Rebel Nerd

How wonderful it is to feel young again!  I took off of work most of the day on Friday and went riding dirt bike with my friend Hamlet.  It was 35 degrees out that day, and I thought I would be miserable!  As it turns out I was hot most of the time.

We meet at 11:30 at Knobby Ridge in Neillsville, WI.  After a quick run around the practice track we were off on the trails.  We did the easy and intermediate loop first, and then on the expert loop.  Well the expert loop kicked my ass, I was just worn out throwing the bike around for about four hours so we stopped on the trail for a little while to regain some energy.

We each took a couple of good spills on the trail, and I don’t think the bikes have ever been that dirty!

Overall the day reminded me a lot of my childhood, some friends and I would take off for the day and just go check out all the trails. We would ride hard and take a lot of spills, but that was the point, to just ride hard and have fun.  Which is exactly what we did on Friday.

Saturday, my body reminded me that I am no longer 15, I’m 36, out of shape, and haven’t ridden off road like that for many years.  I think I was sore everywhere, but every ache and pain brought with it memories of the day before so it wasn’t so bad feeling sore.

I can’t wait to do it again!!  It looks like the earliest I can hope for is next spring, since the weather won’t be cooperating for long.

Oh, that reminds me, snowboarding this weekend!  I’m looking forward to seeing Amanda again.  She’s almost 16 and has her learners permit now!  She is growing up so fast!  Its strange for me see her growing up, I guess it’s the same for all parents.

Snowboarding is something else that makes me feel young again, or maybe its just that I feel more alive, not sure exactly, but I love it!  When I’m in Wausau this weekend I’m going to look at buying an 8-plex in town…need a place to live in the winter that’s closer to the ski hill and that someone else will pay for, god knows I don’t have any money!  I’m planning on keeping one apartment for myself so that friends and family can stay with me when they go to the ski hill.

I’m feel guilty for not spending turkey day with Ron and Cyn, I know they would like me to come up, but since Amanda will not be with me for Christmas, this is the only time this season that Amanda and I will have to snowboard together for more than one or two days.  Sorry guys!

Also, it seems that the only time I update my blog is when I’m staying with R&C, I wonder why that is?  When I’m home I must be too busy going to lunch with my Dad, working, or surfing porn to update my blog…looks like I’ll have to cut back on working a little so I have time to update  =)

Good bye, and I love you all, but not in a weird way, I promise!   <—Yes, I stole that from someone else but I like it!