Have a little Friday coffee chat with me, won't ya? Is it Friday? I have lost track of the days. I’ve spent the last 72 hours quarantined in my apartment with a nasty cold that no amount of over-the-counter medicine can abate, and today is my first day back at work this week since Monday. …
Things I Bought On Black Friday / Cyber Monday
It's official. I'm sick and I feel like crap. Last night I had a mild headache and a premature tickle in my throat. Nothing major. But in the middle of the night I tossed and turned with body aches and hot/cold spells, then woke up with a stuffed up head and nose. I can't remember …
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Hiking Green Mountain: Rooney Road Trailhead in Lakewood, CO
December 1st! Wow, that’s wild, isn’t it? It sure feels like it here, though. Colorado is covered in a fluffy blanket of snow and, while it’s absolutely beautiful, it’s also absolutely freezing. I woke up to temps in the teens. My little space heater is working overtime over here. I’m trying my best to get …
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Scenes From Thanksgiving Week In Orlando, FL
Yesterday morning I left Orlando, Florida at 10:45 a.m. EST and walked through my door in Louisville, Colorado at 3:20 p.m. MST. Roughly seven hours. Does air travel not absolutely blow your mind? It’s obviously not a new phenomenon, but it still kind of does a number on my brain, ya know? ^^^ It's friggin …
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New Life Chapters + Lightning vs. Sabres Hockey Game
Monday night, on our way from Orlando to the Lightning vs. Sabres game in Tampa Bay, I added a video to my Instagram story of the fire-orange sunset silhouetting downtown Tampa’s skyline. It was just 1 of about 1,000 more I had seen while living in Tampa from 2009-2017. I wrote: “Missed you, pretty city.” …
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Surprising My Family For Thanksgiving
Operation Surprise My Family was a success! A couple months ago, my mom and I were talking about this year's Thanksgiving plans. My parents decided they were going to stay at home in Orlando this year. My sister, her husband and their two kids, who live just down the road, didn’t have plans to leave …
ANOTHER New Job and Today Was My First Day
Two months ago, my 50-minute commute to work (each way) really started wearing on me. It was about the time I moved from Boulder to Louisville, which added time to my drive. It was also when I really started to notice how early the sun was setting each evening. I was very happy at my …
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CX 2019 Season: Cross of the North
Saturday was my last race of the season. (Well, maybe.) Before Saturday’s race, I had no plans to do another this year. Over the last month I knew I’d lost some cycling fitness. After Tabletop Tuesday rides ended, I didn’t get out on the bike as much during the week due to some later nights …
A Winter Chop
This one time, while working at Rapha, my co-worker and I got talking about haircuts. She rarely gets them and told me that when her hair starts to get a little too long she just flips her head over in the bathroom and starts blindly cutting. I couldn’t believe it. I mean, if I did …
Push Picks x NOV 4 19
Monday! How’s everyone feeling with that extra hour of sleep? ^^^ Saturday night's sunset was pretty fantastic. I am actually feeling pretty fantastic today, but then again, Mondays are typically my most refreshed day of the week thanks to a no-alarms weekend. If I’m not racing on Saturday or Sunday and didn’t make early plans …
