Clouds of Allergens

Boy, today was just one of those mornings when I really didn't want to get out of bed. I have no idea why, except perhaps that it was rather late by the time I packed it in last night. Or maybe I was just depressed by all of the election bullshit and the fact that my chances of ever getting anything back from Social Security have lately been going from slim to none. I shouldn't be surprised, though. I always kind of expected to be spending my retirement years living in a cardboard box down on Camp St. anyway. So I had a bit of a battle with myself just to get out the door and on the road. A little cool front had come through overnight and although the temperature had dropped only to 71 F or so, if still felt kind of chilly to me. I briefly considered turning around and blowing it all off today, but I'm a creature of habit and the status quo prevailed today.

It seems to be getting noticeably darker day by day lately, and I dread the darkness we'll face by the end of the month before we finally let go of daylight savings time. There was a nice little breeze up on the levee, thanks to the aforementioned cool front, and on the way out I seemed to be spending an inordinate amount of time skirting the edge of the asphalt in search of a draft. The pace was pretty typical, though, despite the wind that kept shifting from one side to the other with every bend in the river.

I spent all day today in a cloud of allergens packing up files and books and stuff for our big office move tomorrow. The only thing not ready to go right now is this computer, and in another half an hour I'll shut it down, unplug everything, stuff all of the small stuff in a box, and call it a day. Tomorrow will be more of the same, except unpacking instead of packing, and then trying to squeeze everything into a smaller space than we have in our current place. Everyone's kind of unhappy because of the fact that only one of the offices has a window. Maybe I'll have to start bringing my laptop so I can sit in the conference room or outside in order to keep from going postal due to severe sunlight deprivation.

Earlier today, Kenny sent an email saying that the Six Gap people had re-posed the results with a breakdown by age groups. It looks like they tried to separate the 6-gappers from the 3-gappers, but with only limited success. Probably half of the riders are lumped into the "unknown" category, even though I think anyone who had a time for the top of Hogpen Gap could have been safely placed into the Six-Gap category. Go figure. I was saddened to learn that the rider who had been airlifted out after crashing on the descent of Hogpen passed away on Sunday or Monday, apparently the result of a severe head injury. I don't think anyone saw what happened to cause the crash.