5 Days and Counting.

By Friday afternoon I will be in sunny (hopefully) Florida for a week of vacation. This time more than ever we as a family really "need" it and are very much looking forward to it.
To blog or not to blog? Well it's apparently what I do so here goes...

Some of you may know and most of you may not know that Jen was pregnant! We were super excited and also nervous about adding another member to our family. Having finally told the kids their excitement made ours go through the roof! About two days after telling the kids Jen had some complications and went to the doctor. There we found out we had lost the baby. We all have been super bummed. I tend to go into things naive. I know of the risks of a pregnancy but always assume it's someone else. When it's you...it sucks. The hardest part for me was when we told the kids. Poor Brinna didn't know how to respond. When it sunk in she was destroyed. The next day I dropped her off at school. It was the hardest thing I had to do. I just wanted to go home with her and lay on the couch. But, as we all know, life goes on. We are moving on, with the help of so many great friends and family. A big hug and thank you go out to all of you. Thanks.

So yeah, moving on...
I did manage a three hour ride yesterday before work. The amount of snow we got was not enough to plow but enough to make things sketchy. Even with the front tire studded I went down once, of course with cars around...it never fails. The gravel roads were actually some of the best conditions. I was on the single speed so when I had to stand and climb the rear tire slipped so I had to soft pedal a lot. All in all the ride was ok. I was pretty tense so I had a stiff neck at the end. Very much longing for warmer days.

Thanks again...

Out.