Merry Christmas!

This was here when I got home from swimming last night:

And inside?

Ask Sky would say, Ta-dah!

I love you, Timex. And Trek. And Bontrager. Yea, new toy! And hey, new fancy travel box too, while I'm at it. While it looks exactly like Clementine the orange bicycle, there are subtle differences. I will tell you what they are when I find them. Both are on their way down to Boca right now for some putting-together and tuning up, and then me and New Clementine are going to hit the road. And Old Clementine is going to head to her new home in Kailua.

I made it into the ocean today for the first time since January. It wasn't as horribly cold as I expected. I ran my intervals first, then wetsuited up (hard to do when sweaty, good thing the swim is first in triathlon) and headed in. The first thing I saw was a moray eel. I haven't seen one of those since my days as a weekly scuba diver, back before triathlon. He was spotted and a little afraid of me and adorable. Then there was a crazy-friendly turtle. And then I went in, because I'm easing back in to the ocean..

Ramsey says no more votes. He started out just losing, which he was OK with, but when people started doubting his heterosexuality.. well, let's just say that I think the glasses are mine now, permanently. Thanks, guys!