Cloudy 48F, feels like 42F

Windy and overcast with showers! Winds NE at 20 to 30 mph... (Big Sigh!) I can quote the weather channel even. "Storm stories...blah blah blah, right after your local on the 8's..." (Sigh again) I feel like I am in Belgium---only everyone here "spreeks Engles" (speaks English). Really. The last time I experienced this kind of weather, Mike and I were living and racing in Belgium. Seriously, the terrain is the same, the wind and weather are the same. There's even a town called Ghent less than 10 miles or so away...hmmmm?

But they definitely are not the same. In any case, I am done trying to prove I'm so tough, and I believe a trip to the YMCA is the plan for the day. I can handle the cold (sort of), but I hate cleaning my bike's drive train. And the North East winds plus the cold are too annoying! All right, so I might be a wimp. Sydney doesn't care if it's cold out---she's so fit and trim right now! In California, Mike and I were busy either working or riding our bikes that she had gained a few pounds. But now, she's got her girlish figure back even from all the outdoor exercise she's getting. That is when she's not sleeping on my new comforter!

I did get a special delivery package from California that made me smile yesterday though. Not Peet's (Rats!), but a bunch of bike race schwag from Terry!! Woo Hoo!! So the next sunny day, I'll be sporting a new McGuire-Langdale team kit as I get ready for the early summer racing out East!! Thanks Thanks Thanks!

To be honest, with all the rain back home, I doubt I'd be riding much more than I am now. And planning a wedding here in Marshall is so much easier than it would be there. Oh yes....the wedding! In 6 weeks time, I will be a real life "Taylor" too!! (a Mehler-Taylor...hey, it rhymes!) I am so looking forward to seeing my family I can hardly stand it!

...that's it, reporting live from Marshall---where the weather is NOT spring-like at all today!