Dusty's Big Race

I've got some catching up to do- I've been a slacker. The following pictures are from the 100 mile off-road bike race Dusty did in Leadville Colorado on August 15th. It was so fun to be there. We went with his mom, dad, and brother, Cody.

Dusty putting his racing number on his Jersey:


Starting Line: Dusty is the one in the middle. I couldn't believe how many people were there- it was crazy!


I don't remember the exact mileage here, but he has been biking for hours- I don't know how he did it. I would've died by this point.


Almost done- only 1.5 hours left.


Finish Line. Hooray! Dusty is amazing.


These are pictures of the hotel room in Leadville that cost us over $100 a night. It looked like it was going to fall over any second.

Blond Moment #2

According to my list, this is only the second blond thing I have done. How great is that?!

On Monday night I did a night flight. I didn't land until 11:30, so I was way late getting home. On the way home I had to keep turning my A/C on, then vent only, then A/C on, then vent only. How annoying, right? Then I got a brilliant idea! I'll turn the A/C on but then add a little heat to it so it is the perfect temperature. Problem solved.

Tuesday I didn't have to work until 1:30. I swear it was at least 200+ degrees on my way to work. I verified my A/C was on, and on setting 4 (as high as it goes). I was dripping sweat my whole way to work! I thought, "Maybe my A/C is broken" or "Maybe it's so hot out here that it is impossible for my A/C to get as cold as it used to," etc, etc.



I felt like I had gone swimming by the time I finally made it to work. Thankfully they keep it -60 degrees inside the building, so I was able to cool down fairly quickly.

On my way home it was much cooler, but still my A/C would not get very cold. And then I remembered- I didn't have the temperature set all the way on cold. Hello!? How could I forget that? I roasted all the way to work for no reason- it could have been prevented. But, at least now I know my A/C isn't really broken.

Seriously?

Today I was pre-flighting the aircraft before my flight. I always check the oil because low oil is one problem I don't need. We had enough oil, thankfully, but as I was pulling out the oil stick it attacked me and flung out of control. I tried to back away so the oil stick wouldn't hit me, but the end of the stick (the part in the oil reservoir) swiped my armpit. And of course I was wearing a dressy white shirt today. How does that happen? This was at noon and I didn't have time to go home and change, so now it looks like I am sweating oil. So gross!

Keys

I have to admit that in the past, I was not good at remembering to take my keys out of the car before I locked it. I'm sure I've locked my keys in the car at least 33.7 times (the last time was a year ago, so I've been doing good!). But since I am so smart I made 4 copies of my car key and placed them in strategic places. For example, one is in my parent's key drawer, one is on my brother's key ring, etc. My family has always mocked me for having so many keys, but really I am smart!

I got a text from my little bro yesterday, and this is what it read: "Jeez, I pulled something like you would do...Locked the keys in the car."

I said: "Oops! Do you have a spare?"

Of course he had a spare, but not anywhere near- and only 1 spare. Who's the smart one now? (ps. The answer is Julie...not Kurt).

Thanks for the laugh Kurt!

I have Old Lady Syndrome!

I've heard people talk about this many times before, but it has become much more apparent in my life the last couple of weeks. You've seen it before-probably at church. That's where I first noticed it. There were a few old ladies in the ward that would pull into the parking spot, but the front of the car would still be at least 1-2 feet away from the curb. I used to wonder why they parked so far away- now I know. Vertically challenged. It's hard to see the curb when you're really short.

This morning I went to pick up my sister, Betsy, to go shopping. There was a scooter in the driveway. I could have sworn that if I pulled forward one more inch I would hit it. Wrong. When I got out of the car I was still 2 feet away. How does this happen? I'm still young!

Last week I was in the car with my boyfriend, Dusty. We were stopping at a red light. The car in front of us was stopped, but Dusty kept moving forward. I didn't want to be a side-seat driver, but I was sweating bullets cuz I was sure we were going to hit the stopped car. We didn't. I got nervous for no reason. Like I said, I think I have Old Lady Syndrome.

If anybody knows of a medication to treat my disease, please let me know!

Nerd Alert!

I saw the funniest thing this morning. I was feeling ambitious so I got up at 5:30 am to go to the gym. There is a TurboJam class there, and I love those workouts. Usually the people that attend are women. I was so surprised to see the exact opposite today. He was a little older (maybe 45ish), had nerd-slicked-parted hair, super tight sweats, and a shirt tucked into the sweats, but he didn't tuck his shirt in very well and it was all bunched. At first I thought it was kind of cool that he came with his wife, but then he left alone. He wasn't there with anyone!

Blond Moment #1

Up until 3 weeks ago I truly wondered why my dad said I was his blond daughter (hello-I'm a brunette). I'm a pretty smart person and usually I think things through. I went through school and got a degree. I'm freaking intelligent, right?

So I wear contacts. I hate it but I have no choice. I started losing my eyesight in Seventh grade- I just thought my teacher had really bad handwriting (maybe that's my real blond moment #1?). I have been wearing contacts for 10 years and have had an eye doctor appointment every year.

A couple of days ago I went to the Sam's Club Optical department for my checkup. She gave me a trial pair of contacts and asked me to put them in my eyes. Before they'll let you leave they want to make sure the lenses fit your eyes okay.

Usually I take out both contacts (left and right) and then put in the two new contacts. So I started by taking out my right contact. It was then that the eye doctor came in and started talking to me. I got distracted. I then opened up my new contact and put it in my right eye; opened up my other new contact and put it in my left eye. Wow- talk about blurry. My first thought, which I voiced- "Wow. This is really blurry. Maybe you gave me the wrong prescription? Maybe I have an air bubble under my contact?" Wrong. I forgot to take the old contact out of my eye before putting in the new contact. The eye doctor had to point this out to me.

I should know how to put in contacts. I've been doing it forever. The one time I decide to forget, the eye doctor is in the room with me. I felt so retarded. Who puts two contacts in the same eye? Blond Moment #1.