TAN#200: BicenTANial Bliss! (Page 62)

Funny same here!

Cool kids are all here this morning! WHeee!

Heading out to the left-coast tomorrow morning for some no-name race... would appreciate any good juju, finger-crossing, etc. on Saturday from my TAN friends You can also track me at myathletelive.com all day.

by bib or name?

Good juju and finger crossing DONE... and will be stalking you all day on Saturday! 

I am bib #288 for the Vineman site but on My Athlete Live my name should appear under the Full Vineman list starting tomorrow night. 

I guess I haven't been focused...  Vineman..  That's the CA one.  Did you get the 3 for 2 deal?  I have always had that one on my bucket list.  The family could do wine country will I suffered.

More fun FIL stories.

He's here again, for another couple weeks.  The kicker is the wife is in LA for the week so I get him all to myself.  Joy.

Story 1:  So the other morning, I'm following my routine and go downstairs to get ready for work.  I'm messing around and the FIL is apparently hidden in some little corner and doesn't say ANYTHING.  I don't notice him for the 5-10 minutes and eventually disrobe outside the laundry room like a always do..   So buck naked and walk down the hall to the shower.  When I get in there, I notice water in the sink and some drops on the floor.  I'm worried there is a leak because OBVIOUSLY there is no one downstairs who could have used it.  Think to wrap a towel around me this time and step out to investigate, only to see the FIL tucked away in the corner.  Sort of freaked me out.

Story 2:  I get home from work yesterday, go for a run, then start to make us dinner.  FIL is out walking.  Dinner finally gets done at 8:30, FIL comes in at 8:45, fixes a plate and eats, then says "good night" and heads up to bed at 8:55.  I few pleasantries were exchanged, but that's about it.  I don't know, if someone made me dinner, I guess I could do the courtesy of conversation and not dine and dash...  I should be surprised by now - but that stuff STILL gets under my skin.

My wife asks why we are not "friends".  Tough to be friends with someone who does everything they can not to interact.  Of course when she is around, he's a little tail wagging puppy at her heels and mr conversationalist.  Of course, that's his favorite child, but still... And my wife get's mad at ME for not talking to him much now.

Oh well.

I'll be traveling and doing race prep for a lot of the day, so I likely won't be able to follow online,  but all available fingers and toes will be crossed and lots of good & positive vibes & juju will be getting sent your way!

I'd be cooler, though, if it was actually - ya know - a REAL 140.6.

ha, i was thinking about complaining to TAN about my inlaws too.  in the grand scheme of things, they are not bad inlaws.  but i'm NEVER going to be close to them and my husband doesn't get it.  i can't even talk to him about it cause he gets SO offended about it.  i have spent a lot of time with them in the past month (thank GOD they aren't living with me i can't IMAGINE) and i like them a little less every time...

i will try to watch you...because of the time zones i might be able to catch the finish!  but i might just be at the beach drinking my happy little heart out all day instead.  don't take it personally ;-)

Yep me and 2 other BT girls got the 3 for 2. Registration ended up being only $297 after fees and such.

We get to have a beach day on Saturday too!!!   I seriously can't wait... of course, that will be AFTER we do the Big 10 10km run and an hour on the bike, but I don't care!  CAN'T WAIT!!

(I'll try to stalk you as much as possible though Lisa!) 

Walk the entire swim + wine in T1.
I GOT THIS GUYS!!

Best. Race. Evah.

tip: a bottle of wine fills an aerobottle.

...and one glass of wine has 23 more calories than a standard energy gel, and tons of potassium.

That's what I hear - you can see it in this video too:

http://viewtherace.com/california/vineman-triathlon-swim-course 

you are probably too short to walk the swim.

Most expensive lunch EVER!

I went home to meet the plumber.  I found a leak this morning at the control valve to me house.  Their estimate?  $5600...  Yay.  Add $7 to that for my lunch at Subway, and it marks a new high mark for money spend for lunch.

How do you ever really know when you are getting service, you aren't either getting completely ripped off, or if they are not suggesting more work than is really needed.

I'm sure they thought I was the biggest D-bag client ever, but at that price, I needed to be forcefull that I thought I was getting screwed and dropping almost 6k is not easy.  I asked them if THEY could afford 6k out of the blue and to put themselves in my shoes.  (of COURSE I could "easily" pay 6k, but I didn't want them to know it).

I took out some financing to get them started but will probably pay it all up front.  I had to say it was difficult for us.

And just because we CAN easily pay it, doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.  There goes our big vacation plans for the next year or two...    No more trips to Europe and more trips to the inlaws or parents.  Joy.