Today is my dad's birthday. He's in California, visiting my uncles and aunts, along with my brother and his wife, and tomorrow is his high school reunion. It's a small town, so I think the reunion may be for anyone that ever went to high school there. I have never been to a high school reunion. I graduated from Apollo HS, in Glendale, but I didnt really know anyone there, so never did go to one. I went for my freshman and half my sophomore year to a HS in Washington State where I grew up. That reunion is next month, and I am still on the fence about going or not. I should decide soon, though, or it will be too late.

So, I haven't written anything in a while, since Alcatraz let me go, I think. Two weeks after that race, I did the Tempe International Triathlon on a whim. I signed up Friday afternoon for a Sunday morning race. I did the Olympic distance, and had a decent finish even. If I could halfway swim, I'd be up there in my age group, but that 5 minutes extra I spend in the water really hurts my overall time. Maybe the end of this summer I will focus on that more. I have spent the last month or so, mainly bike riding. Last Saturday was supposed to be the Barn Burner mountain bike race in Flagstaff, but it was cancelled due to a forest fire in close proximity. Now I will need to start running as well as biking, as the next race for me is the Gilmore Adventure Race in Prescott this September.

I did go to San Francisco a couple weeks ago to help Rick put on the Scavenger Dash there. We had a great time, even with record high temperatures.

I have had a hard time staying motivated this summer. I am still told I am always training, but I feel like a complete slacker at times. I mean, really, a full day without working out and a night of sitting at home watching a movie or a game? Just doesn't feel right to me, but I've been doing it, sometimes a couple days in a row. Hopefully it won't last.

Todays funny:

0 to 200 in 6 seconds
Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was
really pissed.

She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the
driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE !!"

The next morning he got up early and left for work. When his wife woke
up, she looked out the window and sure enough there was a box
gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway.

Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, brought
the box back in the house.

She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.

Bob has been missing since Friday.