It's Not Even Winter Yet

It's getting a little colder around here.  With a projected high of 34 today, I think it will be the first time in a couple weeks that it has been above freezing.  Of course none of this matters when I'm at work living in an artificially lit and climate controlled bubble.  But in my 200+ year old house, its a little more obvious.  For example, every morning there are ice crystals on the windows.

There are really only two things that I do outside of work these days and they are cooking and riding.  Cooking, like being at work, is a perfect shelter from the weather.  Riding isn't so much.  I'm still enjoying my commutes and recreation/training rides, but it now takes about as long to dress and undress as it does to get to work.  Its about a 20 to 25 minute ride with 15 to 20 minutes total time to dress and undress.

The real crazy part for me is that I have less than two weeks of this left for the year.  I leave for California in a couple days and I'll be there over two weeks.  Boy am I excited about that!  And then I come back to CT for a week to get ready for Taiwan.  I'll be in Taiwan for about 3 months, which backs up into some personal travel.  So I wont be back to CT again until MAY!  I just can't forget to leave post dated rent checks or I'll be in a real pickle.

Oh, interesting tid bit for urban dwellers ... Our well pump died last night.  This is probably not a concern for most of you, but this is a huge problem here.  We're not really supported like you would be in a city so there is no other way to get water.  We can't find anyone to work on the well until Monday.  Its easy enough to buy drinking water to get by, but the furnace and radiator system needs water too.  I'm getting a little nervous about becoming a popsicle if we have to shut the furnace down.

I think this picture is from our second snow this year. Yes, I still rode to work that morning in sub 20 degree, windy weather ... just to spite those who said I couldn't do it.  Well, actually I'm just doing it for myself.  Every time I ride I feel a little stronger and a little tougher.