Ebb Tide

I think my biorhythm must be at ebb tide today. Although I didn't go to bed particularly late, I don't think I slept all that much either. I'd forgotten to put the ceiling fan on "low" and rather than just getting up and doing that I instead spent all night hiding under the covers. With the window a/c unit about a foot from my side of the bed, the ceiling fan tends to blow the cold air directly onto my head. So anyway, I woke up feeling like I had spent the night with my head the refrigerator. For the first time in a few days I didn't immediately check the Weather Underground computer models on Hurricane Ike. Unless something completely unforeseen happens, it's going to cause grief for the folks on the Texas coast this time. Hopefully it won't get past Category 3. We've still got 5 gallons of gas on the front porch and an extension cord hanging out of the neighbor's window, and most things in the basement are still precariously perched atop paint cans and sawhorses, but I think it may finally be safe to put it all away for a while.

The Wife has been dealing with removing the fallen trees on their old homestead in Baton Rouge. Looks like it will cost around $6,000, and that's assuming that FEMA will haul the stuff away as promised once it's moved out near the street. I'll probably end up trying to patch up the roof leaks over there at some point.

Despite my grogginess, I actually got out the door a few minutes early this morning, which was nice because I didn't feel like I had to rush out to meet the group on time. The weather was a little on the breezy side today, but still warm and muggy, and it took me a little while to get into the ride. It was a fairly typical Wednesday ride - long pulls and paceline - with a good measure of crosswind, but otherwise not much of it registered. My brain was apparently just in "standby mode" the whole time. It has been quiet here at work today, and I guess that has contributed the creeping demotivation I'm feeling. We're supposed to be moving our office from downtown to uptown at the end of the month, and I could be tossing out old files and stuff right now, but I just can't seem to get into it. The Pepper Place criterium in Birmingham is Saturday and right now it's just barely on my radar. Maybe somebody will call me up and get me off my ass and into a car for that 5-hour drive.