rain... rain... rain...

today was some of my least favorite weather... raining and about
45*F. there is no way to sugar coat it... when it is like that, it
is HARD to get out the door. i was case in point today. but i got
out and had a good ride.

fortunately, the leaves are still spectacular and so i could focus on
that to distract myself from the fact that it was a sub-optimal day
to be out on the bike. i am proud of myself for focusing and having
a good ride, despite my initial difficulty getting out the door.
today was one of those days where you grin and bear it and tell
yourself that it will make you stronger. and, invariably, it will.

and i have good clothes for bad weather- got to sport them today.
even wore my winter riding shoes that look like moonboots and my feet
were frozen by the end of two hours. humm... i am going to have ONE
FUN WINTER! and, in case you were wondering... harry did not get
expelled for chasing malfoy on the broomstick today! no- instead, (i
hate to ruin it...), he was just made seaker on the house quiditch
team! (harry potter kept me going today too...)

i am now working on rearranging my database- a good distraction from
realizing that my data is useless... that will come tomorrow. i am
going to reanalyze my files tomorrow.

andrew is leaving to go to cleveland until sunday to work on some
arbitration stuff for the indians. i am going to miss him, but it is
so exciting that he is getting to do something that he loves so
much. i can't believe how lucky we are... it is so rare to find
something that you really love to do and are passionate about... to
have both me and my husband have something like that? wow.

i am going to do a camping/hiking trip this weekend with some people
from kellogg. it will be good to get outside and i am looking
forward to it. should be fun. i have managed to not know ANY
details- including where we are going... but i am sure it will be 1.
beautiful and 2. i will get to hike. do i care about anything else?