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It is now Wednesday and I have done little of the tasks I thought I would get done on Monday – hopefully today. Carlie is not a motivator – it is just too easy to want to cuddle with her “to make sure she feels secure”. Last week I had 6 days of physical activityContinue reading “It takes a surprising amount of energy to “do nothing””

My 14 hours of driving for the Amishland and Lakes Cycling Tour was well worth it. The temperature was indeed in the 70’s with blue skies. I rode 50 miles on Saturday and 40 miles on Sunday. The Sunday route had some challenging hills and I used all of the techniques I have been practicingContinue reading “Spontaneity worked!!!”

I just had an impromptu Thai dinner with my son after dropping Carli off with the couple that wants to be part of the Carli “care taking community”. I have used the past 2 weeks of getting to know and love Carli as cover for my desire to not interact too much with the world.Continue reading “Emerging……”

We are well – and spending the time to bond. Carli has been the perfect excuse to continue to chill and very gradually catch up on adult things that accumulated while I was traveling. Still not done yet. I am make NO progress on figuring out anything moving forward – but then I am notContinue reading “Carli – 8 pounds of strong will and sweetness”

As crazy as Monday was with feeling of craziness, yesterday was the opposite. I wrote a check for the deposit on my kitchen renovation, I adopted Carli, a 4 y/o 8.5 pound sweetheart. To top the day off I had a great bike ride with the Nashville Slow Ride group and may have identified aContinue reading “Chilling with Carli”

Yesterday was one of the strangest days of my new life. I spent the weekend vegetating and felt like I needed to start making up for it. I finished going through my mail and identified all of the “adulting” things I needed to do; did the one thing of highest priority and after having aContinue reading “Playing ping-pong in my head”

Brady went home Friday afternoon so I was “free” to isolate and vegetate – something I knew was coming. I have been on sites this afternoon looking looking for a young adult dog. In many ways it feels like too much responsibility for my currently unstructured life but I think I am going to needContinue reading “Let down to vegetation”

Over the past week, the “future” started to creep into my thoughts more and more, but the incredible cycling and fun kept it pretty much out of mind until the 6 hour drive from Greenville OH to Nashville. I arrived back in Nashville about 715 PM Monday evening, unloaded my car and went to pickContinue reading “Re-entry – now what?”

r.Today was another spectacular weather day – cloudless blue skies, high 70’s and low humidity. As we prepared to cycle into Greenville to pick up a trail, I realized I had a flat tire. Fortunately the local shop was open and the tube was replaced and we were on the road within an hour. WeContinue reading “My first (slightly) intoxicated bike ride”

Yesterday began with a 30 mile bike ride through Wisconsin country side with way less challenging hills. My goal was to ride from Fontana to Sharon (about 10 miles) have breakfast at the Coffee Cup and ride back. When I got to Sharon, I wasn’t ready to stop so I decided to do a 4Continue reading “My last stop….Greenville, OH”