I didn’t post yesterday just because of lack of time.  I am putting in a new bathroom in a building I owe and stayed up until nearly 4 am on Thursday night, then had physical therapy at 8, so it was a short night.

When I start a project I tend to just do it until it is done.  That means lots and lots of hours.  This is really a small project, but it is going to take a bunch of time.

I’m hoping to ride over to Lawrence and watch the Pro 1/2 race at Joules Cross.  It’s only a couple hour ride on gravel and it is nice out.  We’ll see how the day goes.

Okay, short update.  Man, the comment section on the Thor post got a little heated there.  People can sure be mean sometimes.

This wallpaper is on the plaster that is buried under some drywall. My mom and dad lived in this apartment after they got married. It is strange to think that my mom could have put this wallpaper up over 50 years ago.

There is a ton of demolition to do.

The nails that hold the hardwood flooring down are square.

I somehow didn’t sleep much last night so am back in the state of sleep deprived.   I watched both the men and women’s World Cup cross races, so it wasn’t a complete race.  I had to go to Hola and fool the UCI channel into thinking I was watching from England.  The women’s race was in way better resolution than the men’s.  I nodded off for a few minutes and missed Katie Compton charging up from 9th to the lead.  She won handily.  Jeremy Powers finishing 9th was pretty great too for the US.  Sven dropped his chain after about half the race, when he was in 6th, then quit with a lap to go.

Yesterday, I should have done enough to get pretty tired, thus sleep, but that isn’t how it works nowadays.  I rode 60 something miles on gravel over near Lawrence to watch a cross race.  It got sort of cold on the way back, in the 40’s, and I was under dressed.  I worked over at the building for a few hours too, so I’m not sure why I didn’t sleep.

Pretty much the same day today.  Work some, ride to the cross race.  After, doing a team dinner with the guys in Lawrence.  Then maybe work a little more.

Anyway, I hope your day is a little more leisurely.

I moved a ton of snakes off the road yesterday. Must be that time of the year.

More than 1/2 had been run over. Sad.

Ben and Brian finished 1st and 2nd in the cross race. Ben has been riding pretty good and Brian hadn’t raced since Leadville. Painful.

Nice fall day. This guy looked great standing by himself in the matching field.

I had to do a little bush wacking yesterday when the road I was on just turned into a field, then worse, nothing.

My cassette had a bunch of grass seed in it.

Fall picture of the Kansas River from the River Road.

I like to take picture of train tracks at sunset.