Mr. Mom, Day 1

OK, so it's actually day three of this little bonding experience, but this is the first chance I have had to type anything. It surprising how not being at work can be so tiring. I definitely have a new respoect for stay at home Mom's. I'm in the first week of a four week stint, and I'm already tired. And I'm already sure that I'm going to miss being home with the little one, which surprises me.

See, with both of the kids I have been back at work within a day or two of birth. Not out of some sense of duty, but there just wasn't anything for me to do. I get bored easily. Well, that's not really the case. I think saying that I need more than one thing to occupy my mind is a better way to put it. You know the type, I can only work in my office with the radio on, even though I don;t really listen to it. ADD, focus problems, whatever you want to call it. Give me one thing to concentrate on doing and I'm likely going to screw it up because my mind is trying to figure out our finances for the next six months while my eyes are trying to read the latest on why this plastic bottle is bad for you. What was I saying?

No idea. Anyway, this blog thing has lasted longer than I thought it would. Though I doubt my rambling all over the place musings are of interest to anyone, I've put down more than I thought I would.

E-Bay Love, E-Bay Hate

I have a love-hate relationship with E-bay. I love that I can find a Ringle Mojo Cable hanger years after they have been made. Cause it will look great on the new cross bike. I hate that I'm apparently the family merchant. I've got a set of Rolf wheels that I need to ship out. And a Cannondale, that's been ridden within an inch of its life that's on there now. Good Luck if you've been looking for just that.

Really I'm just sucking up cause I think once this stuff is sold off, I'll be the proud owner of a brand spankin' new Ultegra SL groupset and a nice set of Ksryium wheels. So I really don;at have much room to complain.

Cause I love that no matter what you're selling, someone is buying. I have a friend that sold on broken I-pod. Who's buying this stuff?

But mostly, I hate that 30 seconds before any auction ends, 12 people will suddenly appear and bid. Find something you want, be a man. Bid and take the risk. That's the whole point.

Quiet Week

Relatively anyway. Busy at work, but getting through. Still feel odd to be taking four weeks off to hang out at home. I'm not sure how I am going to do here. I've had the benefit of handing the kid over to my wife if she got to be difficult. Although I've tried not to do that lately. Still weird to think about all that time off. Hopefully she'll enjoy some time in the jog stroller so I can keep the fitness up.

Racing again. Two races in one year that don;t include swimming or tearing through the woods at 3 am. Should be fun, part of the Wilmington Grand Prix so there may actually be spectators. Lots of people treated to the site of my not as thin as I'd like to be, definitely not as fast as I could be ass flying through the streets of Wilmington. Should be a treat for all.

Decisions, decisions.

So I now have two rather nice road bikes in the basement. And I can only keep one. Borrow would be a better word I guess cause neither really beongs to me. They are both hand-me-downs from my faster than I am father (60 years old and he still just rides me off his wheel).

One I have had for a couple of years now. Very nice Aegis Aro Svelte. Good parts, cheap wheels. Great bike, great ride, but older and not as race oriented as the other.

The other I have ridden in NJ whenever we are up for the weekend and I manage to sneak out for a ride. Cannondale CAAD7, R3000. Newer than the Aegis with a better parts spec, but probablya few more definitely tougher miles.

I am keeping one. But I have instructions to E-Bay the other. And no input on which it should be. And I can't make up my mind.

Practicality vs. Sentimentality.

The Cannondale is the better bike. But the Aegis was here first. The Aegis representsmy first steps back into the bike culture. The Aegis is the first of now numerous gifts of support from my father. But the Cannondale is the better bike.

I've grown as a rider.

Should I cling to the beginning or ride into the future?

Little Things

Amazing how the little things can set me off. Phone call last night. About nothing. Just my wife's job calling with some news. Not good news mind you, but nothing that directly affects us. But just hearing a message. Normal, call me back because I need to tell you something message, and the next thing you know I've got us living in a trailer cause we can't afford the house anymore.

Over nothing. Dumbass.