Under the Weather

I knew it was going to happen.  I caught a cold some time during our little Disneycation and for the past few days have been more miserable than someone standing in a 120 minute queue on a hot summer day for a ride down Space Mountain. There was a long list of things I wanted to do over the holidays, but it's looking like few of them will actually get done. In-between doses of cold medicine I was able to sit through the annual New Rules Webinar and Safe Sport Refresher courses, taking the brief tests afterward and presumably satisfying my official's license CEU requirements for next year. I also renewed my USAC rider and officials licenses and submitted the required background check information, and renewed my NOBC club membership, so at least all that's taken care of. My officials license is still showing up as "pended" due to a CEU requirement, but I'm assuming that's because everybody's on vacation.

On the new rules front, I was glad to see that they have finally changed the wording in the stage race rules so that the smaller stage races that don't use timing chips/cameras can specify how they will do pack timing.  We haven't ever complied with the older inflexible 1-second rule since it's neither feasible nor fair anyway. I'm way behind on a lot of LAMBRA stuff, and need to get some input on the annual meeting since we have some significant proposed revisions to the bylaws to consider and we are overdue for an election of officers. I kind of hate to have the meeting here since it would be a long trip for some people (i.e. they probably won't come). Guess I'll have to make some phone calls since email hasn't really gotten me much of a response.

Meanwhile, I'm just sitting here being alternately cold and hot, with a runny nose and scratchy throat, looking at the newly-arrived $3k+ property tax bill, the same gloomy sky we've had for the past couple of days, and the collection of potholes and patches outside the window that is supposed to be a city street. It's all a little depressing.