The dog has been walked, the Honda is packed and I'm clean and shaved. I'm ready to race. In the morning I will leave the house at 5am and head to Utah. I'm looking forward to the experience but I must say I will probably drive my self crazy all alone with my thoughts. I have no idea what to expect this weekend other than I will be on my bike for most of it and loving every second of it.

I will not miss getting up at 3:33 every day to get ready for work. Nore will I miss all the issues that always seam to raise up while i'm patrolling the islands. Sir I need you to put out that cigarette, or sir you need to shut off your engine, or sir did you not realize that all those people you zoomed by are in line. Or how about, sir your card isn't working because we don't take the EBT card. I also wont be sitting on the steps of my rented space looking into the clear Utah sky thinking, I sure miss all the smog.

I had a bit of a panic today. I had to locate a headset for the Fly. It seams that when I hit that dude in Leadville Co. I destroyed the cups and bearings of my factory headset. I didn't notice this during the rest of the race but I did notice it when Art and I went for a ride the other day. I found my parts and had them installed and everything is back to normal. Well, actually, I will have to ride my Fly for a bit to see if the head tube was jacked up too. Hopefully things will hold together for the weekend. I don't regret stopping for that dude but I wish I could send him the bill for the repairs to my Fly.

I will finally see a bit of the Olympics tonite that don't have anything to do with swimming. I like Michel Phelps but man, can wee see or hear of something ells. I'm looking forward to the debut of BMX. I never raced BMX but I do like to watch it. These athletes rocket from one end of the track to the other in blistering speed and beat the hell out of each other at the sane time. And lets not forget the crashes! Now I know all about crashing so I can really identify with these folks when they bounce off the dirt at speed. Man, I hope I don't crash this weekend, we will see....

I hope the palce i'm staying in this weekend has a T.V. Ive been home alone now for a few hours and I'm bord out of my freaking head!!! I thught about taking this computer but with my history something will happen to it for sure. Then Leslie will kill me and then I couldn't ride bikes anymore, that would suck!