Moeny can't buy happiness, but it can buy shpants

I happen to be a big supporter of "balance." Recently, I have felt very uneven as I had no job, yet kept finding money to spend. You can't really blame me though, if deficit spending is good enough for large banks, it's good enough for me. But my economic karma caught up with me, and I realized that I must correct my wrongs of unemployment in order to be content. Now I am not only working, but I am working two jobs.

Unfortunately, I am terrible with money. So in celebration of having work (and thus, money) I went ahead and ordered not one, but two pairs of shpants. Hopefully my employers will appreciate the great lengths I transverse to stay on top of fashion.

On another high-pitched, tone-deaf note, I stopped in to Freeze Thaw Cycles the other day to confer with the fearless Jordyn about racing stuff this year. After committing to racing consistently, I was presented with a very colorful team kit to wear proudly as I get blown out the back of the field.



For those of you who are not so fashion-savvy, let me inform you that plaid is the new argyle, which was the new pink, which overcame white, who dominated black kits back in 1983 (dates subject to b.s.).


If nothing else, I will be the most stylish DFL to grace the Cat 1 MTB fields (something to be truly proud of).

Seriously, I am very excited to be racing Cat 1 this year (old EXPERT class). I was stagnating at the top of the SPORT field for a while, and upgrading definitely gave me a kick in my fat ass to get riding more. Perhaps I will actually start training correctly too, but I want to wait until life settles down a little bit more before tackling that goal.

And speaking of training... I finally did some work to promote my future! Today I applied for an internship at the Student Fitness Assessment Center here on campus for the fall semester. I am starting to realize that many normal career choices for Kinesiology do not really live up to the lifestyle I hope to lead. I am beginning to get some ideas of what I want to do after I graduate though, so I am going to start getting in touch with the people who know best about these issues for some sagacious wisdom. Lets just hope I haven't burned all of my bridges before I remember how to swim...

Tomorrow I am going to try to hit a lap or two out at the short track trails before heading into class. After tomorrow I will officially be on break, and may stop making excuses to being physically active. The scary part is I actually feel in better shape then I have ever been this time of year. So although I haven't really been doing that training thing, I have been riding enough to keep my legs healthy (I just may have some potential left in me yet...).

Off to study for midterms...