July 13, 2010 : New Wheels!

My father in law, Ken Walker, died in June (we all attended a memorial service & family gathering in Medford, OR over the July 4 weekend), and left a bit of money to his daughters. In my family, we have a rule that part of any inheritance has to be spent on something we otherwise would never have done.
I decided to spend mine on an Easton EC 90 SL carbon clincher wheelset for my tri bike. For me, this is a real splurge. They arrived yesterday, and are very light, aero, & beautiful. Short a pair of brake pads (special pads for carbon wheels), though, so I won't be able to ride them until next week. I'm looking forward to it, though.
One little life pleasure to counteract the bubbling anger about the Charlottesville fiasco.
{Explanation: look back to April 22nd post here: I was supposed to start a new job in Charlotteville, VA. It was a 'sure thing'. Then it wasn't, as the Secretary of the Army decided to effectively eliminate the position, AFTER I had moved down to Cville in anticipation of that "one, last signature". So riddle me this: when The Judge Advocate General (a three star general) has approved a position that he says he needs, what is the Secretary of the Army doing personally reviewing the contract of a single civilian employee? Does this explain some of the lack of direction in 2 WARS he is supposed to be running. Talk about micro-managing!} Are you feeling the anger? This was a costly & depressing development.