Motivation

I never intended this blog to turn into a cycling journal but I am going to use it keep myself motivated over the next few months.  I started riding in 2006.  This year has by far been my worst year about putting time in on the bike.  I haven't had any motivation.  I made a lot of excuses for why I wasn't riding.  In the spring my allergies were so bad and spending time outside made me feel horrible.  Then the heat of the summer came and gave me even more reason to stay off the bike.  August is almost here and if I don't watch it I will have wasted an entire season of riding.  This is likely the last year I will even have the freedom to go out and ride whenever I want.  Just after the first of the year there will be a tiny human demanding (and getting) all of my attention.  As the air starts to warm up next spring I will not be out pedaling the miles away.  That is for sure.

The Storks Are Busy

Big news from the Bidwell household broke this week on facebook.  Amanda is pregnant! Thirteen weeks today.  We are super excited.  Everything is going well so far.  The estimated due date is January 23rd.  Man, that seems like a long way away.  I am sure it will be here before we know it.  We of course have a lot of crap to buy, and preparations to make for the room.  I am sure we will get an early start on all that stuff.

We also got some great news this weekend.  My best friend had his baby yesterday afternoon.  Everything was normal and mother and baby are perfectly healthy.  We are so happy for them, and we can't wait to make the trip home to meet the little guy.

Happy 6th of July

I hope everybody had a great holiday weekend.  We had a good time here in Arkansas.  We normally make the trip up to Indiana for the long weekend, but this year we went in June and stayed home for the 4th. We're glad we stuck around cause we had some friends come into town and stay with us for the weekend.  Candace and Dave are about two of the nicest people I have ever met and it was really good to visit with them.  We hadn't seen them since they moved to Tennessee well over a year ago.  We didn't do anything too exciting... just a lot of eating and hanging out.