Tarzan Boy

I guess my protest yesterday actually made an impact on my boss because today at work he said that I would be able to stay working in the dungeon and don’t have to do sales during the summer. He said I am doing a good job with zee bikes. I guess sometimes it pays to be a whiny little brat. YEEEEES!!!!!

Project bike thief is now fully underway, as Jared just got his new battery powered Dremel in the mail. Jared has been scoping out abandoned bikes for months and begun talking to business owners about stealing the bikes.

In other news, yesterday was my first attempt at two Bikram classes in one day. I got up, went straight to class, then went to work, then went back to class. Surprisingly, the second class was actually much easier than the first class and I did really well. It was hard to get out of bed this morning. My muscles are sore as hell, which is an awesome feeling. Mickey was joking that I probably had to drink 2 liters of Vitamin water, which is almost correct as I did drink 4 coconut waters throughout the day in addition to a crapload of cranberry juice.

Today is my last day of work for a while as I am LEAVING FOR TUCSON tomorrow morning! SO exciting. I hope to make it to the Tuesday Night Community Bike Ride tomorrow night. I can’t wait to see everyone. Thanks again Erik Ryberg and the mysterious donors who chipped in to fly me out there. There are a lot more worthy causes for your money than sending my broke ass on vacation and curing my Chicago winter blues, but damn am I glad I have some good friends there!

Our friend Charlie Wecker is flying in tonight from Florida for a visit and he is staying for the month of February. What a trooper to come during the worst time of the year to be in Chicago! He doesn’t know what he’s in for. Then again, he does live in Florida and you couldn’t pay me to go back there. He is going to console Jared as he will surely be very lonely and grieving without me. Actually, they will probably just get drunk the entire time. I am a total lightweight now, so it is probably better that I am not here for that mess. If I were here, I would probably pee the bed.

Charlie posted this on FB the other day, and the song has been on repeat in our household and our heads ever since. Remember this one? The front man of Baltimora is lipsynching to the keyboardist’s vocals in the video, and he died of AIDS in 1995. Allow me to infect you with it:

Happy Monday, and to my Tucsonan friends, see you tomorrow!

_L

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