Liberated!

Getting so excited for this 370 mile bicycle trip up the coast! I picked up some sweet bike shorts today (yes, those three words were never meant to be typed together by me), which are a hybrid of mountain bike/cargo shorts, with a padded crotch, so as to lessen the punishment of eight plus hours in the saddle, per day. Fuhhhhh. That's gonna suck! I need to pick up some bibs, a flat kit, waterproof gloves, and a few jerseys for the ride. It's going to be wet and cooooold!

So I deactivated my Facebook account, and plan on keeping it that way for eight months. It'll both keep me off of the Facebook "Social Media" tit, as well as ceasing unnecessary references and sightings of someone that I don't need to see or hear about when I'm not in the right mind frame. *laughs* If I'm with her family, then I won't be shocked to hear her name, and or see her posts, as opposed to seeing something by mistake. Deleting her didn't seem to be enough to stop thoughts. It was a lot tougher than I imagined it would be, and so I just took that part away. The heart was soft, kids...

On a lighter and more relevant/current note, I had a really nice date on Friday last. A friend of a friend and I had been texting and talking via e-mail, and met up in Seaside. We had a nice dinner and talked for a few hours. She is funny, cute, smart, and has a good head on her shoulders. No idea if it will go anywhere at all, but I enjoyed her company, and (like she said before we met), who can't use another friend? :)

Finally, there is a kick ass 5 mile obstacle course called Race the Reaper in October. Me and a few buddies/team mates are going to run it. I've been wanting to do one of these for a long time. It's like warrior dash, or a good old mud run, with traps and water, and...well, obstacles! :) Can't wait!