playin with Annie

Every year, I have to get renewed in CPR, Defib, and first aid. Today was the day to play with Annie. I was the only girl, and as I tried to apply first aid to Annie, I noticed she has not changed over the years. And no matter how much practice I have, I can't make Annie come back to life.
As the teacher was describing where to place your hands to do chest compressions, she was talking about how the victim would not look like Annie, but rather would be some person who has big boobs and they (the boobs) would be flopping all over the place so it would be difficult to get the right spot without grabbing a handful of boobs. As I was turning red with emabarassment, and the teacher was feeding off this, I started to imagine Annie with big floppy boobs. The thought of that grossed me out, and now I am not sure about this whole CPR thing.
All I could do is think about all the gross things
1) the body fluids
2) big boobs
3) me having to blow into another woman's face with the only barrier between us being a thin piece of plastic!! (YUCK to the max)
So I have decided that if anything happens while I am working, I am making the guys do the mouth to mouth, even if it is another guy.
If you think about it- I am not being mean, the person is already gone, we are just trying to keep the blood flowing in hopes that the medical people can use machines.
Now I wont ever look at Annie the same, and of course I doubt I will ever get her to come to life no matter how much I blow into her mouth.
oh, yeah and one last thing- If I pass out- I just wantto be left alone cause I really dont want another person blowin their hot air into my lungs! Unless, I am in the middle of a bike ride then it would be important for me to breath again so I could finish the ride.

I plead insanity

so today is the first day back to school- lots to do. Already had one meeting, caught up with some onld friends- so basically I have not accomplished anything yet. But I will try to get something to done by noon-maybe.
Bike riding- I have only a few more days then On monday I jump into training. I am excited to see how much I can improve from last year. But my biggest goal is to complete the challenge, ride a few races and do my best at each one.
My main objective for school are to teach students why it is important to be active every day of the week, and how it is possible to improve their health by doing so.
My main objective for bike riding- ride for my health, and for the love of the activity.
This is where insanity has entered my brain- I sign up for the SSWC in Durnago, and hope to go, if all things fall into place for it to happen. I believe it will be an exciting time and entertaining to watch and ride in.

girl rides

The girls met up last Saturday at Vista to get a warm yummy ride in. But, we started off with class first. Yes, Dr. Henne is not only a vet, but also a bike mechanic! She helped one of the girls get her brake pads in before the ride even began. But that would not be the end of her mechanic skills. Before the ride was over she helped replace a tubless tire with a cut to the sidewall, tried to get a seat that had some how flexed and came off the tiny bars back on so the lady could ride again. All this during a 3 hour ride! How cool is that?
It was a warm day and felt good to just be out riding for the day.

Dr. Henne hard at work just so we could ride
The arrow in the lake is being made by some birds, not ducks-but some relative to ducks.

The trail at Vista has some really neat views of the lake.

Oh, I know- dont even say it!

One after another, the girls made it through the woods

At the Lodge, I walked down to the empty gravel beach and found a variety of lake shells -pretty cool.

All the girls at the lodge- I had convinced some of them it was open and beer and pizza was waiting. I lied! It was closed for the season, so we continued on our ride.

One day I may try to swim to this little island just to see if there are any "un-found" creatures.

So I was thinking, with my Christmas break almost over- I forgot to say what I was thankful for, so here it is-

getting to ride my bike all break, and having the to opportunity to meet new people.