It's too cold

I'm totally wimping out in the weather we are having as far as cycling goes.  It was a massive 45 degrees yesterday during my normal workout time.  I decided to sit huddled in my condo working instead of riding.  I continue to look with disgust at my ever enlarging middle section.  I need to workout but it's just too cold.  I might brave the outdoors today totally bundled in all my cold weather gear.  I hate winter!  I'll start my bah-humbugin early this year.

I think one way to help my winter is to change my gym membership.  There's a Bally's just about 3 blocks away that I think I'll be switching to no matter what.  It makes my excuse for not swimming less in the morning when I can just walk over to the pool.  Hell, I could even swim as a lunch time workout with it so close.  I'm going to take my fitness critic(Elena) over there this weekend.  I'll get her take on the kids area.  We'll see if it meets her strict standards.  Of course I have to figure out how to cancel my LA Fitness membership.  I think it will take a month or something.

October is almost over what happened.  It seems like it was just August.  The big election is only days away, finally.  I'm ready for that to be over.  I'm still not sure who will win even though polls show Barack in the lead.  There's some thought that people participating in the polls are voting how they think they should vote but will vote "white" in the privacy of the booth.  You never know...of course it might make sense to not be on the street later in the evening on the 4th in certain neighborhoods should the "white upset" start to happen.  I like Barack better than McCain just from a "new" standpoint.  He has some good ideas like parents should help their kids learn and we can conserve fuel just by making sure our car tires are properly inflated.  Simple common sense things in my opinion.

I'll have to figure out if it's worth the trouble to drive down to my polling place since I'm still registered at Amber's house since I wanted to vote in the Maryland primary.  I never did the official change of address.  Oh well, it's not that far away and I could use it as an excuse to hit the pool for a workout.

Opening night of the NBA was last night and Oden is already injured.  That's a total bummer for the Portland fans especially my buddy who has season tickets.  I'm guess he's out for at least 2 weeks.  The NFL season is in full swing with no real dominate team but too bad my Raiders aren't even competitive.  Ugh...I dream of Al Davis retiring but I don't think its going to happen.  The MLB is finishing but with the crazy weather who knows when it will be done.  I saw highlights of the rain they were playing in and thought how could did the commish let them play.  Atrocious...really a big mistake not calling the game earlier or even worse yet starting the game earlier in the day.  I mean seriously it's not like you can't look at a doppler radar and see the massive rain coming.  College football is having interesting games each week and my beloved Oregon State Beavers still have a shot at the Rose Bowl.  If they make the Rose Bowl, I plan on making the trip somehow someway.  It will probably be their only appearance in my lifetime.

Stay warm...