Preparations

Howdy bike racers! I trust you had a good weekend... I hope everyone took a pull, blocked, attacked, sprinted and gasped in utter exhaustion. Ol' Curly spent his weekend being consumed in one way or another by one of them there baby showers. Saturday was spent fine tunin' the yard by edging, clipping, mowing, scrubbing and manicuring. Sunday morning was much the same... then Lil' Curly and I left for 2 hours so that Mrs. Curly and the other mother hens could bitch about how damned dense and insensitive their men-folk are about being pregnant. For the record, Ol' Curly will NEVER know what it's like to be pregnant... he will not claim to know... he does not want to know... It ain' the way Ol' Mother Nature intended... for men to know such things. Otherwise he'd have been given a uterus... and women would have been given twigs and berries. Maybe Ol' Curly should get his buddies to come over so that we can drink beer, eat hotdogs and bitch about how our women-folk will never know what it's like to get kicked in the balls... or how to operate an impact drill... or the merits of galvanized products for outdoor use.

Ol' Curly was even nice enough yesterday to come home a bit early so he could start doing the dishes. Cuz the Mrs. is pregnant and all... After a day and a half of yard effort for 2 hours of shower, I certainly have some good ammo for the next time I get the earload about driving all the way to Sequim for a 2 hour race. Yeah... my time is coming... once them 2 boys are old enough to ride... a 3-point assault on the yard and then it's off to the races.

It's a good thing pregnancy only lasts 9 months... the pain in my ears is gettin' to me.

5 more weeks...

In other news... Ol' Curly's buddy, CTodd got his camera stolen at the T of G. That sucks! I had all sorts of collaborative video projects in mind... What's Ol' Curly gonna do while he's off for 3 weeks? Don't worry... he'll be here. In addition... over on The Burprag he'll being doing a few minutes of the Lil' Curly's live very morning...

Your training: Now today's training is somewhat controversial. I want you to stuff the front of your jersey with a pillow. You all need to know how riding while being pregnant feels. Why is it controversial? Cuz Mrs. Curly will probably read this and give Ol' Curly an earload about how insensitive it is... and how Ol' Curly just doesn't understand what it's like to be pregnant. Mrs. Curly... read the second half of paragraph 1 please... and then git outta my blog... it ain't fer pregnant ladies... just like showers aren't for men.