At least Moe's was good

After the last two days today would just be a normal day in my life. Brianna got picked up from the barn around 8:45 so that she could hang out one more time with her great-grandparents before the new school year starts. She also was going to get her hair trimmed since it has been about one year since the last time she sat in a salon chair. She is very hesitant to get her hair cut because they always want to cut more off than she wants. Today she was adamant that she was only getting the tips trimmed and went so far to have her ggpa sit behind her to make sure they abided by her wishes. I headed to FSC to handle a little paperwork and see any players that may have come back early. The best laid plans are just that, plans and boy do plans change. I got to school and grabbed the paperwork I needed to fill out and as I moved my way down to my office I ran into an old friend and recent intern at FSC. Tommy Chasanoff was stopping by to visit and immediately invited me to go to lunch with him, Kevin the trainer, and Tim the assistant SID. You just cannot pass up moments like that. Tommy is a great kid who has a neat perspective on things and plus it is fun to occasionally shoot the shit with some good guys. Once we got back from lunch I headed off to my meeting which started promptly and ended promptly. I spoke with Trish, the women’s tennis coach, packed up my stuff and headed back to Babson Park to pick up Brianna for the big teacher introduction day at the elementary school. That’s right; I guess I went to Lakeland today for one 30 minute meeting and lunch with some good conversation. At least it is early in the year and I have my stuff together so wasting an afternoon really wasn’t all that bad. Once I got back to BP I met up with Michelle and Brianna and we excitedly headed to the school to meet her teachers for her last year at the elementary school. For Michelle and me this is a weird year for us. We have been actively involved in Babson Park Elementary since my little brother and sister went there and one of them has just graduated from college and the other is a senior in college this year. After this year we will not have any reason to go back on the campus for the first time in almost 12 years. We met her teachers and decided we would have a nice dinner as a family before we headed out to the barn for the evening feeding. That is a rare occurrence when we actually eat before the horses do. Tonight was one of those nights and after a five star meal at Fat Boy’s we quickly knocked out the nightly chores and got home so that we could prepare for the upcoming weekend. Now the fun begins. I haven’t been on a motorcycle in a year but really want to compete well in the harescramble series so we are packing up to hit the first endure of the year up in Lochloosa. I am going to blame Jason Croley for this one because I was pondering it but he pushed me over the edge when he called the other night to ask if I would be interested in riding it with him. For those that are competitive you understand that training for your particular event usually makes for a better performance. Yeah, I’m not even close but I’ve got to start somewhere. The race is going to be 60 miles so I guess my feet will be wet by the time I’m done and I’m sure there will be some sore muscles and other areas on the body that I will not mention at this time. I am really excited to throw my leg back over the bike but really don’t have any expectations except I want to start getting the feel back so that I can once again be competitive while dashing through the woods. Oh yeah, one last thing, people are crazy but enjoy the ride because you too are one of those people as we all are.