Kickin' off an April Vacation

It's Monday and I am not at work. It is the start of a nice little vacation for me.

Some of you may have heard how I started my official vacation as I walked out the door of work on Friday. Just after I closed the door behind me, I lost my footing (it had just finished raining) and kicked my rear wheel as I was trying to regain my balance. I knocked the alignment out of whack and broke a spoke. The bike was unrideable and I had to kindly ask a co-worker for a ride home.

I took the wheel in to the local shop, but since it is spring, they are backed up. I won't get it until Friday. If not for my wife's bike having the same wheel size as mine, I might gave been majorly screwed for my riding plans for the week.

So I got lucky and took advantage of it. Over the weekend, I was able to:
Ride 61 miles on Saturday
Mow the lawn
Do one final layer of mud on drywall seams
Plant five new lilac bushes and two hastas
Plant three rows of beans
Ride another 40 miles on Sunday
Clean and relube bike chain

Many more jobs arounf the house to keep working on. As far as riding, I am figuring:
45 miles on Tuesday
30 miles on Wednesday
100+ miles on Thursday
50 miles (at least) on Saturday
40 miles on Sunday

Let's see what gets done and keep fingers crossed that most of it gets completed (or at least close).