thanks holiday

Except it seems to have co-opted into something not that.

Mood's been back more in flux lately. Good moments, bad moments, overwhelmed moments.

I'd comment on Supercross Cup but well - what can I say - it looked fun I wish i was in shape to have been there to race super stoked for Jane to have a podium break through. She's been really focused lately and this is pretty huge for a totally unsponsored (aside from a few race fees because she's collegiate). She could do well, her bike handling is really solid, and she's figuring the rest of the stuff out.

Thom's Dirtwire coverage is ridiculously good. Super pumped to have had that.

I wonder how Myles fared talking to the venue on Monday. Is supercross going somewhere else next year?

I am not going to say anything else about the race - don't want to be sucked down a rabbit hole of unresolved and difficult emotions.

I haven't touched the CX bike since Fruitlands. Probably won't get to it until Friday. 4 weeks. I sprayed it off but still a handful of dried on cleaned grass. I did toss some lube on the chain, hopefully it is okay. Although I'm not going to go back to gears this year. Likely signing up for NBX to race the 40+, but mostly to see how long I can hang out riding the single speed before getting lapped. Lantern Rouge! No where to go but up, eh? Can't get much slower. But hopefully I can turn this around. Going to help set up, use up the two vacation days i'll lose on Thursday and Friday running around helping Matt and the rest of the NBX crew get set up.

Oh and the van is all fucked up again. Weeeee. Symptoms are consistent with a known fuel pump relay fault. If no recall though I'm on the hook. Although the same TIPM is installed on a huge range of Chrysler vehicles, only a handful have been recalled, for fuel pump failure. The TIPM is just a fancy fuse box but with permanently attached electronics and non-replaceable relays. There's a fix, I'll see what I can do about getting it working on Thursday. Looking to drive the Volvo till then. At least that one is somewhat reliable.

I'm kind of bummed about how the cars getting fucked up and needing shit disrupts my mood.

I rode less in October and November this year than i did last year. That's nuts. I guess last year I was riding my new CX bike a couple days a week in the woods. It was great. Somehow I've gotten even busier this year?

Sober thanksgiving is going to be really strange. I did a great job not getting blasted last year, until I got home. We'll see how this holiday goes. It'll be fine and I'm not worried about it. But I guess the VA in-laws were worried. We're only going down for a couple days and I am not drinking, OMG WHAT IS WRONG IS EVERYTHING OKAY HOLY SHIT DO WE NEED TO EMPTY THE HOUSE OF BOOZE OR NOT DRINK AROUND HIM? Alarm bells and panic was caused by the suggesting that my SIL's MIL not give me the usual 12 pack of Yuckling wrapped up for christmas...  Hey thanks for the support, yeah that's great. Means a lot. /sarcasm

I've been catching up on a ton of stuff here - seems odd - still catching up. Here as in work as in doing stuff I have been putting off because I'm too busy or instead of doing it while eating lunch I'm writing a few words down. Which is i suppose okay instead of not taking a lunch break and just working from when i walk in until i leave. Checking twitter while I'm waiting for computers to restart or hardware to sync. Twitter's good for that - finding a good balance on there that is better for me. Avoiding FB pretty much as much as I can.

tomorrow's going to be 'fun' it will be good but it will be busy and we'll rush around until it is time to go home then sit there with not much. Guess I have a book still to read. Bike stuff to get ready for and wood to shift around. Plenty to do. Oh and the car to work on.

At least the forecast is moderating a little. only supposed to be 13F tomorrow morning and 11F on friday. Good temps for working on the car on Friday. Oh yeah. Well it is going to get warmer than that - how much? we'll see - would be nice to have a garage to do this work in, but such is life.

Okay - i'll write happier better shit with good stories sometime. For now I'm just using it as it was meant to be - super low traffic under the radar long form get shit out of my head.

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