today

today started with a chilly morning ride. 2 hours in the saddle in 40-some degree weather. at the end my feet were completely frozen and i was exhausted. and the ride wasn't even hard. the shifting is finally working on my bike and lo and behold i have a big chain ring again!!! woo hoo! maybe i'll learn how to fix my bikes after all...

today though was long. a long and frustrating afternoon meeting reminded me of why working with people can be difficult. there are all of the usual feelings - frustration, anger... i know to walk away and remove myself from the situation. but the aftermath is hard to deal with. you want to discount people altogether but in the end you need to work with them. so how do you let your emotions go and maintain productivity?

its hard. and exhausting.

...the day dragged on and brought me home late to make dinner and begin studying.

so the fascinating animal of the day is the camel. Did you know that the camel...

1. does not store water in its hump but does store fats to burn when food is scarce
2. can fuel the worlds fires with it's poop (if you have been paying attention then you do know this)
3. can sweat out over 25% of its volume of water and still survive (we can only tolerate a small portion of that)

Here is another fascinating tidbit... did you know that salt-water fish are constantly battling dehydration?? osmosis at work my friend, osmosis at work.
over and out - there is more studying to tackle...