26 March, 2006

shorts!

Finally, after many months of wearing tons of clothes biking, i was able to take off the leg warmers. and ohhhh it was so nice. the wind on the (hairless) less and not wearing any hat, or windblocking something on the top. wonderful...
when i woke up this morning it was a bit rainy, but warm. after about an hour of sitting around being lazy i got ready and went. i started with leg warmers, but after about 10 min i took them off. the time was about noonish and the bank clock said 16 C (61) so i can only imagine it got warmer. i felt really good at the start of the day and went a little to fast...over 30 kmh for the first 20 km, which is pretty much all uphill. but i also had a very strong tailwind. eventually i realized what i was doing and slowed down. i went again today up to the heavily windmilled area (pictures somewhere below) and to my surprise and delight, no snow! all gone. i guess i shoulda figured that out when every river, and low spot was full of water. the windmills were really cool today, because there were going really really fast and making lots of noise. fun to hear...
a little while later i took this picture

no snow, oh and the sun came out.
after a good 3 hours 10 min of biking i got home, washed the bike. then went to another kitchen to cook a brat, cause my kitchen still had no power. and while walking out of the area i noticed a fuse box looking thing. and thought hey, if they have one i should too. and whadya know, right there in plain sight was a nice big fuse box. i felt like an idiot. been without power because i (as my parents know) do not have the ability to find anything...but i flipped the switch and now the kitchen has power again, im glad too, my ice was close to being gone!
but dont worry my food is still good.
and i guess i "owe kait big" because she paved the way to allow for study abroad. but i dunno i beat her to europe. i think. but anyways that came up cause its he birthday. so happy birthday.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

hello jake! ich will auf deutsch schreiben ,um zu wissen, wer uns verstehen kann. erstens, vielen dank dass wir deine blogspot lesen durfte, es ist toll!
zweitens, ich mochte wissen, vie wiele Leute in deine Klasse hast du, und was du in deine Klasse lernst. was findest du schwer? denkst du noch auf english, oder auf deutsch? ich erwarte einen Antwort (hoffentlich!!) jenni monson, fargo north dakota

Jake Boyce said...

wir haben 10 leute in unsere klasse. diesen monat haben wir viel gelernt: viele arbeit mit verben, sprechen, satzbau, Fallen, vokabeln...alle sind ein bisschen schwer, aber jetzt meine deutsch viel besser ist. (aber noch nicht gut genung).

Anonymous said...

Jake....You may be unaware of this but these omnipresent windmills should be shut off this time of the year to minimize the strong winds you are encountering with your spring training. They are meant primarily for summer cooling and should really be saved for that time of the year. The one in Northfield has had minimal effect over here in Zumbrota but you have to remember the distance factor. Hoping for some raucous miles very soon after myriad fits and starts with TEAM BEAT. We're anxiously awaiting the jerseys and I'll send one as soon as I lay my hot little hands on them. Thanks for the great updates, Jake. Immer TEAM BEAT. dave