Fat Bastard Sunday Funday

 Another 20 today.  Windy AH on the return.  ML had told me that there would be Santa Ana winds today,  she saw it on the news. But didn't seem windy at all and I was only doing 20, no biggie. 

Arrived at the start only to find very still flags at the golf ⛳️ course.  Figure I'd head into the wind first then tailwind it back.  But no sign of wind so I headed south. Turn around point at a park and still no sign. 

So I played around at the empty skate park.  Btw, what is so hard doing this on 4 wheels when I can do it on 2, one hand and the second hand on a clicker snapping pics? 😄

So I played for a few minutes then the second I got on my bike to head back   BIG   wind. Leaves  papers, flying by. Think I even saw a cow fly by. 

Windy all the way back but feeling great still after a month of healthy eating.  Big difference . I get tired but no feelings of not making it. Matter of fact,  I feel driven.  See someone up ahead and I feel I can catch vs the feeling of wondering why I'm struggling. 

Heck, I knew I was doing well and feeling good catching 2 separate riders 1/4 mile ahead. One pulled off to the side looking beat and zooming by the other as I push 12.5 mph. Yeah, that windy but feeling strong with no intentions of feeling beat. 😄

Felt so good and proud of myself keeping control,  actually caring enough about my health and avoiding the fancy $100 meals, that I celebrated by picking up a set of Sony noise canceling wireless earphones.  The kind with the big comfortable ear pads for my home laptop.  Gina says I deserve it. Ok, time I start thinking about myself.  😄

I found a penny and as Gina always says, " find a penny pick it up, all day long you'll  have good luck!". So I did find another penny at the mall tonight and as luck would have it, Gina would twist my arms to buy the headphones ha ha ha!

Funny when you go buy something and the cashier asks you if you want to round up the change to donate to St. Jude, you say no then they look at you like you're a cheap bastard. All while wearing a $230 St. Jude donator t shirt. Ha ha ha!

Nice! I use a little 5 inch tripod like this to hold my gopro on rides. Hand held mount to pan and record but my trusty tripod that I have used for the last several,, maybe 6 years lost one of the little balls on the legs so it sticks into the material of my jersey at times. I hate to ditch it but don't want to tear up my jersey pockets too much. So looking on ebay, I see them for $11 each but ran across one store that sells them 5 black for $10 or 2 red for $6. What a deal, I bought the black 5 pack and 2 black packso I'm set for a while. Cool little tripod I can use as a handheld or place on a rock, fence, etc type recording.

Too cool all this little stuff. ebay store    pousch-outlet