A litlle local race report

Last night was yet another in the BMW Summerseries. While the women's feilds have been SMALl to non-exsisitant after being cut from the race we received a pardon, if you will. There were are several women in Greenville forming a new team to help and inspire each other which I fully support. One of my best friends is part of this aspiring team and asked if I would be there. The thought was that if enough women showed up the race organizer would allow the women to start 20 seconds behind the men's field which is exactly what we did.
I tried to keep everyone in a pace line from the start which worked for the first lap. After that I tried to get them to pull through but we started breaking up. By the fourth lap it was just me and Kelly Patton switching off, eventually taking the wheel of one of the guys who got popped off.
All in all it was a wonderful race, I am so proud of each woman who was out there. Half the battle is getting out there and they all accomplished that. I wish there would have been more ladies out there, especially since it is a local race with a local organizer. It is low turn out like this that threatens the existance of women's 4 racing and the development of the sport. Regardless it was a wonderful race and I am so pleased that I was there to be a part of it!!

Blessing In Disguises do happen

So we got all the way to the appraisal for the home loan but the bank came back with a list of repairs that had to be completed before they would put $ in hand. We can't repair something we don't own, this had made me reconsider the intelligence that I once thought people who work in a bank and control things like loan might actually have. So after a brief jaunt with trying to find another lender Jon decided to cut his losses and walk away. Needless to say we've refocused on selling his house first instead of trying to juggle two mortgages even with someone renting where we're living now.

The task of moving all my things to the house has proven to be a bit of a headache b/c his roommate Ron's fitness equipment and our rather large bike collection are taking up the majority of the third bedroom. I'm hoping that Ron can find someplace by the end of the month which will give us plenty of time to help him move out and get my stuff in. The funny thing is that many years ago I moved from Spartanburg to Mauldin to be closer to work and created quite a nice little niche for myself... I never thought I would migrate back toward where I left. But I have to say that there is nothing like sitting in the back yard and seeing all the stars or seeing the the mountains loom in front of me on the drive home. Not to mention Maddee is beside herself with a huge back yard to run around in.

The drive to and from Greenville 6 times a week sucks but I'd drive back and forth from the moon to be with Jon and I believe that the house situation falling through is a blessing in disguise. That is the thing that mandy times can be hard about faith, I can't know what will happen when or why I can't just get what I want when I want it. God is just telling me, "I have something better in mind, but you'll get it in My time, not yours."