lovely low-key weekend. friday night was dinner with the slf’s parents. saturday morning we made some craps in her new crap pan, which has been a bit of a tradition on saturday mornings for us now. then we grabbed the new climbing shoes i bought her for xmas, and we went to boulder a bit at the co-op.

saturday evening the slf went off to work, and paul came over for a little while, and i gave him half of the money for my new (used) bike. then i could start putting stuff on it! i got some kickass xmas presents from brian and jen the other night; a lovely fender for keeping the stripe off my back, and a headlight for those late-night commutes home. plus, since it was a slow evening, i had some time to go online and look for some more parts i’ll need to get in the near future:—a toolkit!—new brakes.—a new saddle. you know, to protect against “soft tissue compression”.—new cable runs.

sunday paul and mara came over to watch some of the hot nfl action. he whipped up some black bean dip, and i busted out chips, salsa and hummus, and a good time was had by all. now it’s back to the grind. whee!