Need to Debug

Well I guess I've got some little bug. Since yesterday I've had a dull headache on the right side, accompanied by some throat irritation on the same side and relentless gastric reflux issues. I was not a real happy camper for this morning's long levee ride, although I was happy that the cloudy skies kept the temperature down a bit. We had a pretty big group up there today and the pace was mostly quite fast, especially on the way out. I showed my face at the front only a few times, chosing instead to spend a my time at the back where I might live to fight another day. Not that being at the tail end of a fast ride is much of a picnic, but trading 27 mph pulls at the front was just not going to be working for me today. So I put in the usual 44 miles or so (you'd think I would have committed the actual distance to memory by now), each of which was uncomfortable, and hit the medicine cabinet for Flonase, Sudafed, and Advil. I wish I could say it was helping, but it sure doesn't feel that way.

The Daughter and a friend drove back to the house last night around 10:30 because she had forgotten her wallet. Before I went to bed she took my Shell credit card too. When I was riding to work this morning I was thinking how ironic it was that I was commuting to work by bicycle while at the same time paying car insurance on two cars and providing ad libitum gasoline for The Daughter. Ah well. I'll get even when I'm in the nursing home.

There was a nice email in my box late last night. It said, "Good news! Wendy called to say that our check from the supplemental funding is being cut by the state tomorrow and should be available for pick-up tomorrow afternoon. The checks are in the amount of $14,067,377 (Main) and approximately, $1,256,000 (TUHSC). " Ever see a check for $14 million? I'm thinking about driving up to Baton Rouge to pick it up just so I can see it! I won't even get into how crazy it is that the state is handling this transaction with a paper check rather than a bank transfer...

Master's Nationals start today, I think. Not too many folks from around here will be competing this year, but there will be a few. I always wish I was there. I always wish I was in good enough shape to really BE THERE too. Results should show up at https://www.sportsbaseonline.com/Series.aspx?id=105.