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12-25-06_1625.jpg, originally uploaded by bthemn.

Never mind.

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12-25-06_1622.jpg, originally uploaded by bthemn.

A travel poem... Lost luggage. Got to airport early. Getting ornery. Why couldn't we stay home? Heh.

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12-19-06_1330.jpg, originally uploaded by bthemn.

Ah. It feels good to hold this in my hand. I've been so busy working two jobs the last few months that i didn't know if i was going to get to finish it. But it's done and been mailed out. I'll have one available for download later this week... for those that i wasn't able to get a copy mailed out to.

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12-07-06_0929.jpg, originally uploaded by bthemn.

Wow. That was cold. It wasn't especially bad except for all the technical riding through the ice and packed snow on the trail through the academy. It made everything go way slower. Oh well. The first ride of the season has taken place. It can only get easier from here.

A cold start to the season

so my wife's car broke down today... that in and of itself isn't a
horrid thing, but she was also in a bit of a fender bender a couple of
weeks ago so along with getting the engine fixed, we need to get some
autobody work done. It's the type of thing that's more annoying than
anything else. I don't handle car stuff well, I get stressed out...
and when I'm tired and stressed out I get irritable (which is probably
putting it kindly). In any case, with the car in the shop, we're down
to one vehicle which means that tomorrow, I get on a bike for the
first time since July.

Isn't that a sad statement? I picked up a freelance job a few months
ago when a friend of a friend relocated to Colorado Springs to head up
marketing for a local medical company. The friend we have in common
recommended to her that she look me up and that I might be able to
help her out. She did, and since then I've been working two jobs. It's
been great for being able to pay off some debt but it meant that it
threw my workout regiment out the window. Everything stopped. I've
been to the Y a few times, but for the most part I just stopped
exercising all together.

I know I need to change but it's been a matter of not knowing where to
start, or about being annoyed that I even have to start at all. I wish
it were easier, but maybe, having to ride to work while this vehicle
is getting fixed, I can start back up again... now if only this
vehicle thing would turn out to be cheaper than I think it's going to
be.

Off to bed. I'll report more about how it (painfully) goes tomorrow.

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12-05-06_1422.jpg, originally uploaded by bthemn.

Instead of taking the normal bored photo of myself in the average meeting i thought i'd take a photo of my bored graphic designer coworker instead. We're working on christmas stuff. It's a big part about work life in the church. Accountants have tax season. We have advent.

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12-01-06_1125.jpg, originally uploaded by bthemn.

So my wife started working at a new spa... Apparently i was due for a hair cut. I wasn't aware that it was going to mean coloring too. Does that make me metro? I hope not. Heh.