Is it over?

Why does family suck the joy out of Christmas?  Well, not so much mine, as the in-law side of the roster.
Nothing like chasing them around for three days so they can see Junior Management.  Nevermind the fact that we have the most kids, and the farthest to drive. 
And being in the same room with this supposedly "close" family is like being in an arbitration hearing.  Lots of disdain, cutting of eyes, snark, and some just downright open hostility towards one another.  Yeah, you guys are close....
And for what?  So they can see the kids?  Here's an idea, take some time out of YOUR day to chase us around once in a great while. 
There are 12 months in a year.  My in-laws have seen their grand-kids 7 times this year!  Not hard math to do, is it?
Did I mention that they didn't even bother to show up for #2 son's birthday party? 
Yep, grandparents of the year!
I can say, with a large degree of certainty, that this was the last time/Christmas/year we're chasing them around.  I just do not have the time, nor the compunction to do it anymore. 

Ok...enough of that...

I haven't ridden since the 24th.  Roxy and I did a long, lazy loop on the CX bikes.  We had an initial plan, but old man river changed it for us...

 The PowerStation was in good shape...until...

Yeah...it's deep-ish in the middle...and it was flowing.  The river is on the left, and the water was flowing left to right, meaning in was flowing in, thus, getting deeper as each second passed.
Ride through it?  Nope...not in 48 degrees, with a small current, and neither life, nor money on the line.  We turned around...
Some area adjustment, and a new loop was quickly calculated.
It took us to the diversion dam, which wasn't diverting much...

High and angry are words best used to describe the flow of water. 
A loop of the 'hood, thru downtown and home.  It was quite a good ride.  No real plan.  No real "training" benefit.  Just fresh air, and smiles.

Zolder was a good race yesterday.  I got to watch all but the last 1/2 lap, as the Boss was pressuring me to get in the car to chase her family.  We were already 30 minutes late.  What's another 6 or 7 minutes?  That argument held no water...so here's the last lap...



My question is, where's the women's race?  I'd actually like to see Katie Compton kicking the Euros collective ass.

I'll post the whole race when it hits the YouTubes.  Loenhout goes off in about 45 minutes.  I trust you all can find a feed.

No ridey today either, as I have to run around and do the things that got pushed back from yesterday's fiasco. 
A group is meeting Saturday morning @ 0900 at the Colonial Center.  All are welcome to join.  It will be a conversational pace ride out to Swansea and back. 

I also feel a disturbance in The Force...