My iPod possesses magical powers....

This past Friday I witnessed magic. And I am not talking about the kind of David Copperfield making the Statue of Liberty vanish sort of crap either. I'm talking about the kind of magic that just makes you smile and wonder! The kind of magic that makes peanut butter and fluff just....go together. Uknowhatimtalkinbout....

One of my customers who shall remain nameless was pissed. His network had crashed hard and while a significant portion of the fault likely lay with "others" this was not the time to point fingers. He's been a good customer and needed to vent on someone. Enter your's truly; part of my daily obligation to my company is to get the crap kicked out me in just these sorts of occasions. Sound like fun? I think we're looking for a few good punching bags, submit vitae here...

So here I am looking forward to a beautiful weekend (about friggin' time by the way...) of some good long rides, goofin' off with the kids, and getting some heavy duty yard work done, when I get the word that the network is down.

I jump in the car and head to the headquarters site essentially preparing to get my ass and my head handed back to me with a plethora of, shall we say, illustrative metaphors for how much my company sucks. So in an attempt to ease my troubled mind, I plug my iPod in and for the 40 minute drive to my customer's site I was hit with the most amazing stringing together of tunes that she could muster. It started off with Rankin' Full Stop and led into this cacophany...

-Peace Frog (Widespread version--amazing) to
-She's Leaving Town (Mudsharks...great California ska band) to
-Shambala to
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-Live Fool to Think (DMB)
-Tangled Up in Blue (Creek's version)
Sheryl Crow's version of Not Fade Away bled into
-the absolutely killer Lovelight by Phil and Friends.

I was so amazed that my iPod on shuffle could completely remove the thoughts of impending doom from my head!!!

The customer blew his stack and I just took it all in stride, because my iPod is magic. And that's all I have to say about thaaaaaaaaaaaaat.

Mileage is starting to ramp up....I've been averaging a bit over a 100 miles per week which given the crap weather has been something to be proud of. The Harpoon B2B ride is in June so I need to get at least 3 century rides in before then. I haven't been running at all though, which I am somewhat bummed about. While I never really enjoyed running per se, I did enjoy getting better at it as time went by. But let's face it, riding a bike is just way more fun!!!!

On the home front, my eldest has really taken to climbing-so much so that she's now asking me at least a few times per week to go. Our philosophy has been to try and get the kids into all sorts of activities and see what sticks. Admittedly I am not crazy about going to dance recitals but I could watch her rip off climb after climb all day long. It is also great to see her get really competitive with herself about it. All good stuff!!! Nnow of course the 3 year old wants to go chase the big sister....I guess not a bad problem to have!