Area 51 (the Georgia one)

Whew. I'm tired. Boards part 3 was yesterday morning, I slept most of yesterday afternoon (instead of going out to party, would you believe??). So this morning when I woke up I was feeling pretty OK. My poor Siren has not been out to play since the first day of summer, bc it is just too damned hot in Georgia to ride in the summer, unless you are on the trail at 7am, and I'm just not there. you know how i feel about mornings!

It is now mid-September in Georgia, and it's still upper 80s plus humidity. Ugh. Feel free to remind me of this next winter when I am freezing my arse off...

I got to the trailhead at about 1030. My friend Wale is trying to convince me to race with the Life U team at Dirty Spokes in a month, and i've been doing a lot of climbing lately but no biking, so i figured i'd better see if i can put in some miles, right? Well, I did, and I'll tell you, it hurt. I was in granny gear for about the last 2 miles of it. I seem to remember Doug and I predicting that the Area 51 trail would really hurt in the opposite direction? (to minimize erosion, the right-of-way direction changes daily on trails at Blanket's Creek) Oh. Yeah. Can we say, mild heat exhaustion? I nearly threw up, several times. When I got to the car, I flopped on my back and just stared at the sky. And when I tried to get up, i almost passed out. Again with, life in the south... I'm thinking i might be sore tomorrow. And I'm thinking I need to drink a lot of water for the rest of today. All in all.... what an awesome day!!!!!!!! It was good to be out again. I will look forward to hitting the trails again when the temps drop about ten degrees or so.

In other news, Moose is doing much better - still skinny, but i think she is putting on some weight, which bodes well. She still can't make it up the stairs, so I have been sleeping on the couch for a month. It's getting old. Thank goodness my chiropractor fixes the damage :)

Lab finals this week, then finals next week. I swear this program is just one exam after another. I'm so over it.

Well, one more part of Boards to go: the licensing exam. That will be in mid-November. To my surprise, I have not been assigned to take the test here in Georgia - instead, I have to fly to San Francisco to test at Life University West. Aunt C says she will fly up to SF to visit, since it's only an hour for her and she can fly first class out of Burbank :)

Funny, I swore i'd get some cleaning done this weekend. Oh well. Such is life. I guess I needed the downtime.