The new year is off to a propitious start. (No, I don’t really know what “propitious” means, but one of my unofficial New Year’s resolutions is to use more big words.) We slept in this morning, which for us means until 7:30 a.m., ate a leisurely breakfast, read the paper and watched some of the Rose Bowl Parade (including the 12 seconds that the combined Odessa/Permian high school bands were on camera). Abbye then took us for a walk, after which we headed out for a bike ride.
It was our first tandem ride since mid-November, and it felt good to be out together. The weather was almost ideal — lower 60s, mostly light winds (and those were at our backs on the return trip), and mostly sunny. Judging by the other dozen or so riders we saw during the 20 mile jaunt, we weren’t the only ones resolving to make 2004 a cycling year.
I hope your new year is suiting you equally well thus far.
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Eric, I can’t say my day/year got off to a propitious start, but it was well-caffeinated, thanks to you. Had a cup of pinon coffee – about which I learned from a post on your blog. You were right! Thanks, again, and Happy New Year!
Jeff, I’m happy to see that my recommendation sat well with you. As vices go, it’s a relatively innocuous one.
Hope you, Rita and the kids have a great 2004!
I play in the Odessa High School band. Thank you for your support this year! We had a lot of fun in the parade.
Derek, you guys done good! The best my high school band ever did was go to Six Flags…