doing it well.

it was a good weekend. we worked like dogs but still managed to find some time to ride, rest, laugh. we laughed a lot...but then again, we always do. the thing about big projects (big for us) is that it begins to consume you. it becomes part of your life. you wake up and inevitably you think about the task list in front of you. but now, as our basement refinish is closing in on completion (one more coat of paint on a couple of walls and some minor retouches), i'm actually going to miss the project. i mean, good or bad you always see a change. bare drywall in the gaping hole in the ceiling. an improvement. mud and sanding, looking better. primer over the stupid green color in the basement. definite improvement. on and on until you have a finished project, something you can look at and say 'we did that.' hopefully thoughout this week we'll put the finishing touches on it and call it a project. then...on to landscaping!

this was also our last 'at home' weekend as a family of two. the puppy is coming and we are excited. scared as hell but very excited. i know it's just a dog, but i really don't want to screw the little fella up. for his sake and ours. i'm sure we'll do fine but it's scary none-the-less.

rode to new glarus saturday. it was cold but sunny so it was a great ride. i have some new favorite roads from it and new glarus itself is kind of trippy. i mean, all the buildings are swiss alps look alikes...kind of neat in a hokey sort of way. an hour and twenty minutes yesterday and *poof* i'm done with base. this year's base was 13 weeks with what resembled 3 micro-cycles, though i'm not nearly organized (or devoted enough) for it to have been planned that way. build-up #1 starts tonight with some speedwork. my first road race is in under 2 weeks and my first mtb race is 2 weeks after that...holy crap!