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So, I realized I haven’t been the best about keeping up with my blog – when I decide it is worth writing about something, I usually have to churn out a post, which means copying a bunch of pictures and writing a quick summary of something I did, instead of getting into some more introspective things about my day-to-day.

Anyway, Happy November! I started November off with a ride around Stevens Canyon Road with Wilmot. I’ve been hesitant to bike recently, since long-ride have been hurting my left knee. It’s been a bummer, since biking is supposed to be low impact for your knees and I don’t seem to have a problem running at the gym twice a week. So, with the help of Wilmot, I adjusted my cleats a bit and viola – no knee problems. But, with my luck, after our ride, my hip flexor hurt on my right side. I tried to do a crescent kick to impress Kolina and that hurt like hell – so tons of streches at the gym on Monday helped ease the pain and I seem to be better now. I guess there’s another problem to diagnose before my next ride.

However, I’m not sure when I’ll have time to ride again; I made it a point to try and book up as much time on my calendar for the rest of the year, which, looking forward to it, is making me feel incredibly exhausted. I’ll be doing some random things like crab fishing, seeing Paramore, and the Reduced Shakespeare company, and taking a lot of trips. The grand plan is to load up on cash in Vegas in mid-November, enjoy Thanksgiving with the family in St. Louis, travel around India in December (and do a LOT of work, in case my manager is reading this), layover in Dubai on the way home, and finally spend Xmas with my family in St. Louis once again. After all that, relaxing in a cabin in Tahoe for 5 days will be awesome. It’s going to be really tiring and I’m sure my body will hate me for all of the time changes, but, I love traveling and I have a new Nikon D90 to take with me (and pretend I’m actually good at photography), so it should be a ton of fun. 2009 will be closing on a high note.

I guess since 2009 is sort of booked up for me I’m starting to think of 2010. We’re doing that at work too and I’m begrudgingly using Powerpoint more and more these days. A lot of the initiatives the team I’m on wants to do are being formed right now, which really means I’ll be dictating what I’ll be doing next year. So, it gets me thinking to if I really want to be in the same role/function in the next few months and year. I’ve been only working for 2 years since undergrad, but maybe I need to stop coming home from work everyday and just vegging out, watching movies, and thinking about what to do on the weekend, but start thinking about night classes or studying for one of those advanced degree tests. Maybe I should make a 2010 roadmap for myself. I wonder if people actually do that. Like, if you hired a life coach, would they create a Gantt chart for you? I could really use one – but only to organize fun stuff like travel, biking, and things to cook. Well, I’ll punt on this one and make it a 2010 resolution to decide something career-wise. Time to surf the internet!!!

Oh yeah, almost forgot the point of this post. Here’s our bike route:

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