quads, scabs, and some alpenrose pictures

so michiko noted i forgot to post my quads last week. yes, i did. i also neglected to call and email her updates about the weekend, as well. last week my quads were 62.75cm on friday. i measured them at the track, and also suckered jen tripplett into measuring hers, which i cannot recall the data; however, no offense, but not so impressive. who was impressive, however, was tela crane, vanderkitten rider. she rocked out at 63-something. whoa. this week, my measurement is the same, at 62.75cm.

onto another matter...scabs. i must admit, i love picking scabs. yesterday i sat in a really pointless and awful workshop all day and spent a lot of time picking the scab on my arm, much to the disgust of the women behind me, most likely. now my arm is that pink flesh color with rippled skin. i don't know what it is about picking scabs that is so satisfying. but, i think it is that little surprise: is blood going to start shooting out? or will there be a new layer of skin? a kind of risky endeavor, as a picked scab that results in bleeding just delays the healing process...but somehow that fact doesn't matter, and i still want to peak under the scab, even if it results in me having to use my workbook page 4 to stop the bleeding. well, now everyone thinks i am officially gross. c'est la vie.

and now for some more alpenrose pictures.....

thank you rob for snapping all weekend!

yeah, the orange arm warmers did come out. unfortunately, they clash a little bit. saturday morning was COLD. thank god i brought my arm/knee warmers. i thought just like marzio did when packing: "you told me to pack light!" so he left his knee warmers at home. i thought the same thing, but thankfully tossed them in at the last minute.

me and cece. in the miss 'n out, maybe?

this is me checking out all those people behind me...over my left shoulder. interesting....

and this is me sometime on sunday. i know it was sunday because i wore those socks on sunday.