Today is D day, the Sohor's arrive. I had a super productive day. I was in hyper get work done mode. I'm away Friday and Monday so I needed to get everything cleaned up before I left work.
By the time I finished I was still in "Action Jackson" mode and could feel my back tightening up from excitement. I ran before work and had just enough time to do a ride before picking Rich and the family up at the Airport. I'm so glad I rode. It really settled me down. It's amazing the calming power of exercise.
When I got to the Airport I hid around the corner so they couldn't see me and I had a caricature done of Davis in my hand. When they came out, I stood beside the limo drivers that had the names of the people they were picking up and I was holding up my caricature of Davis "the Chief" Sohor as if I was a limo driver. When team Sohor saw it they loved it.
First thing we did when we got to my place was head directly downstairs to the bar. Rich opened the fridge and Alice had it completely and nicely stacked full with Amstel light. He almost had a heart attack. He couldn't even wait to find a bottle opener, he had to used an old school opening technique, cap on cap.
We were like kids at Christmas, saying this is "going to be so much fun, this is going to be so much fun", jumping up and down, hi-fiving and hugging each other, and yes, I'm in my mid forty's and he's in his mid fifty's. I don't think at 5 years old I was this excitable opening my Christmas presents.
We actually took it easy. We had a good time, and the beer flowed and we had a nice barbecued steak dinner and believe it or not we were all in bed by midnight. Which is a good thing, we need to pace ourselves. Sunday night will be the big party, especially for Davis. He is so focused right now, I don't even think he had a beer. He wants so much to qualify for Clearwater and he's been training hard.
I'd never count Davis out. Both of Rich's kids are athletic and when they put their minds to something they do it better than most. Paul, the youngest, played for the World Juniors under 17 year old Canadian Hockey team a couple years ago and is now in Everett playing Junior Hockey at 18 year old and hoping to make the NHL. And Davis is an awesome snowboarder. He does those wild freestyle moves, with flips and everything. Crazy stuff really. Like I said, if those kids focus on anything, they focus until they master it.
Mod Bike - 1:30:36 /47.67 km / 31.5 kph / 130 bpm avg
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