It’s been quite the week here in Greenville.  Another birthday celebration, this one for my dad, and I have been keeping busy preparing for the upcoming Columbia-HTC camp.  Winter has officially arrived here in the Deep South.  Many of you northerners might laugh at what we call winter, but once it’s so cold that I can’t feel my hands and feet I consider that to be cold enough.  And it must be quite the site to see me out there, dressed in spandex, standing on the side of the road shaking my arms and hands trying to get some blood flowing back in them.

Everything has been going quite smoothly in my preparations for the 2010 season so far.  Some power is finding its way back into my legs and it is taking a little bit longer each day before I bonk out there on the road.  I would say that I am better than ever before at this point in the year.

On a side note, while on the massage table a few days back, Jeremiah noticed something poking out of a scar on my shoulder.  I had shoulder surgery over five years ago, but I had no idea of what it could be.  All I knew was that something had been itching me for some time so I asked him to pull it out.  Once we found some tweezers he proceeded to pull out a three-inch bright blue stitch!! It was quite gross to say the least.  It is crazy to think that it has been working its way to the surface for over five years.  The body really is an amazing organism and full of surprises!