So it turns out tomorrow’s ride may be bigger than ever…it’s 33 miles, and we did 40 miles on Thursday, when we went to Boring; but, we have to ride 4 miles to get to the starting line, and then of course 4 more miles to get home after the finish line; so, because math, um, 33 plus 4 is 37 and 37 plus 4 is, um, 41, which is, if I’m remembering correctly from when I learned such things, more than 40.
So.
But! We are ready. As ready as we’re going to get, anyway. Friday we did no exercise, because resting; today we got up early and rode bikes to the gym, where I had a truncated swim, due to a water-aerobics class which demanded the whole pool. Kind of creepily, actually; all the students ever so slowly encroach upon the final lagging lap-swimmer*, in a stately line, as they take out the lane-dividers. Bobbing up and down in the water. Closer, closer, closer….every time you turn your head, they’re not apparently moving…just, closer.
Anyway.
Also we did a big Costco-shopping, and I spent the last of a Christmas gift card at Barnes & Noble:
–though I had a hard time finding the VanderMeer, as it was–bizarrely–shelved in the “general fiction” section. Maybe because it’s a fancy lit publisher, I don’t know. But, really, B&N. Seriously, I would have not have shopped there if it hadn’t been, well, free. Give me Powell’s any day!
Anyway. I think perhaps I should go to sleep! Tomorrow at 6am is going to arrive VERY EARLY.
Report and pics to come! When we recover.
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