Too-short break

but very productive. I got to bike (a 12-hour race, at that!) and climb. I weeded, a LOT, and mowed. I replanted a tree shrub. I cleaned, organized, and moved furniture (in the living room). I finally finished the trim on the new window, and painted the crown molding in the living room to set off the latte-colored paint I put up in July to replace the former fuschia-magenta. I got new shoes, visited with friends, and cooked. I put in some time at REI and sold a few bikes. I slept. I ate. I caught up with friends up north on my slightly-frustrating cell phone.

Oh, and I got notice that I won a $7300 scholarship for writing an essay on the life and research of I.N. Toftness, a chiropractor who contributed to the growth and development of the field of chiropractic care. Yay!

Living room before and after:













































Today I headed out with my friend Webster to hike up Kennesaw Mountain, a molehill about 20 min north of here. It's actually a pretty little hike, about 3 mi round trip for the short version. The trail goes over the top of the "mountain" and runs the ridge, with views of downtown Atlanta. The weather was perfect, 80 with no humidity, yahoo! Now I will have the afternoon and evening to get my stuff together for classes starting tomorrow (at 7am), and to attend our cycling club has a potluck organizational meeting at dinner.

I forgot that since I started this blog in February, I had not put up pictures of my other favorite pink-ablating project: my room. Here's a before and after. I can't believe I lived in this room for a year and a half with pepto-bismol pink walls (also note the floral border, ugh!!!!!!). I kept meaning to get to it, but it was just easier to keep the lights off :) Finally, New Year's Eve, I realized that one resolution that I had not kept was to get RID of the pink in my bedroom. I decided that it was going, then and there. So, I stayed in that night - given New Years' past, my liver probably appreciated it :)