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It hasn't been too many posts since I've had to apologize for not posting in a while. And as it's been over three months since my last post, I suppose an apology is not only in order, but long overdue.

So having said that, I'm sorry :)

Recently, I've had to take some time off my routine for illness, and then I had to extend that time off for injury - i.e. my gradually worsening back pain. Well, mostly sort of kind of partly recently. I've been easing my way back into a workout routine the last month or so.

Of course I can't forget that Matthew, my son, turned one just a few short weeks ago, so there was the whole getting ready for the party, and the party, and the clean up/organization involved with that.

And then there's my sudden excess of spare time due to my recent bout of unemployment. Which is a good thing - I get to spend a little more time with Matthew, as well as take care of some thing around the house that I haven't found time to take care of in the last year.

So I'll add an update here once I get a little more time ;-)

My DSL line is still down, but I think turning 30 (happy birthday to me!) motivated me to get out on my bike a little more. For instance, my mom sent me my birthday present via FedEx, which of course refused to leave the package without my signature. So I took the opportunity to ride my bike to the fedex station... 12 miles round trip. And the folks at FedEx were kind enough to buy me a bottle of water for my return trip :) Ok, so I'm a bit of a revisionist when it comes to history. But they were kind enough to take my dollar to the back of the warehouse and use it to buy me some water :)

Speaking of that particular bike ride.. I really wanted to ride my road bike, but guess what - it had a flat tire. As I had limited daylight, I didn't bother to see if it would hold air; I just hopped on my mountain bike. When I got back, I pumped about 50 psi into the tire and 5 hours later it seems fine. I've heard of slow leaks and bad patches, but this is ridiculous. That tire was fine for at least 35 miles - what happened to all that air?