Turkey Thursday

Well, at least for everyone else it is; BeanSS and I don't generally celebrate these sorts of holidays in any formal way. We're more the solstice and equinox-observing types. Nevertheless, I won't turn down the paid day off, nor will I fail to use some leave tomorrow so as to make this a 4-day weekend.

Four days is a long enough time that I'm not sure I can fabricate a sufficient number of excuses to get myself out of riding a bike. Last weekend, I went so far as to bolt up a fresh set of cleats to my new road shoes, which I promptly threw under the coffee table, still to be unused. Now here I am contemplating a day with fairly empty roads, low winds, a forecast high of just 77°, and no good reason not to get out and turn the cranks. So it looks like once my morning coffee caffeine overdose wears off, I'm going to get into some bibs and hit the streets.

Now back to Thanksgiving. There's no turkey in our house, so our poultry needs will have to be met by some microwaveable chicken burritos. Its a special occasion, so these will be nice ones that cost a buck each, not those three-for-a-dollar ones. There's nothing like splurging for a special occasion.

Oh yeah, the SSWC08 website is up. I'm going to block out the whole week, lock in the vacation time, and start hitting up my Sacto friends for crash space on the road trip over to Napa. Late August could be an excellent time to get out of the Old Pueblo and into the potentially cooler climes of Northern California.