Hill Repeats

We FINALLY closed and have a new home. Many thanks to all of our friends and family for the immeasurable amounts of support through the past several weeks. At the moment we are still sleeping at the old location while we have some work done on the new home.

OF COURSE there is one last chapter written in this incessant drama.

Although we are glad to have closed, the timing is incredibly challenging. The prelude to the story is... when the process of looking for a new home began, Jeff and I discussed having movers help us. Ultimately we decided against it when the closing of the old home was looking so dubious and God only knew what was going to happen.

That brings us to this week. We finalized everything on Tues (thank GOD) and seemingly have a week to move. However, I am leaving this weekend and that means Jeff would have to do everything on his own if we moved on the weekend. The decision was made to get the moving van Tues night, begin Re-loading it for the second time, I would use the majority of the day Wed to finish packing it and then Jeff and I would unload it when he got home.

Everything was going great UNTIL...

We got to the new property and realized that the van was too long and wouldn't go up the driveway of the property due to the steep grade. BTW- Now there are very nice marks in the asphalt as we tried numerous ways to make this work. Unfortunately all was in vain and we were left with no choice but to park on the road and hike about 100yds UPHILL to the garage. I just shook my head. After all, with the way this whole process has gone, what else could we have expected!

It was 9pm by the time we came to our dark conclusion and opened the rear door to begin the daunting task of unloading. We finished at 2:30a and fell into a short but welcome slumber at 3:30a with the alarm set for 5:30a.

Today I am being reminded of the longest 100yds in Texas and fully expect to utilize large amounts of caffeine to function throughout the day. At some point I hope to reflect on the facts of- we have a new home, are 98% moved and looking forward to the future in 'our' (Jeff &I) first home together.

Whew!!!

What an incredible Day

I got a call at 8am from a Race Director needing assistance with a Kids Triathlon Clinic about 45 min away. No problem, I am glad to help out but he wanted me there at 9:30 this morning! HELLO. I was still drinking coffee and just getting ready to think about my day.
I quickly gathered my equipment and headed out the door. On the way I finished my coffee and began wondering how I was going to get a bike ride in and all of the other million things on my list. Camps, athletes to World Championship qualifiers in a week, trying to sell a house to the most naive, ungrateful young kids (who have two kids) and who seemingly won't listen to their realtor, registration for Team Gecko, return emails etc... No doubt my mind is a busy place!
Anyway the clinic went really well. Nothing like a bunch of 7-10yr olds on bikes to get the mind going and bring a smile to my face. Luckily we only had one crash on a curb and another run into a mailbox because the curb crasher then ran into the second athlete. Yep, that is kids training for you!
Afterward I went for an incredible bike ride on river road in New Braunfels. This is a GREAT area to ride this time of year because it is still a bit cold for all the tubing enthusiasts and traffic is light. It was Gorgeous and I didn't even mind the 20+mph winds. Even though I don't have the time to train like I used to and miss being able to stream along with ease in the large groups of guys. It is times like these that make me grateful for just being able to ride and enjoy a beautiful spring morning. Sometimes the most awesome gifts come at the most unexpected times. Special thanks to this particular RD for completely changing my Saturday!