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July 1, 2008
Camp Has Begun
Well clearly I've already fallen behind. Liz and Ness have already blogged about day #1 of camp and I have yet to begin! That's what happens when you go to the grocery store to feed your serious need for Diet Pepsi while they are back at home on the computers. And there are a lot of computers. One for each of us although we have yet to resort to email communication. We are doing just fine talking face to face thankyouverymuch.
Regardless, camp is all I had hoped it to be and more. First of all, Chris and Elizabeth live in a beautiful home and I have my own room and the sheets smell REALLY good. I've already put in my request to stay...for a long time. But I will really miss O and Roxy so I've requested that they be allowed to stay too. After all, I think Roxy and Boss would really get along well.
Speaking of Boss, I have to admit it - he's got a serious case of the cutes. Wow. That dog is cute!! Elizabeth isn't kidding around when she talks about him. And the crazy laps? Very cute. But I think it's the ears that do it for me. They are big and animated. And very, very cute.
Regardless, today we did a couple workouts after we picked Ness up at the airport. I immediately knew I was really going to like Ness when we spotted her standing at passenger pickup at the airport with her aerohelmet on. Now that's my kind of girl. Let it be known there has been no shortage of laughter around here!
Back home from the airport we did a few things and then Jen arrived. I've met Jen before so I knew what to expect but still, her fire and spirit and smile amaze me. And then off to the quarry/pool/swimming hole it was.
The swimming was great - sort of like open water but not. It was outside and that alone made it much better than my home pool. We did some work in the lanes and then Ness, Liz and Jen were nice enough to practice some dives into the water with me. My next race requires a dive in and I've already been fretting about that for quite some time. No big deal though. Just keep the chin tucked as Ness told me.
After the swim Liz took us to the famous Fermilab to ride. I've read so much about it before! It's not at all what I expected but really a great place to ride in many senses. Very low traffic and good roads. And it's bigger than I thought. And as I realized, the midwest certainly doesn't have hills like back home but the wind could very well be worse. And Liz said that today wasn't windy. Hmm... As expected, "wind" might be redefined for me after this trip.
Anyway, we did a great workout and I truly, truly enjoyed having 2 very strong riders to work hard with. Liz pedals on that bike like I've never seen before. WOW! I really enjoyed myself and was sorry for the ride to be over. Although there is more riding to be done this week so no worries.
Hmm...what else. Liz made us dinner and it was soooooooo good. Seriously, I'm not going home. Last night Chris built my bike for me in about 3 minutes. No, make that 2.5 minutes. Seriously, I'm not going home. Ness makes me laugh, really hard. Actually EVERYone makes me laugh. And no, I don't plan on going home.
But wait, Boss is about to put on a show with his red blanket so I've got to go.
Tomorrow is "track" as everyone calls it around here and some more open water swimming. This really is the life.
Posted by beth at July 1, 2008 10:20 PM
Comments
Enjoy! Sounds like lots of fun thus far - have a BLAST on the track - THAT sounds like fun. Make sure you give ELF plenty of coffee, and IF there happens to be any snow, rest assured Jen will singlehandedly shovel the track clear. GOTTA love that girl! And for Ness - maybe she can wear the aero helmet on the track, just for fun. Not that you guys need to laugh any more - but a picture is worth a thousand words! GO FAST and have fun!
Posted by: marit c-l at July 1, 2008 11:46 PM
Good blog & I like reading it from the different perspectives. I'm allowed to right?? Since people write blogs it's not stalking, it's um.. creating new friends or something by reading about their lives, they just don't know you!! Ha! Seriously, camp sounds so fun.. wish I could go to camp. Maybe next year when I'm not trying to take a thousand days off in one year to travel to races that are 8+ hours away.. TWICE! Talk soon!
Posted by: Kim at July 2, 2008 10:25 AM
Sounds like so much fun! I am green with envy :) I have no doubt Boss is the cutest thing ever, or else he wouldn't get away with all he does..
Enjoy the track!
Posted by: rachel at July 2, 2008 12:58 PM
Okay, Liz cooked! What was it? And how come everyone else talks about the games and you didn't mention them???? Were you scared of the tri-games those girls play...? And where was my invitation to Illinois!?
Posted by: breewee at July 2, 2008 2:56 PM