ugh, this cold can take itself right to hell and freeze it over as far as I'm concerned. Sick of it. Today was my first ride (of any kind) since Wednesday of last week. Last Thursday we had tons of rain, which turned to sleet and ice. I worked from home last Friday, then drove to work Monday (MLK day). Then we had another round of snow Monday night into Tuesday, and temps have stayed below freezing pretty much until today. I worked from home and then drove my wife's car in for part of Tuesday, and then again Wednesday, and then drove my car yesterday (Thursday) because it's just been too cold for me to handle a ride.

All that meant ice has been on the ground for most of the past week, which also means school has been out since LAST FRIDAY! Yep, 5 snow days + the holiday means a solid week +1 day that kids have been out of school. People have been going stir crazy, parents going nuts and kids even begging to return to school.

Anyway, temps in the 20's this morning (Tuesday night got down to single digits, some of the coldest I've ever seen in the Memphis area), and this afternoon will be 40's with a southerly tailwind.

50's and 60's this weekend (hoorah!), and I finally got my road bike back together so I've just been itching to take it for a ride with it all clean, with fresh bar tape and cables/housing.