EASTER EGG BODY CHECK!

Easter lunch at my mom's place.  It was also her birthday.  Linda and I summoned all the energy we had post-GCI.  Which meant we almost fell asleep at the table.

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Grilled Cheese

This was the first year I've ever worked the stage, and acted as a runner for the GCI.  It turns out that you actually get to eat if you're a runner.  Maybe eat a bit too much.  Especially if you add 10 hours of sun and a few beers, you get really really tired after it's all over.

My student who decided to enter the competition without knowing that I was at all involved with the event won first place!  She made a soup-in-the-sandwich sandwich which was weird and fun and actually tasty.

Great fun seeing everyone, especially XTC.  Unless she doesn't read this, in which case I find her remote and low-energy.

Finals, and...

I'm getting down to the last few weeks of school.  Just past the drop w/a "W" deadline.  Last week was a bunch of panic about student's grades, and a lot of stress of G. Berg's retirement party and how much to charge.  Then the Grilled Cheese Invitational is tomorrow, I'll be spending the whole day helping out.  And then Easter is sunday, along with my mom's birthday.  It seems every day is filled with something to do, somewhere to take the kids, a stack of paper to grade, or a something I have to attend.

Next weekend is the retirement part, then the weekend after is finals, and the Cuddeback trip with Mike L.  Summer break, here I come! 

CycLAvia

I had a totally fun afternoon at the cycLAvia event.  I went by Rachelle's place and fixed up her fixie (mostly pumped up her tires, and diagnosed a broken spoke).  There was an amazing contrast between riding on Wilshire with buses, cars and general downtown craziness; and the arrival at the suddenly empty side streets feeding into the route.  And then, totally cycling bliss!  I laughed out loud so many times as I was surrounded by traffic jams of riders at the crossing points, at the sea of riders around, at blowing past stop signs in front of police, legally.  We rode to the bicycle kitchen, and had an awesome pizza and beer.  I haven't seen so many bikes outside of the playa.  wonderful!