Only in LA

Said in a restaurant to Lotus and I, "You speak english!!! Really!!!"

Note left in our hotel room, "I don't speak english, so please circle whatever it is that you would like me to replenish in the room". Actually I thought this was kind of cute and helpful. I think they should have a system like that in all hotels, since they usually forget to refill something.

Time to cover our first 10 miles on a Saturday afternoon: 45 minutes

6-8 Weeks (at least)

As some of you know I was invloved in an altercation about 2 weeks ago that resulted in many parts of my face being broken. You can barely even tell today, but regardless the face doc told me I cannot do anything that could possibly result in a blow to the face for at least the next 6-8 weeks. He said by then the bones would be 50% healed and there would be soft tissue formed in the cracks that would help keep the cracks from easily sliding and causing serious damage.

This basically means I cannot ride my bike for 2 months!!!! That totally blows. Just as I was getting back into it from coming off my ankle injury.

I'm thinking I may get a trainer (a device that lets me ride my bike in the garage or back yard), but I'm not sure I could do that for an hour or so to get a good workout (I might get too bored).

I have never had a problem doing the treadmill for that period of time, but I could put the treadmill in front of the TV and that would help pass the time. I really don't want to bring the bike in the house because the chain and sprokets are all greased up and my carpet looks bad enough as it is.