Grrr.... Biked to work this morning, which was a wonderful morning. Sun rose at 5:07 AM, no wind that I felt, or perhaps a small tailwind. Made really good time, but didn't see any deer this morning. Since I repaired a flat tire last night, and the experience with the previous flat tire, I was suspicous about its cause. I checked it at lunch and found it was flat again! Got a ride home, along with the bike, and then took the wheel to Tony's. Turned out that the rubber strip that runs below the tube had a hole that allowed the tube to go into the hole leading to the spokes. This apparently popped the tube.

They put in a new fabric strip in place of the rubber strip, and I bought a couple of new tubes, a strip for the front rim (just in case), and should be ready to go.

Well, we've survived the graduation week. The weather cooperated for the Dover graduation, but not for most of the other ceremonies in the area. The kids had a great time, and all are off to bigger and better things. Congratulations to all.

The bad weather has also put a damper on my bicycling, but I hope to ride to work tomorrow. We'll see how that works out in the morning.

Peter is taking his final exams, and surprised himself with an 87 on his math final. What happened to the "math gene" that I should have passed on? Neither Beth nor Peter seem to have it. Beth did take AP calculus, but it seemed to be a struggle all the way. We don't have the results of the test yet, though, so she may have done OK.

I'll be sending out email to all the addresses I have for the DHS class of 1973 soon. If you don't get one and should, send me a note at DHS1973@mherlihy.org. Thanks.

And, of course, the rain continues, so I didn't get to bike in. I guess it's better to have rain while most of us work rather than on the weekend. Especially this one, as I know of two weddings and it's Market Square day tomorrow.

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Well, I survived the crash from 6/3. No long-lasting injuries, although my legs have a few sore spots...

Hoping that the weather will clear enough tomorrow to be able to bike in to work.

Beth has her Senior Banquet tomorrow night. Baccalaureate is Sunday, awards Tuesday, graduation Thursday. Various parties and other events, along with her job at the Goldenrod, will keep us busy, I'm sure.

Since I last entered info here, I've fought with grubs on the front lawn, fought with fire ants, reseeded a section of the lawn, washed and waxed the truck, washed most of the windows in the house, caught up on taped shows on the VCR, biked to work twice (Thursday and today), saw six deer (this morning at Pease while biking), crashed on the bike (amazing that I didn't get seriously hurt).

I hit a section of pavement that was much higher than what I was riding on, and spun the wheel. I ended up on my back with the bike in the air. Both feet came out of the clips, which was something I had worried about. I wasn't sure if the clips would release or if I'd end up with broken ankles. I only ended up with a good bruise on my left knee, a scrape/cut above my left ankle, a bruise on my right knee and right elbow. I'm sure I'll wake up in the morning with some other pains. The bike was pretty much unscathed, thankfully.

Another very windy day, and I fought the wind all the way home. It probably contributed to my errors in judgement, resulting in the fall. Can I sue?

Sorry about the Celtics losing, but they put up a good fight. Certainly more than we could have expected going into the season last fall.