So, what happened between November 2005 and May 2006? Well, in no particular order, here is some of the stuff that happened. In every almost every case, I fully intended to write about the event…but didn’t. Over the next couple of weeks, I might go back and expand on these things, but if I don’t, I have at least logged them into my blog so that I can release them and move on.
11.30.05 – Saw The Spazmatics at Cedar Street on a Wednesday night with Janea, Debbie, and another friend of theirs, whose name escapes me. The band was fantastic and we had a great time dancing to their perfectly rendered 80’s covers. Our fun was only hampered by the fire-code-busting crowd, made worse when they went into a star-struck frenzy trying to rub elbows with Matthew McConaughey and a wasted Lance Armstrong, who for better or worse was standing right next to us at the back of the dance floor. Debbie spoke with him at length, but I never got a full report of the exchange other than she was being a protective mother hen to the hapless lad. He also had protective help from his tall blonde arm-candy (ahem, pre Cheryl Crow break-up), who at one point popped me on the back of the head and demanded, “Down in front!” I turned around to look at the pair, the girl looking quite pleased with herself and Mr. Armstrong looking a little dazed and unsure of his position. I made a dozen quick calculations before finally deciding that isn’t how I wanted to get on the news. So, I blustered something incredulous, yet benign enough to diffuse the situation.
In December, Mrs. Pribble and I took a cruise to the Western Carribean.
In March, I went to Florida to see my first professional road race – the 12 Hours of Sebring. A very thorough write-up of this event is coming very soon.
In April, we did the Cypress Valley Canopy Tour for Peyton’s birthday. Not inexpensive, but very fun for most of us. Afterwards, we went to Peyton’s mom’s house in Johnson City for one of the best home-cooked meals I have ever had – homemade fried chicken, homemade baked macaroni and cheese, green beans, sweet tea – all perfect southern standards – really, I can’t talk about it anymore. If I ever run away from home, that’s where I’m going.
Mrs. Pribble and I decided to cut off our cable a few weeks ago. I’ll pause while Rob gathers himself together. We have been subsisting on network TV, PBS, and DVD releases of TV shows, which is a far better way to watch a series. The quality is better, it’s more efficient because there are no commercials, and of course you can cram an entire series into just a couple of weeks and then get on with your life. The down side is that we have to wait for the DVD releases, which is agonizing.
Today’s Workout: 30 minutes on one of the brand new bikes at the gym, chest, shoulders.
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