Getting back on the Pony

Back home for 9 nights!!  It's been snowing like nobody's business, but the driveway is still mostly operable.  Lots of time for projects and finally time to give my training the space it deserves in my life.  I got in the pool yesterday which felt great.  I really missed it with the lung mung.
 It was a long weekend in Portland with snow days, friends, Portland International Film Fest, family and Boos' baby shower! The little blube could come any day now which is thrilling.  The funniest part of the shower was when I told my cousin to punch me in the face if I ever say "binky" and she did.  I'm ok though, it spiced the gift opening up for me a bit for sure.
 I also got to spend some time out at Ekone ranch this weekend.  It's a horse ranch, camp, natural burial ground run by awesome ladies and good people.  We got snowed in for a sec, saunaed, ate ribs, hiked, fed horses, and talked about exciting future collaborations between me and there.  It's rad how things and places and people come into your life.  I heard about Ekone last year in an AP article about natural burial grounds, then there was a gal at the Back Fence storytelling a few weeks ago telling a story about there, then when I met the gal I bought the big trailer from on the Max she invited me out there.  
 Speaking of people coming into life, Hood River is doing me good these days, I'm feeling more at home, running into folks when I go into town, having a little dinner game party tonight with more ribs and slaw than you can shake a stick at.
Time to gear up for some snow shoveling and a hill bike and hill run workout, we're starting base 3 this week, the last base chunk of this training.  I'm a little nervous because I missed so many workouts these last few weeks, but nothing to do but get back on this pony and ride.