life hereafter

I some how managed to lose both my livestrong bracelet and SJL Rowing bracelet between last night and this morning. I realized this around 8am and completely freaked. It’s funny how if you don’t have something on your body that you have had for the past five or six years, you feel completely naked. 

After frantically searching my home and car I decided that I had to retrace the steps of my cycling adventure yesterday. Around 8pm I started to wander around my parking lot and found the two bracelets covered in what looked like “got run over by many cars” soot.

Yay!

Something is very wrong with the chain on my bike right now, and its very bad considering the MS 150 is only a few days away.

In the past two days I have found myself spinning up a hill when all of a sudden the chain pops off the little cog and the bike stops with my legs spinning wildy. Next thing I know I am practically fracuring my wrist by hitting the ground. Ugh. My poor knees and arm…

I am spending the next two weeks in Florida (my second home.)

Friday night I flew down to Naples, I am spending the weekend in Naples and then driving up to Tampa on Monday. There I will meet up with two other people and drive up to Orlando for a week of training put on by The Firm. Next Friday, I’ll hop on a plane down to Fort Lauderdale to visit family for five days.

Unfortunately my weekend in Dewey has resulted in some severe sunburn on my upper back, chest and shoulders. After spending a week religiously applying aloe and moisturizer to my skin, I laid off on Friday. Of course, that means that after my flight landed and I looked under my shirt, all my skin has started to peel off. Ugh. It’s actually one of the grossest things I’ve ever experienced. I am molting. My first stop in Naples was at a target to buy SPF 50 sunscreen and bottles of moisturizer. After a few swims in the ocean I seem to have “exfoliated” a majority of the dead skin. I have now revealed my semi-burnt, semi-pink, semi-white next layer of skin that is very sensitive to the touch.

I think I have learned my ‘not wearing sunscreen’ lesson.

I am a child.

When left to my own devices when I am outside of the home, I eat garbage. I am currently in the airport and my dinner consisted of mozzarella sticks, potato chips and cookies. Need I say more?

It’s like leaving a child at home and saying “cook your own dinner.” What do they do? Eat ice cream.

I spent the past weekend in Dewey (really Lewes) beach Delaware. I was visiting a few friends who had just moved down there.

After spending a cumulative 12 hours on the beach, mostly in the ocean, I am nice and red. (whoops)

On the way back from the beach we stopped at a Sonic. Finally! It was my first experience with a Sonic, as they seem to advertise in Philly even though there are none within close driving distance. It was glorious. I highly recommend the breakfast burrito.

I think I am going to regret the no sunscreen decision.