Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Monday, July 4, 2016
Damn,,,,,
So this morning I went out for a ride and planned to do about 30-40. Everything was going great and I was enjoying the ride, I was about 25-30 into it when I had to cross back over Hwy 74. No problem right, wait for the light to change and get back to it.
Well that's exactly the way it happened and I took off again. As I was pedaling along I thought "damn my legs are tired for such a short ride". Then I thought "well I did do a run 2 days ago". Then kept pedaling. As I got o the final 7-8 miles I was even cursing my legs thinking this is pathetic! I have nothing left in the tank and I am on a 30 freaking mile ride!
Well I get home and and lean the bike against the wall and head in the house. Still thinking I suck! Why do I even ride if I can't even ride 30 miles any more. I was really kinda mad! Then I get out of the pool awhile ago and decide to put the bike up and the first thing I notice is how hard it is to push!
A road bike rolls like so easy it takes no effort to pedal much less push! I look and damn if the rear brake isn't pushing against one side of the wheel. I get to thinking and remember how when I was at the light to cross 74 the bike shifted between my legs and almost fell over. I must have managed to hit the back brake with my leg. Pinning the brake against the wheel!
Now I know why the last 10-15 miles where so hard! Maybe I don't suck as bad I thought!
Well that's exactly the way it happened and I took off again. As I was pedaling along I thought "damn my legs are tired for such a short ride". Then I thought "well I did do a run 2 days ago". Then kept pedaling. As I got o the final 7-8 miles I was even cursing my legs thinking this is pathetic! I have nothing left in the tank and I am on a 30 freaking mile ride!
Well I get home and and lean the bike against the wall and head in the house. Still thinking I suck! Why do I even ride if I can't even ride 30 miles any more. I was really kinda mad! Then I get out of the pool awhile ago and decide to put the bike up and the first thing I notice is how hard it is to push!
A road bike rolls like so easy it takes no effort to pedal much less push! I look and damn if the rear brake isn't pushing against one side of the wheel. I get to thinking and remember how when I was at the light to cross 74 the bike shifted between my legs and almost fell over. I must have managed to hit the back brake with my leg. Pinning the brake against the wheel!
Now I know why the last 10-15 miles where so hard! Maybe I don't suck as bad I thought!
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Gonna Take Awhile,,,,,,,,,,
Yes we got home her Thursday and yes she is worn out! She needs about 3 more weeks before she will be back to any sort of normal, and it will be that long before she goes back to work. On top of that you ought to see the amount of medical equipment we have in the living room! She still has to do her breathing treatments and I think we cleaned out the local Walgreen's Pharmacy!
She has so many pills to take a day that it's crazy! All that aside, it's great to have her home. Believe me when I say nobody is happier than she is. Cody even came up from Atlanta to spend the weekend with us and to see her. He worries about his mom. We all do.
Speaking of Cody he and I spent the day today checking out motorcycle shops. He wants a motorcycle and I wouldn't mind having a new one myself. I used to have a sport bike and I still miss it. That was the bike I took to Sturgis with dad in 2004. I didn't care about all the Harley's I wanted to ride my sport bike.
Anyway, we went to Matthews Fun Machines first and then hit the Harley shop before we headed to the other side of Charlotte and went to Charlotte Honda Yamaha Kawasaki Suzuki. Of course the Harley shop was just for the heck of it and the fact we were riding right by it. I will say through it wouldn't hurt for the sales staff to brush up on their customer service skills!
If your gonna charge way to much for your over priced slow ass bikes it wouldn't hurt to say hi and offer to help someone. We where there for a total of 30 minutes and not one single person even acknowledged out presence. The other two shops said hi and offered help as soon as we walked in the door. Both shops were very helpful and the sales reps we dealt with were very friendly and knew what they were talking about.
Also the Harley dealership wasn't even busy. The other two shops were really busy! I do like a few of the Harley's and would have liked to known what the prices where on those bikes but nobody cared enough to even say hi. Of all the Harley dealers I have been too Charlotte is the worst one. The most friendly ones we have ever been in where all in Pennsylvania with North Myrtle Beach being right there with them.
Also we learned that between the two Kawasaki dealers there was a 3000 dollar difference between the 2 on the same bike. Next we will check out a few different shops in Atlanta.We like motorcycles!
She has so many pills to take a day that it's crazy! All that aside, it's great to have her home. Believe me when I say nobody is happier than she is. Cody even came up from Atlanta to spend the weekend with us and to see her. He worries about his mom. We all do.
Speaking of Cody he and I spent the day today checking out motorcycle shops. He wants a motorcycle and I wouldn't mind having a new one myself. I used to have a sport bike and I still miss it. That was the bike I took to Sturgis with dad in 2004. I didn't care about all the Harley's I wanted to ride my sport bike.
Anyway, we went to Matthews Fun Machines first and then hit the Harley shop before we headed to the other side of Charlotte and went to Charlotte Honda Yamaha Kawasaki Suzuki. Of course the Harley shop was just for the heck of it and the fact we were riding right by it. I will say through it wouldn't hurt for the sales staff to brush up on their customer service skills!
If your gonna charge way to much for your over priced slow ass bikes it wouldn't hurt to say hi and offer to help someone. We where there for a total of 30 minutes and not one single person even acknowledged out presence. The other two shops said hi and offered help as soon as we walked in the door. Both shops were very helpful and the sales reps we dealt with were very friendly and knew what they were talking about.
Also the Harley dealership wasn't even busy. The other two shops were really busy! I do like a few of the Harley's and would have liked to known what the prices where on those bikes but nobody cared enough to even say hi. Of all the Harley dealers I have been too Charlotte is the worst one. The most friendly ones we have ever been in where all in Pennsylvania with North Myrtle Beach being right there with them.
Also we learned that between the two Kawasaki dealers there was a 3000 dollar difference between the 2 on the same bike. Next we will check out a few different shops in Atlanta.We like motorcycles!
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Walking Papers !!!!!!!!
She finally got them! As I type this I am about to go pick up the wife! It's been over a week she has been in the hospital. Now she can finally come home.
Of course she is worn out and so are we. It's stressful when things like this happen. For everybody involved..
Of course she is worn out and so are we. It's stressful when things like this happen. For everybody involved..
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Waiting Game ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Yep, we are still waiting. The wife is still hanging out in the hospital! we were hoping she was gonna get home the other day but it wasn't meant to happen. She is about to go nuts and we are missing her. Me the kid even the dog wonders what's going on.
She is getting better and we sure don't want her to come home and end up right back there. So we wait........
She is getting better and we sure don't want her to come home and end up right back there. So we wait........
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Reset ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
So it's been awhile, it's like I forgot all about the blog. But I didn't! I kinda left things a little heavy with my last post but it was on my mind. June is kind of a busy month for me, I always think about my dad and then I have fathers day followed by my birthday. Add in a vacation and the month is gone just like that.
We did all of that plus the wife came home from vacation with pneumonia. She's been in the hospital for a week now and should get to come home tomorrow! Believe me when I say she is ready! Still worn out but ready for the house! She has really bad asthma and any time she gets a respiratory infection she runs a very high risk of pneumonia.
This is the third time in the last two years she has been hospitalized from it. It sucks! But she is coming home tomorrow. That makes everybody happy.
So now that we have hit the reset button I will try to stay on top of it a little better. I have been playing rather hard, plenty of riding and a little bit of hiking, (walking in the woods). But it's all the same. If the wife wants to "hike", we will hike! Funny thing is if I ask her to go walking she will pass. If I ask her to go hiking, she's all in! Go figure.....
We did all of that plus the wife came home from vacation with pneumonia. She's been in the hospital for a week now and should get to come home tomorrow! Believe me when I say she is ready! Still worn out but ready for the house! She has really bad asthma and any time she gets a respiratory infection she runs a very high risk of pneumonia.
This is the third time in the last two years she has been hospitalized from it. It sucks! But she is coming home tomorrow. That makes everybody happy.
So now that we have hit the reset button I will try to stay on top of it a little better. I have been playing rather hard, plenty of riding and a little bit of hiking, (walking in the woods). But it's all the same. If the wife wants to "hike", we will hike! Funny thing is if I ask her to go walking she will pass. If I ask her to go hiking, she's all in! Go figure.....
Sunday, June 5, 2016
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