After a long night of intermittent sleep and a toothache (that I'm sure will end badly), I figured I had nothing to lose by hitting the road at 6 a.m. despite the chilly temperature. Ronnie and Jeff were up there too, so we did a good, steady ride, albiet not the usual Tuesday "long ride." It was just a few degrees above freezing at the start, so I had my knee-warmers on underneath my long tights, and that worked out really well. My knees were very happy the whole time. I probably should have gone with the Pearlizumi vest instead of just the little DeFeet Un-d-flector thing this morning, but once we got warmed up it wasn't bad at all. The thing I hate most about winter riding is the damned runny nose. To make matters worse, the wind-shell gloves that I had on over my regular DeFeet gloves offer no good nosewipage. Now, I ask you, who would make any kind of winter riding glove and leave out the nosewipage area? At least the temperatures should be a bit better tomorrow before we get slammed by another cold front on Thursday.
Meanwhile, back at the office, my feet have been cold all day today, and combined with my lack of sleep last night, all I can think about is a soft bed, a warm comforter, and a couple of Advil! It's only 5 pm right now and the sun is already setting. Winter sure can be depressing sometimes. Tulane is having a dedication ceremony for the newly renovated and expanded University Center. Excuse me, we now refer to it as the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. Now that just rolls right off the tongue, doesn't it? I'm sticking with "UC." Anyway, I just reserved about half of it for our NSF Day that is scheduled about a week after it officially opens in January. Bold move, eh? Trying to get one of our Senators and maybe the Director of the National Science Foundation to give some welcoming remarks - we'll see how that works out. It will probably disrupt the entire schedule, of course.
Just posted some photos from The Daughter's "Black and Gold" intrasquad meet.
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