whew...

monday morning and i made it to work early. quite a feat after the weekend we had. friday night, i picked robin up from work and we pointed the honda north for a tour of old stomping grounds. friday was my mom's birthday, so we took her out for a night on the town. tokyo was her restaraunt of choice, and it didn't dissappoint. something did seem to be different, but everything tasted as good as i remember. we shared the table with a couple out on a blind date. hopefully we didn't annoy them too bad. after that, all bets were off and we headed to stella blue's for some smoke free after dinner drinks. they pour a mean gin and tonic there. mean enough to allow me not to resist one final stop to classix for 'one.' well, we were there for a while. but, after yelling at the band to 'play some skynard' the whole time were there, they finally did. nothing like free bird to end a show...

saturday morning i woke up feeling yellow. a little breakfast and some starbucks and i was ready to embark on the morning's ride. i headed west on the chippewa river trail. big sections of 4-6 inches of snow greeted me. in 2.5 hours of riding i only managed to get to caryville and back. but it was a beautiful day. then we were off for the twin cities. a couple hours at ikea and then off to mark and lisa's party. the party was enjoyable...an intersting mix of people led to interesting conversations. why the cat doesn't try to get the guinea pigs i'll never know.

sunday morning we met up for breakfast. the french something or other. my french toast was delicious. it was good to see pat even though it was for only a short time. hopefully now that him and katie are in the twin cities we'll be able to see them a little more often...not that duluth is that much further away but, well, i guess it kind of is.

this week i've got intentions. ride my bike, continue to begin the process of schooling, workshop cleaning. modest goals now that i see them in print...