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1 Mar |
It’s all about the weather Day to Day Life, Vacations
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I’m reminded of that line from an old Chiffon commerical
“It’s not nice to fool mother nature.
Well, it seems we may have done just that [or just pissed her off some how], as it looks like all the bad weather we were experiencing in LA has followed us to New Zealand [at least to Queenstown].
It’s been very windy and rainy all night, and it’s forecast to stay that way through tomorrow. So that means no helicopter trip to Milford Sound, until possibly Monday, when the weather is expected to change.
We only planned 3 days in Queenstown, so I’m not sure what we’ll do if we can’t get to see Milford Sound on Monday. (Milford Sound is number one on everyone list of things to see and do in New Zealand, so it would be a real disappointment if we miss it.)
The upside to all this is, that leaves lots of time for wine tasting, and divulging of the local cuisine. I’ll just have to pace myself to make sure I don’t gain too much weight.
Oh well, such is life!
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24 Feb |
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Day to Day Life
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Yep, you guessed it! It’s raining. But I’m not too disappointed, I really didn’t want to go for a ride today anywaze. I think I’ll just workout at the gym this morning, and go for a short run on the treadmill.
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30 Jan |
And I’m supposed to be one of the smart guys Cycling, Day to Day Life
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At least that’s how my boss refers to me.
That’s because I get paid more for what I know than what I do. Which is also very fortunate since, and I’m sure Becky and a few others at work would attest to, I don’t do that much. But I digress.
Anywaze, when I got up this morning I was intending to go for a bike ride. I hadn’t ridden since last Saturday, because of the rain and working yesterday, so it was paramount I get out today.
The bad news was, which you may have noted, had you read my Current State of Mind (right side bar), I was not a happy camper when I discovered it was only 40°F, which is right at the borderline of do I, or don’t I go for a bike ride.
Fortunately [I can say that now], I didn’t succumb to any of the numerous excuses I called upon, not to go for a ride, and left the house at 6:50 AM.
But as I was riding down my street, chasing down the group (I was running behind schedule), I started thinking to myself, this is stupid. It was freakin’ cold outside, and I was freezing! And that was even with an extra layer of clothing, my heaviest
cap, to cover my ears, plus scuba diving gloves.
And I’m supposed to be one of the smart guys?
Eventually it did warm up enough to make the ride tolerable, and I’m glad I got the ride out of the way. I’m just not so sure I was being that smart.
It might have been smarter to wait an hour for it to warm up, but then again, maybe it wouldn’t have been. I might not have gone for a ride at all, had I waited an hour.
This string of cold weather is just starting to wear on my psyche, and I just don’t know how much more I can take.