wonderfully tired.

friday we were able to get our carpet repaired so i did some work from home while the work was being done. the carpet guy was a real Renaissance man - he painted water colors of flowers, made his own fruit wine, had many different halloween costumes (and he was planning on wearing them all throughout the weekend), he had three adult children, he did a lot of work for UW coaches/former athletes and he had a 100 lb black lab (so what i'm saying here is he like to talk a lot). once i did as much as i could work wise (i was having accessibility issues) i got out for a mtb ride. the quarry ridge trails are leaf covered but still fun as all heck. i managed to log 1:15 on the now fully rigid mtb, picked up calvin and then we had pizza at our favorite pizza place. yum!

saturday morning cal and i let his mom sleep in a bit and then it was go time. we were able to go to our favorite apple orchard/pumpkin patch and then spent the afternoon riding bikes and doing work around the house. i got the front yard cut back/cleaned up (including mowing) and then installed a new exterior light on the back side of the house.

sunday, we were up early and at our favorite breakfast spot by 8:30. ran some errands and then home to finish up the yardwork. same treatment to the back yard as the front - besides maybe one more mow the exterior is ready for winter. we alternated rides in the afternoon and then we celebrated our anniversary with a dinner out (sardine) and then dessert (monty's). what a great end to a great weekend!

this morning, we met with our lawyer and finalized our estate planning as well as a quick meeting with our financial planner to discuss a few other outstanding items. we've done a lot to take further control of our financial future this year which required large time, mental and financial expenditures; but, the piece of mind is priceless.

training:
m: 0
t: 1:10 (commute)
w: 1:45 (commute w/ add-on)
r: 0
f: 1:15 (mtb quarry ridge)
s: 1:35 (military ridge)
n: 1:20 (cross bike on mrt/quarry ridge/badger)
total: 7:05

not bad with two zeros.

happy monday.