Decoration Day

I've neglected ye olde blogge for a week. I wish I could say it was due to riding my bike a ton. Instead, I was at our team's yard sale, co-hosting a wedding shower for my future sister-in-law, and out of town for work.

My work trip highlights: seeing my friend Alison's doppelganger while having a beer with Ian, testing the younger generation's social skills with Anne (good work, Sigma Chi brothers, you passed the test; your mothers, who are my age, would be proud of your politeness), trivia with Michael & Micah and the crew, breakfast with Ashley at the greatest coffee shop, a walk with Sarah, and getting to have lunch with cousin Katie. The work meeting was good, too, don't get me wrong. But I do like my tobacco control colleagues from OR, OH, CA, DC, and GA. It helps soften the blow of too many work trips if you get to see good people.

I also was able to learn some interesting, albeit trivial, things when playing trivia, including a lot of facts about Decoration Day (now known as Memorial Day), which was established to honor vets of the American Civil War. I also learned that the Greek god borne of a leg was neither Humerus nor Quadriceptus, although both were fine guesses, in my opinion.

So what's on the Decoration Day agenda? A camping trip. With lots of biking. Check out the map. Very excited to check out these trails!

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