Well, what a good day so far. I had a greatpractice this morning, though I
have no idea why. I got in the boat feeling all morning-groggy and not inclined to
pull hard, began to push it a bit, and realized that I was feeling really good. I
ended up finishing with an average split over a second faster than Monday's and I
was pretty happy with Monday's.
Things went downhill a bit from
there; the rain held off all during my row and the first ten miles or so of my
drive, but then started coming down harder and harder, to the point that
visibility was fairly low. Unfortunately I'm driving the Mozzie today, instead of
my pickup (again, because it wasn't raining when I left home). That car is so low
I'm staring straight into the spray kicked up by other cars, and is so light I was
starting to worry a little about hydroplaning. I had no problems, though, driving
a sedate 55-60 mph, and can now attest that the convertible roof seals nice and
tightly.
Then at work I managed to spill hot coffee all over my hand
- I think I spilled a little then clenched the cup harder, sending another wave
out. Luckily, it turned out the coffee wasn't all that hot, and I don't seem to
have much of a burn.
The best part of today is I get to leave in
about ten minutes and not come back for days and days. Today is a
department R&R thing (not rest and recreation, reward and recognition, though it's
the former too). We're supposed to go over to the house of our admin, who's a
fairly serious tennis player, hang out and get tennis lessons and laugh at each
other. Because of the rain, the tennis part may not happen but she's got alternate
plans and I can't say I'm too disappointed.
Then next week I'm
offsite in training for two days, telecommuting Wednesday morning, and then flying
out to Boston. Expect updates to be sparse, and expect me to be enjoying myself. I
like Boston, and I have confidence that Rudder will do himself proud in the race
(that would be midpack or better, given the level of competition). See ya!