Cold slap.

Last week all was put on hold because I was bitched slapped by an end of summer cold. I've never gotten a cold in the summer. Really? Who does that? My cold was passed along to me from Amy, who got from hanging out a Erin's. This wasn't the type of cold where you can just sack up and deal with it. I was shut down. In fact, I was so shut down that I couldn't even think about climbing, or training. However, now I am somewhat back to normal, just the lingering weakness, the persistent cough, and a nose full of goo that won't go away.

The last few weeks I haven't been outside as much as I would've liked. Chris is on a time budget, and Jeff has been busy guiding teenagers up the faces of Smith Rock. I have definitely gotten stronger this summer and was able to put down a few projects that I've always been capable of doing, I just needed to get my head in order. Though I'm still working on that.

In other news, I installed Freespire on our PC, but I'm still working on getting the bugs out. This is slow work. I made the first prototype of a chalk bucket, a bag is next. The boys went back to school, Julian started kindergarten and is digging it. I've been thinking a lot about what is going on with politics in this country. I went through a phase where I was talking about this a lot, but then it got boring, so I lost interest. But now things look like they're looking up. Becoming more exciting that is.

I started a new training regiment to get ready for Smith this fall. I'm trying to work out a way to borrow a car for the times that I can't find a partner, this way I can take my one weekend a month and get outside during the rainy months of Fall and Winter in the Northwest. I have some big projects for next year, and hopefully a trip to Yosemite, or C-rodo this year. But I've got to get some things in order before I can take a big trip like that. I'll be back later. Time for breakfast.