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Thing I want to tell hyounpark when he gets home tonight: "Biking makes me go PAITING!" ;)

That, and happy anniversary. <3

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I biked 13.5 miles on Friday after months of being out of the saddle, and it was awesome, aside from some knee pain that indicates it's time I move my seatpost up to the appropriate height, rather than the height designed to let me touch the ground while still in my saddle when I'm at a stop. I mean, it's only been two years since I started biking again ...

I got up at the crack of dawn to meet up with a bike convoy starting in Davis and heading down along the river. I love biking with other cyclists, and this definitely made tackling certain parts of the route easier - the Longfellow Bridge; Cambridge Street in downtown; the tunnel under the Harvard Science Center (which I will never repeat unless in another group, because the visibility factor is just too low and the cars in too much of a hurry). But the ride along the river is always lovely. Plus, they fed us breakfast when we got to City Hall! (Burritos of burnination, I called them - I got one first thing when I got there, and it was still too hot to eat by the time I had to leave, despite unwrapping it immediately.)

( pictures of the biking lifestyle, only two of which actually have bikes! )

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It's shaping up to be a busy June. We're kicking things off with our oh-holy-god ten year college reunion and several days in the Pioneer Valley to see old friends and partake of many delicious things. The weekend after that is Wellesley Reunion, and some of hyounpark's old friends will be in town for that, so we will probably crash the party. ;) The weekend after that, we'll be in Denver visiting some of my fambly (and meeting A VERY CUTE BABY who I need to buy a present for; we'll just be missing his 100-day celebration). The weekend after that, we'll be in Seoul for Hyoun's cousin's wedding. (And Hyoun's birthday. And our five-year-dateaversary.) The weekend after that, we'll probably be in Knoxville. The weekend after that we are not going ANYWHERE. :P Except maybe I'll venture down as far as Union Square to go to that farmers' market. Woo, two whole miles from home!

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Speaking of farmers' markets, they are FINALLY back in town! I went to markets just about every other day this week, and the early strawberries are sparse but amaaazing. We're still working our way through a nommy loaf of french bread; spread with ricotta and jam, or hummus, it's provided us with several delicious all-local breakfasts.

I also picked up some asparagus, which I'm going to pair with some chive ravioli for dinner. Maybe tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Soon. I should probably go figure out what we're eating tonight - honestly, probably more of the awesome french bread. It's hot and I'm lazy. ;)

today's fantasy baseball grumble: it would've been nice to know that cabrera was getting the night off. because i would've moved burrell over from utility into OF, benched cabrera for the night, and pulled eckstein off the bench into util. which means i missed eck having a good night and going 4/5. grumble.

today is may 12th. tomorrow i fly to philly for midnight baseball with memerath, oh, right, and wedding #1. the next weekend is my last weekend to get anything remotely relaxing/productive done. the weekend after that is five year reunion. then tech week. then opera weekend (plus irchurch, and we're discussing sex and the sacred; i am so not missing that one). then wedding #2. and then i have to get serious about the housing hunt.

plus hopefully impending visits from rustnroses, ladysisyphus, and geebee_x. hooray!

and to think that this summer, i wanted to do things like go kayaking! (it has been way, way the hell too long since i've been on the water.) and start up those musical sundays i keep discussing with fes42 and hyounpark. and spend as much time as is humanly possible in bodies of water not enclosed in buildings. and spend time with the lj-less mel and mrieser before they move away. and road trip with hyounpark! and cape league games with fes42!

the good: getting to see memerath, theconvictor, slwands, geebee_x, elemmire7, and fractalspackle many times over the coming weekends. oh, right, and getting a well-deserved in-person apology on bended knee. *beams* (er, not from any of the above-mentioned.)

the bad: what's sleep?

also, i dug my tevas out last night to go to the brahms quintets with ben, and MY TOES ARE FREE. this makes me blissfully happy.

also, to those who called me last night: got your calls, but was in the aforementioned concert. trying again tonight?

8/12/23: I assume the cryptic was for whomever apologized to me? I guess I forgave them; I've forgotten why an apology was needed in the interim! LOL.