mag link!!!

http://www.theadventuremonkey.com/Magazine/Issue_One.pdf

spring break with spinning, solo rides and snow

this week was spring break and honestly, i wasn't really looking forward to it. everyone else gets to leave and at least go home, but even if i dropped everything to go home, i'd be walking 2 1/2 blocks to get there...lol. because of needing to get in 300 internship hours by the end of the semester, i really needed to stay here, do that and work.

but with the advice of friends, i decided it'd be a good idea not to do homework for a few days and just relax. so what else do you do when you're 26, single, and have some free time? why build a fort of course! that's right, my roommate and i reverted back to childhood, pulled out the sheets and blankets, built a fort and watched pocahontas. my parents always taught me to be young at heart...that's one lesson i've taken pretty seriously. we had mentioned how our forts always fell down when we were kids about half way through whatever we were doing...and ironically, ours did the same. except, when i was a kid i didn't have a cell phone that could drop into a cup of water and stop working. back to being an adult and having to think about things like that. blek.

monday started off just like any other monday. i woke up for my regular routine at 5am to go to spinning. lifted weights, then warmed up on the bike...while we waited for garret (yes, you can laugh...its still better spelled with 2 t's :)), our instructor, to show. since we're friends, everyone asked if he'd been alive the day before and i went to go try to get a hold of him. you may recall my dropping my phone in a cup of water? yeah, the gym didn't have his number either. a few people left to do a different kind of work out, but the rest of us just stood there like calves stairing at a new gate. we couldn't miss spinning! that'd just throw off the whole day! my classmates asked if i had an ipod...and, because i'm not shy, i think they knew if they kept asking, i'd teach class. so i hopped on the saddle and jumped right in to save the day...ok, it took me a while to start yelling commands, but i got the hang of it. i'm not sure if everyone else had a good workout, but i felt like i was gonna throw up, so i figured that was good enough. lol now, since i know garret felt bad about missing, i didn't tease him or rub it in, but i think his mourning period is over so, how amazing am i?! if i were him i'd probably be finding ways to express my appreciation of my a$$ saving...in monetary forms, food, acts of servitude ect, ect. ;) regardless, that was a pretty good way to start off my pretend spring break.

the next few days i did the work and internship thing, but then came thursday. 65 degrees, sunny and incredible! there was no way i was going to internship for an hour and a half that i could be outside. after work i hurried down to the bike shop, got some new handlebar grips i'd needed and headed north. got about 9 miles out and my ipod died (if only i hadn't had to use it for spinning), but i kinda didn't care, it was just so great to be set free. i was like a flower soaking up the sun and just thrilled to be away from responsibilities. i got about 20 miles north to bushong, still felt amazing, so i cut across, past burlingame road and started south. i knew i'd be skipping spinning for the evening...figured i was testing out of it. south wind did plenty of kicking my butt. yikes. but once i rolled into town with 50+ miles under my belt, i was feelin pretty good...ya know, aside from starving. haha that was the best spring break day i could have had hands down. bikes always seem to save the day. :)

this morning i woke up to find several inches of snow on the ground. welcome to kansas spring! oh well, i need to get back to the homework grind. tonights the release party for "adventure monkey: the magazine". i wrote an article for it, so i'm pretty stoked to see it and see what happens for it in the future. i promise i'll post the link so ya'll can check it out.

peace out girl scouts ;)