Yup. Talked two times so far (second time because I'm a spaz and am nervous, so wanted to double check what we agreed upon). My bike is being painted within the next two weeks or after he returns from his annual camping trip. Either way, I'm looking at between 3-6 weeks, which is all the same to me at this point, and I'm excited.
^ This!!!!!
Hope the weather improves for you soon.
We've had some majorly crappy weather lately. It's been windy/rainy/stormy, humidity so thick it hurts, and hot every day for the past two or more weeks. Today was the first day in a couple weeks I got some miles in. Was supposed to ride with a ladies group this morning, but only one other person showed up. I'd never met her before, so we rode slowly, mostly gabbing and getting to know each other. She's about my age, was a spinner for 20 years and a runner, so very fit, but she's only been on a road bike for three months. She's getting into triathlons, so doesn't like to ride as long as I do and wants to go faster than I do, but for right now, we're at the same level. At about mile 25, we latched onto a group and had fun at about 18-20 mph, feeling like we weren't even trying. She turned around to go home, but I was having fun, so stayed with the group. At about mile 38, one of those annoying fast groups came up on us, and my group joined in with them. I tried to keep up, and was thrilled to be going about 24 mph for a minute, but got dropped hard after a mile when they kicked it up even more, and sloooowly made my way home by my lonesome in a big fail bonk mode. Stopped at the Boynton Diner for a nice breakfast to soothe my ego. It was nice to get in 47 miles plus breakfast and still be home by 10AM. I need to give the bike a good wash, but have nothing else to do today, so......yay!