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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

The Conversion Has Begun

It has been a nutty few months. Shoot, might as well make that half year.

Engagement, wedding, becoming an official husband and father, trips overseas, tons of work here, two tough catalog projects, moving out of a house, selling a house, and the list goes on.

So last night my lady and I have one of those painful conversations. Frankly, it is really hard for me to get a ride in with my current schedule of school dropoff, work, dinner, Cub Scouts, 3rd grade basketball...well, you get the picture.

It boils down to having a passion for something and not having the time to do it. I love my wife. And I love my son. But that doesn't always make the truth of the situation much easier to handle.

So my wife suggests that I simply have to change my schedule if I'm going to get a ride in, and based on the events we have going on in our lives that I'm going to have to finish my ride before she leaves for work at 7am.

Well, I've never been a morning person. Midnight is more my cup of tea. But it just won't work.

So I am attempting the Conversion. I will start to go on my rides at 5:30 in the morning or so.

The way I see it, it will be like solo night riding but without the creepy factor. Most creeps come out at night but they aren't hiding in the woods at day break because it will, by then, have been a long, cold night.

Am I looking forward to doing the cycling impersonation of Rocky Balboa's morning run through town. Not really. I'm not looking forward to hearing the alarm, or climbing out of a warm bed, and going out into the cold and darkness.

But no matter how twisted the time of day, I am looking forward to getting some rides in.

If you run into me in the next few weeks and I'm a little edgy don't take it personally.

-Kid

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