Mrs Rutnick is already there. I'm still here because I'm a state government worker with a pension to finish. Yes, I am old but younger than most. I got to buy 5 ghost years so I have to work almost 1 more year to get my lovely *sarcasm* half pay from the state. Hey, 50% of what I'm making now is still better than most people's retirement plans. I will just need to start a new career. Any ideas for a washed up crime lab director with authority issues? I have a chemistry degree. I like bikes and I'm usually grumpy until around 10:30 in the morning.

I have no idea how we are going to make that road commute thing work for her and no idea how I can work and then get home to ride if it will take another 40 minutes just to get to a ride start location.

I'm crossing this weekend. It will be colder, raining and muddy. I prefer those days vs the 115 degree heat indexed MTB races we did this year. My teammate got 4th in the series but I did 3 of 7 races in 100-115 degree heat indexes in the woods and I melted so I said screw it. I did a few crit races in that heat but I died in the MTB races.

I'd love to come and do a X race up there when I can and finally tell you thanks for the help in person. I have zero prep for this weekend's cross race and it's my first ever. I think I'm peaking. I did a few mounts and dismounts during lunch yesterday. Everything seemed to go the right way.

If you run into someone that might sound like it's Mrs Rutnick, tell her I am eating horribly and that I am a shell of myself. The house is a wreck and I barely can take care of myself.