a long week

Some interesting things happened the week the DSL internet connection went down. It's still down but thank goodness for wifi cafes.

3/10
Minnie barfed on the modem. He barfs on everything, but this was the first time he barfed on something that was irreversibly damaged by barf. It is so much better when he barfs on stuff that is washable. Hopefully, the modem will arrive today since I am so impatient waiting on the dial-up.

3/12
Last weekend, my co-worker died. She left work early on Friday Mar 9 and then didn’t show up to work on Monday March 12. I didn’t show up for work that day either. That same Monday, I called in sick and was worried about getting some flack for it. All things considered, I was the least of their worries. When Barbara didn’t show up for work, some guys from our department went to her house to check on her. They found her dead in the backyard. What a weird thing. I wasn’t that close to this co-worker because she worked in a different office than I, but she was nice and the co-workers in her office are really sad.

3/15
I saw a new rheumatologist. He scared me by talking about how I would be prone to arteriosclerosis and osteoporosis. He said I need more MRIs on both wrists and elbows and a bone density test. He’s a runner, and he has a ridden a bike. Actually he is a better runner than cyclist. He did a marathon in 2hr44m while taking the same drug as I take. He rode a bike but he crashed and broke a lot of ribs, scapula, and clavicle. He knows a lot but he is sort of a downer, and he was one hour late for the appointment. Anyway, I don’t think I will see him again.

3/4
A few weeks ago, I raced Merco’s men’s 45+ field. I knew I would get shelled, but I also knew that I could finish this two lap race of 48 miles. At this point in my season, that’s all I really needed to do: enter a race and finish. Mucho hours after the pack finished, I finished and went by the officials and flashed them my number. Being a fellow official as well as a racer, I was certain that when Janice and Barry told me they would place me, they would. On Monday, the race results were posted. I promptly looked for any placing after 60. I was so disappointed that I didn’t show up. The 45s had the most racers listed than any other field. That they only went down to 68 or something wasn’t a bad thing, but I felt let down. Not that I really was proud of finishing 67 or actually 72nd, but I did finish and it was a big deal since I have been doing so crappy getting pulled from races, blah blah blah. Marscat had seen the results earlier and hadn’t told me that I wasn’t listed. I asked her why and she said she didn’t want me to feel hurt. How sweet… I thought that not being placed was probably ok since Marscat did the whole race and didn’t get dropped until the last 2k. It might make her result look less if I was there just a few below her. Without time splits, it might have looked like I did better than I actually did. Ok, no big deal.

3/18
Yesterday was the Zamora road race. One of our ex-teammates from Mako came up to me before the race. He congratulated me on doing so darn well at the Merco road race. I told him that must have been Erika. He said no, you were 27th a few spots ahead of me. I didn’t believe it so I looked it up this morning. And, there I was 27th in the master’s race. Well darn Janice, you did place me, a little transposing of numbers 72 to 27, but I got in.

3/18pm
Including the races this weekend, I finished two more races. Yea.

3/19
We got a cute little animal carrier for Marscat’s mom’s little hurt doggie. The dog had back surgery and is taking some time to get better. The carrier is cool since you can put the animal in the carrier and wheel them a long. I think Minnie likes it too.