yesterday and today

yesterday was nothing special. a very uneventful class that was an hour 15 long instead of the schedueled two hours, so that was nice. that class seems to do that every time. oh darn. then an easy bike in which i ended up on a gravel road in the forest. it was really nice. i think it was the longest time i had gone without seeing another person (with the exception of sleep and doing things on my computer), and it was only about 20 minutes of soloness. and of course as soon as i thought that i came over a small rise and there was a guy walking some dogs. soon i noticed what kinda dogs they were and then saw the face of one (of three) it looked so much like tess it was amazing. i mean if tess had a exact copy in which the only difference was that it was male (i think) that dog was it. it even had the greying of the face hair! made me miss the two dogs.

party time (beer in the trailer)

today another bright and sunny day, but unlike everyone suggested i didnt want to do a long ride today for i am racing on sunday! need to save my energy. wahoooo! so i did an hour on a nice loop in germany. its a good one partly cause its fairly easy making it good for resting, and then there are not many people on it. ive decided that if i am going to crash while here it will be because of commuter bikers. but only when on my good bike. i think they see someone and think oh i will go catch and pass that person, then i will be a good biker. its really annoying. yesterday i was on my way to the border and i passed a kid with a bike about 4 times to big for him. i was going easy and so on the downhill area he caught up and looked about to pass out. then he passed me on a corner, cutting me off and swerving to miss a car which then in turn nearly hit me. then the next corner he took to sharp and ran into a fence. luckily i was away from this. but all kinds of people do stupid things like that to me when i am coming home or pass them here in germany (so far not in switzerland). another thing that often happens is when i pass someone i hear a click click and the person is soon wobbling near my back wheel. i wouldnt mind if they knew what they were doing, but oxygen deprived people who are just inflating their ego dont make the best decisions...i brought this up cause someone got behind me today and was really annoying.
also when i got back into the city i got behind this guy.


anyway after my really easy bike i ate some lunch then cleaned my room really well. vacuumed and moped! the floor is nice now. no dirt! then i went to the grocery store. ran up the highest food bill thus far at 19€, i bought some things i dont need like special edition milcha bar that has little soccerballs on it. hahaha. then came back, realized i forgot two of the three things i actually went for, so went back and spent a few more €. now i am not doing a whole lot, and my plan for tonight is to spend some quality time with my bike and make it nice and clean.
so its been a low key birthday.
also happy birthday to hilly, and ana jeronimus, and the gazillion other of you!