Some Crazy Weather!!

I've lived in Northern Michigan my entire life. I do not remember ever, ever having such a beautiful November day. The past couple of days the temps have been in the upper 60s. I was downstate visiting a friend of mine the past couple of days, and the temp hit 73! Geesh! So after being rather lazy on Sunday, we took advantage of the fine weather and did some mountain biking on Monday. Unfortunately, it had rained some the night before so the trail was rather slick. The trail he choose had a ton of slippery rocks and leaves. We both crashed once. I wish I could have caught mine on camera. I was flying down a hill, hit a nice big mud hole and just lost control. I skidded quite a distance, luckily landing in mostly sand. I've got an abrasion to my elbow, a bruise on each knee, and a bruise that covers my outer aspect of my entire right thigh. I look awesome! But gosh was it fun! He was headed out to go again when I left, but I wanted to make it back in time to go vote.

I've got my entire yard completely raked. What an accomplishment that was! I did that over the weekend, but my arms are still killing me! Basically, I'm just a big limp sore muscle lying in bed right now. Of course the next two days are also supposed to be nice, so I'm sure I'll be out there doing something.

Funny thing when I got home tonight after being gone for a couple of days. When I opened the door, the cats were acting all kind of freaky. Well come to find out, it seems that every dead fly came to life while I was gone and somehow have gained entry into my house. In the past, when a fly gets into the house, the cats go mad jumping everywhere trying to kill the little bastard. I can only imagine the chaos that was going on when they all came to life. The cats just look exhausted. Luckily, I always keep my bedroom closed, so I was able to retreat in there without being bombarded by flies. They'll all be dead again in a couple of days.....

Time to go finish watching the end of the elections. I apologize to all of you political freaks, but I'll be glad when it is all over with. I'm tired of listening to it (and I don't even watch tv), seeing all the signs, etc. My favorite though, was a sign I would always pass on the way into work. I sometimes take the long way and venture through a small hickish town called Frederic. Out in one of the yards is an Obama sign that they have proudly displayed on top of a toilet that is sitting in their yard for some reason. Now this could be looked at from many angels. So do you think they like Obama, and are just using the toilet to put the sign up in the yard? Or do you think they are trying to be clever and are using the toilet as a prop, signifying that he would be a shitty leader? I voted for McCain, but it looks like Obama took Michigan anyways......