Here I sit in Manhattan.
It is the home of Kansas State University, which (as became immediately apparent) has purple as the dominant, and apparently solo, school color. It's a big Ag school in the middle of rural America, but the student body looks more diverse than I'd expect. Also, I was taken a little off guard when all of a sudden my drive from the flat boring nothingness of Kansas City turned into a scenic drive through the beautiful nearby prairie land known as Flint Hills.
I learned today that the people singing loudly in the room next door to mine late last night likely are part of a production that was visiting from NYC. (I put my headphones on to fall asleep and was surprised in the middle of the night at how hard the pillow was, forgetting that I was wearing a big set of headphones.)
I had dinner with a work colleague and mentioned that I've been a little scattered lately. A little more overwhelmed and stressed with obligations, a little more distracted (like forgetting to take toiletries when I visited my parents and then again this trip, forgetting the compression socks I'm supposed to use when flying so that I don't get blood clots). Things like that. Things that are less likely to happen when I'm outside, riding my bike a lot, and getting a bunch of blood flowing to my brain.
So, I'm looking to the future. There's a 30-mile Twin Cities Bicycling Club ride in March that I might do, to remember what it is like to ride near other people, then the MN Ironman (not THAT Ironman) bike ride where I'm more likely to ride 55 than 93 miles in the end of April (but who knows??), the 100-mile Fulton Gran Fondo in early May. Then the MS Rides in June and July. It's going to be a good spring.
(The title of this blog post is the motto for the state of Kansas. I like it.)
http://main.nationalmssociety.
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