A weekend for me.

What a great long weekend.  Today I am grateful for:

• Learning to be more patient on the bike during a race. 
  
• Feeling fresher at the end when I am patient.
• Finishing with the bunch instead of straggling in ten minutes later with a smattering of embarrassingly false applause.
• Doing 49.6 miles 3 minutes faster than 46.9 miles the previous day.
• Kristina's support of my cycling endeavors.
• New cycling buddies with Matrix.
• My family's excitement for our new arrival, everyone finally being in the know.
• My stepmother's encouraging words that we will be great parents.
• All the new gloggers.
• Having my lawn mowed.
  
• My upcoming recovery week.
• Emailing with Michelle's Craig last week.  I enjoyed being tapped as a resource and trying my best to point him to the experts rather than portray myself as a cycling guru.
• Kristina's great girls' weekend with her mother and sister. 
  
• Getting 19.6 MPG on the way back from Fayetteville.
• Getting Lea Andrah's sad glog about her cat.  Seeing that she has learned the value of long friendships from her furry little friend.  I'm proud that she had a friend that she has known for half her life.  I look forward to arriving at that milestone with Kristina very soon.
• Learning of relationship milestones from Michelle.
• Being unplugged, barely worrying about time, not really looking at my cell phone - ALL WEEKEND LONG!
• Jack or Cat - either way is going to be great.  Soon I can start talking and they will be listening.
• You.

h.h.