Status Report Mr Sulu!

So... Yesterday I bought a 12' 2x6 (and I'll spare you the story of the stupid men at the lumber yard who couldn't conceive of a woman wanting construction grade lumber instead of pretty 4-plane redwood for making decks, nor that she could carry it her own damn self.)

So anyhow, yesterday evening I pulled down all of the stuff in the garage attic then climbed up and installed my new cross beam to vastly improve the structural integrity of the attic. (which was a sheet of plywood on 2 beams; now on three. So now I can stand up there without the surfaces sagging, whereas I was afraid to even crawl out on the boards before. Then I put all the stuff back up in the attic. Lots of climbing and carrying heavy boxes. Oy. Heehee. Soo much work left to do, so little time. ^_^

The rest is just cleaning though. Shouldn't be too bad.

Bike Report

Okay... It's apparent I must be losing weight, even if the scale says I'm holding steady.

I know this because the last FOUR DAYS IN A ROW, I've had guys toot their horn, whistle at me, and one 'Hey baby!' while I'm bicycling. Not to mention the bozos at the lumber yard. Eesh. I'd forgot how annoying this was. I mean geez. I wearing blue jeans and a tee shirt and covered in sweat and panting heavily. I can't POSSIBLY look that good. In the bathroom mirror I think I look like... A hot sweaty person badly in need of a shower and some conditioner. What gives. Feh. I got this nonstop when I was in my 20s but I'm 32 now, and I'm _STILL_ 20lbs heavier now than I was then. (And NOT in the right places, I assure you!) So what's the deal?

*sigh* Left early today too and it was really too hot to bike, so while my numbers are up for the 11.5M route, it felt pretty cruddy and was not the run I wanted to have today to blow my previous times out of the water.

Dist: 11.5M
Avg: 16.3MPH
Avg w/o lights: 17ish. (Not many lights today)
Top speed: 29.0