This past weekend was Jingle Cross Rock. For those of you
who don’t follow cycling, Jingle Cross is a big international race held at the
Iowa City county fairground every thanksgiving weekend. It’s a pretty big race
and from what I’ve seen and heard, it’s a blast!
Dave Eckel, my team director and good friend suggested that
I give it a shot, after many other had done the same. So I registered and
packed up Wednesday morning for both Thanksgiving with the family and a weekend
full of CX racing. I didn’t get done with work until around 8:30 and got home
feeling really beat. I grabbed everything and drove home to Milwaukee with my
sister and her friend. My sister came to Madison once again to pick me and I
can’t even tell her how much that means to me. She is really awesome. But I got
home and was about ready to fall asleep. I got the laundry going and fell asleep
hanging out with my mom. The next morning I spent with my dad watching the
packers making the Lions look silly. It was a really good time and it helped
that the packers killed the lions.
After that we headed out to my aunt’s house for dinner. It
was a nice little gathering, just my aunt, my uncle and my immediate family. My
family is crazy. After talking with roommates about their Thanksgiving, I
realize that they are not criminally insane or scary crazy like most families,
but crazy still. But that’s a good thing. I love the time I spent with them. It’s
never a dull moment and there is truly love in everything we say and do. It’s
like hanging out with you best buds for Thanksgiving. Conversation ranged from
funny to not so politically correct but still funny throughout dinner, then
ended the night watching old concerts on TV while talking about much the same
as we did during dinner.
It was an absolutely relaxing night and the exact thing I
needed after what turned into a stressful week of exams, homework and then
finally a long day at work. But it was all productive and that gave me a good
feeling. I was relieved to lay my head down on the pillow after putting the final
load of laundry in the washer Thursday night and get some rest.
That’s all for now. Writing this has given me the motivation
to do my homework. I had better strike while the iron is hot.
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