Funniest Family Video Ever
We're back from vacation. And, seriously, I'm not happy about it. I want to be a park ranger and live in a small town. Might have to figure out how to do that.
Anyway, while I'm tagging photos and sorting through video please enjoy the funniest thing we've ever videotaped. It's what's known as "The Spider Incident".
Matilda found a very large spider in the loft. And by large I mean it clearly had been exposed to radiation. From stem to stern it was about the size of a tennis ball. It was horrifying. I went to kill it. It would not die. This is the future of bugs people.
Anyway, Chris video taped and Gert, well, she assisted Matilda and I. Hilarity ensued.
Junior Directeur Sportif
Little Gert has suddenly become the most demanding directeur sportif in all of cycling. After every ride I have the following conversation:
Gert: How far did you ride?
Me: 25 miles.
Gert: That's it? That's not even 30 miles!
No matter how far, how fast or how far I ride it's never far enough, fast enough, hard enough. She's a demanding trainer.
With that attitude, and the way it makes me want to try harder to please her, I think she may be the first female DS to ever lead a team to win Le Tour. Maybe?
Holy fu...
Ow. I started a new core training program to mix in with my usual riding today. It's et outside, I needed a rest day and I figured, why not? Good day, right?
How can I describe the pain and humiliation of the first day of this workout? By the end I was talking to dead relatives I never met. What's amazing is that this workout was just three circuits lasting 7 minutes each with rest periods in between, a five minute warm-up on the bike and a stretching cool down. All in all, it was under 35 minutes of actual work. But in my head it was seven hours of trudging through the desert wearing a suit of bricks.
I can say this though: I may finally drop the ten pounds that won't seem to go away. I'll also be stronger and it will really help with much of the riding, both in strength and endurance.
Now I'm going to go cry in the corner. I know eventually this won't hurt as much.
Make Lemonade
Yesterday Gert and a friend grabbed a table, made a sign and set up a lemonade stand on the driveway. They had cups, napkins, the whole nine-yards. A fantastic six-year-old effort and a childhood rite of passage. But their approach was different.
The lemonade was free. But you could donate money for "homeless babies and pets". All together they raised $13, half of which was given to the stray rescue people and the other half is being sent to a babies in need program in tomorrow's mail.
Right now Gert's upset because it's raining. She was planning on raising money for cancer today. Now her free lemonade stand is on hold.
If you happen to be in the neighborhood and see a stand offering free lemonade, stop on by.
It takes a pretty special kid to spend several hours making signs, setting up a stand and sitting out in the hot sun only to give away the lemonade and donate any money they get to charity.
I think we could all learn a lesson from Gert's approach to life. I know I did.
