End of week recap Jan 8th – Jan 10th 2010
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Friday Jan 8th –
I almost finished up my performance review today… almost. HR sent out an e-mail stating “performance reviews must be completed by end of business day Friday. They will be sent to your manager for review [even if you don't finish].” Well, that’s crappy and that’s too bad for you, cuz there’s only 30 minutes left in the day and I’m already getting out of here. I’ll work on it this weekend…
New cycling shoes!
Umm… went to WinCo to get a can of spaghetti sauce and fresh tomatoes. The wait time in line was insanely long for just purchasing two items. Anyway, came back and made spaghetti with fish meatballs (interesting combo). Jessica hung out while Kenny was at work and worked homework (haha!). We watched the first disc of Band of Brothers and Watched Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog. Ginger cookies were made during the night too. I think they turned out pretty well!
Last thing: I got Jessica’s speedometer installed on the bike. We’re ready to start logging miles for the years to come!
I went to sleep around 2:00am. Around 2:30 I realized that I should start the dish washer because the next time that i’ll put anything into the dishwasher will be late Saturday night post party. I was awake for the next 30 minutes as I heard the thing go through the wash cycle. Note to self: next time I want to do the dishes, definitely wash them earlier in the evening.
-T
Saturday Jan 9th –
First cycling day of 2010! I’m running on 4 hours of sleep! (NAY!). My body clock told me to wake up at 7am. My alarm is set for 8am. I hit snooze until 8:30am. Crap.
Jessica, Erik and John met up at my place at 9am and we cycled around Hillsboro in the morning. The route was from my place out on to Evergreen Parkway, North on Glencoe, up and around Shadybrook to Mason Hill, Helvatia and back on Rock Creek. The route map can be found online. We met our target distance of 30 miles for the morning and averaged a good early season pace. It should be a piece of cake to finish Reach the Beach. (yes, even YOU can finish… no big deal). Some photos of the ride have been posted on to Facebook. There is an obligatory RTB style bike pose for the beginning of the year. Good times.
Everyone met back up at 1 for lunch at the Cornelius Pass Road house. Irene and Kenny also joined us. I got my default: the Communication Breakdown burger with tots and a ice tea. Good stuff. Afterward, Jessica, Kenny and I went to Performance Bike to get the remaining gear (front/rear lights, and a frame pump). On the way back I opened my mouth and said “Hey Five Guys is good, I can go for one.” Kenny pulled into the parking lot and I ordered a Little Hamburger with a regular fries. Mind you this is less than an hour since leaving CPR. I was still hungry. Scarfed down the burger, but the fries were a bit much. LOL.
Anyway, later that night we all went shopping at WinCo for food. I had a party at my place Saturday night and had 20 people over. it was crazy! Jessica helped me make dinner (thank you again). Dinner was a chicken and vegetable stir fry with egg flower soup on the side. John made some lemon bars which were pretty tasty too. The party pictures are posted on Facebook as well.
Still had people over past 11pm. I was ready to fall asleep. I ultimately told everyone “alright, i’m gonna kick everyone out… I need to sleep!” Sorry guys, but running on four hours of sleep isn’t great, especially when I should get a good nights sleep before driving down to Corvallis and back on Sunday.
The current plan for Sunday is to get up early in the morning and go cycling again. Hey, I have to get my cycling fix in. 
Then I’m driving Jessica’s bike down to Corvallis. (Yay! You get your bike!). Good night.
-T
Sunday Jan 10th –
Instead of hitting the snooze button, I apparently turned off my 8:30 alarm clock and only woke up to my 9:30am alarm. Oops. So much for the early morning cycling ride. Anyway, I prepped the car, checked the tire pressure and got the tank topped off. I reset my trip odometer for the day.
I picked up Jessica and her bike and we made a trip down to good ‘ol Cow town so she’d have a bike to ride around and train on the hills during her last term. (Hey, I can call Corvallis ‘Cow-town’ — I used to go to OSU!). Kenny met up with us at American Dream Pizza and we got a pesto base pie with onions and chicken. That was good! I took a quick tour around the campus. Dearborn hall still has that funky smell to it. The Valley Library was cool to see again, but I don’t miss studying in the 5th floor rotunda for hours and hours on end. Though, I did bring Jess to see it and she did seem impressed. (However, I thought you would have been around the entire library by now anyway!). Apperson Hall has now been renamed Kearny Hall and it looks completely different. That building was completely dilapidated when I was at OSU. Now, it’s quite awesome. The stairwell has been completely redesigned and a new central elevator has been installed. Kelly Engineering was the same. I walked into Covell 216 and snapped a picture. I don’t miss that classroom at all. Any of you that had classes in that room in the Spring, Summer or Fall can attest how hot and stuffy that room gets. Oh yeah, did I mention that building also smells funky too? Anyway, we drove back and Jessica helped me clean my place a little more (thanks again).
Later that night, I headed in to PDX and hung out with some people for a little while. I ended up at Papa Haydn with Sue at the end of the night. It was good to just catch up. The dessert was excellent. Sue got a berry cobbler, and I got a slice of dark chocolate cake.
I drove 230 miles today. It’s been a while since I’ve driven that much in a day (or even in 2-3 weeks time for that matter)! It’s been a great weekend… now off to sleep. I didn’t look at my performance review all weekend. I guess I’ll do that Monday.
-T