Wednesday

City of Lakes is in 4 days. I did a nice long ski yesterday and felt pretty good. I do wish I had trained a lot more. Skiing is a great time. Physically it makes me feel as though my arms will fall off, but mentally it is great! I am looking forward to it. They should have the whole course open because of this recent snowfall we had. It will be a good time.

I didn't get a sub job today which is no fun. I like going to school! I will head out to Gear West soon though. It is nice to have additional work for the days that I don't get a sub call. Bills won't pay themselves. I do wish they would though... Meh. Hopefully I am offered a full time teaching position for next fall and then I can continue on my quest. If not I will seek out full time employment from somewhere else. I have been applying to schools for about 3 years now. Hundred of applications, a hand full of interviews, summer school, and 1 long-term position. That is where my count is currently. I can only hold out for so much longer. It makes me upset when I see a society that puts more emphasis on funding wars and weapons than they do on education.                               I will go into that later! For now I must go.

Good job Mr. Doom on your 4th place finish at the Arrowhead! That's hardcore to the max.

Subaru

 I held out for as long as I could before buying a car. Here is what my new (to me) car looks like. It is a 2002 Subaru Outback Legacy. I do actually enjoy this car. Hopefully I can get 60,000+ more miles out of it. Then I can add a bike rack or a box on top. So many options! Probably the best thing about it is that there will be no more bickering about who gets a car and when. I can do whatever I want with it at any moment in time.

Boom! 

Sorry!

Ah! Sorry for the delay. This has to be a short one. It is late and I wanna sleep.

I bought a car! It is a 2002 Subaru Outback Legacy. So far I dig it. I am excited about it! Only thing that worries me now is that any weird smell or noise makes me paranoid that it will all of a sudden stop working. The joys of car ownership.
I also sent in my registration for the Almonzo 100! First gravel race ever. I wouldn't know about the races if not for Mr. Doom. I owe him thanks!
I only have 2 weeks left before City of Lakes. I am going to be destroyed. I have been slacking on my skiing and running. I need to find my motivation. I cannot remember where I placed it.

quick quick quick

I will post a longer blog later, but for now this will have to do.

Mesabi meet went as well as it could have considering the rain and the brutal cold that accompanied it shortly after. It turned everything to ice and destroyed the snow.
Check this out. Mesbi falls  We saw all of these and more. The last one where he jumped over the rocks was crazy! Just glad nobody got hurt and only saw a couple broken poles!

I also hung out with Mike from Revolution Cycle and SKi! Fun to see and talk with him again. I miss the revo gang.

I have been test driving a few cars as well. Nothing that has tripped my trigger yet. I will test another one tomorrow, and I am excited about it!

-until next time...

Mesabi meet

Saturday is the big Mesabi Invite. I shall be heading up there with Orono to help out waxing and coaching (cheering). I am looking forward to it. They shouldn't be hit as hard up there with is nasty warm January weather we are experiencing. So the snow up there should still be alright. I don't understand how some people think climate change isn't real (again, another post! I will not rant now). It should be super cold right now, and with lots of snow. I do hope that changes very, very soon.

My one complaint with this weekend is that I will not be able to run the Winter Wilder 30k race down in Spring Valley, MN Wilder races. Hopefully next year. I also need to send in my Almonzo registration too.
Blah. So much to do with so little time. I need to set stuff in stone and get on a better workout routine. I am slacking.

Sunday

Vikings got beat down last night. Twas a shame. I wanted to witness at good game. Not a blowout. We stopped watching the game after the 3rd quarter and preceded to watch the Tour de Ski races instead. I also played Adam in cribbage and whipped him up.

Today will be a nice casual day. I am going to go see The Hobbit. It should be a good time. I also plan on getting in a run later this evening. I have spent the morning putting away clothes and attempting to clean the basement. Tackling my room is another story. I have too much junk and too little space to put it. Not to mention my over flowing array of running/cycling/skiing clothes.

I biked to and from work yesterday. Took about 1 hr and 25 min to get there. My toes started to get a little chilly with about 10 min left in the ride. I am attempting to locate some winter cycling boots. That or I shall use a different pair of socks and see how those work. I love my smartwool socks and base layers. They are incredibly nice. My goal for January is to put in a 100 mile ride. It will be an all day affair to say the least.

On another high note I am about 1 week away from getting a new (to me) car! I talked to my bank and they basically told me that once I find the car I can go back and get the cash money from them. I am looking at cars in the $5,000 range that get around 30mpg and have less than 90k miles. This week I will go to different dealers and take a few test drives. If all goes well I should have a car by the end of next week or so!

City of Lakes Loppet is coming up in a month. I need to ski more. We need more snow too.
Maybe I plant more ice cubes???

New year!

It is now 2013. It will probably take me a solid week or two in order to consistently write 2013 instead of 2012.
It is late and I will write more later.

Things to report next time:
1. Ski camp
2. 2013 goals
3. Something else that I am unable to think about right now...


“A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.” 
― Aristotle