unplugged
June 1, 2007
I am chanting in my head. It will not rain. It will not rain.
Also, bike riding is fun. Bike riding is fun. Somehow in all the excitement of purchasing a new bike I forgot a key point. I hate to exercise. And I really hate to sweat.
Bike riding is fun, dammit!
Look how positive I am. Surely that cancels out my daily diet coke.
I am unplugging completely.
See ya on the flip side. Unless I jump off the ferry as it heads back to the mainland and decide to lead the life of a beach bum.
Posted by Chris @ 12:31 am
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Chris, your baby isn’t looking so much like a baby anymore - he looks like a regular big guy in this photo.
Enjoy your vacation. Maybe it will be cool enough that you won’t sweat much.
June 1st, 2007 at 1:09 amThat is the biggest bubble blower toy I have ever seen!
June 1st, 2007 at 3:23 amUnplugging is the best!
June 1st, 2007 at 7:25 amEnjoy your getaway!!
June 1st, 2007 at 7:27 amYour boy is adorable. My toddlers only demonstrate their mastery of snot bubbles and the always popular viscuous spit bubbles that have amazing staying power. That’s VISCOSITY, baby!
Mentally think of the grosser than gross joke we told as kids. What’s grosser than gross? Landing on a bicycle with NO seat! See? Doesn’t that put your weekend bike riding into perspective? You’ll have a cushy seat and everything. Enjoy your holiday.
June 1st, 2007 at 7:30 amHave fun and just try not to think of bike riding as exercise.
June 1st, 2007 at 8:00 amEnjoy yourself! Bike riding is indeed fun. I see and experience things that I would not be able to while zooming down the road at 50 mpm in a car. Besides, I can almost bet that your kids will treasure the memories from this vacation for a lifetime. As I tell myself when I don’t want to do something: “Sometimes, it’s not all about me”. Have a great time, and ENJOY the process!!!
June 1st, 2007 at 8:25 amBTW, I’m doing a 100k bike ride this weekend, and I can’t wait!!
tam
keep that chant up. Have a good vacation!!!
June 1st, 2007 at 8:27 amHi, I love bike riding - I commute to work etc. in fact I cannot even drive. (I do use public transit in winter).
My big question is logistics: how do 2 parents, seven kids and everyone’s bike go on vacation? School bus? How?
June 1st, 2007 at 8:45 amI hope you enjoy your holiday Chris and pray for you that it won’t rain, we need the rain more than you do. In fact today is Officially the First Day of Winter here in Australia.
CJ
June 1st, 2007 at 9:46 amRainless weekend vibes coming your way from Texas, chick!
June 1st, 2007 at 9:51 amBike riding is very fun…assuming your seat is comfy, and they never are.
HAVE A GREAT TIME!
June 1st, 2007 at 10:03 amJust think of the memories you are building for the kids! And smile and have a great time. Can’t wait to hear the stories from this adventure.
June 1st, 2007 at 11:10 amHave a wonderful trip. And, yeah, I bought a bike and I’ve ridden it, like, twice…in 2 years…I so getcha on that.
June 1st, 2007 at 12:24 pmI’m chanting too.
June 1st, 2007 at 12:57 pmI’d love to exercise if it wasn’t for the sweating part. I really HATE the sweating part. But there’s an up side to it: the more often you sweat, the clearer your skin tends to be.
June 1st, 2007 at 1:53 pmHave fun! I’m doing an anti-rain dance for you.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:28 pmI haven’t been by in awhile, so I had lots to read! Good stuff! LOL I hated that article about the aging from soda, but gosh darn it if I’m going to stop drinking it!
June 1st, 2007 at 8:25 pmOh, and you are MUCH closer to the body of an 18yo than I am, its the c-sections, I swear by it, you can’t get a flat tummy after them!
As a mom to five under the age of 10, I hope that you’ve stocked up on Diet Coke and remembered to include Motrin. Diet Coke to keep up with the kiddos on that bike ride and the Motrin for those moments that you are going to be wishing that you could run away but your legs will be entirely too sore to move.
Hope the trip is full of wonderful memories that make all the effort involved just pulling it off - WORTHWHILE!
Good Luck and can’t wait to hear how it turned out.
June 2nd, 2007 at 5:45 pmHope you’re having a great time!!
Looking forward to hearing about your adventures.
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:17 pmPlease change all chanting to the following: Send Rain to Alabama .. Send rain to alabama..” and if you need to use specifics.. just add.. to Cher’s Garden
Great picture
June 4th, 2007 at 6:35 am