Le Tour and a Very Busy Day

 Although the time trials don't really entice me - sometimes it's rather like watching paint dry - yesterday's was actually exciting with the last few riders. Jonas Vingegaard rode the individual time trial like a man possessed, and extended his few seconds lead over Tadej Pogacar to one minutes and 48 seconds! That's HUGE! In third place now is Adam Yates, standing 8 minutes 52 seconds behind Vingegaard. Although the race can still be lost, Vingegaard has a very good shot of pulling out the win on Sunday. Pogacar has been trying to overtake him since the days of the Pyrenees - long, long ago (LOL), and just hasn't managed it. This might be Vingegaard's time to stand on the top level of the podium. Only a few more days until Paris, so we'll find out soon. 

We've got lots of lovely hills today - not the Alps, 
but not a bad profile. Today and Saturday will be 
up and down, the rest of the time will be rolling 
terrain or almost flat. Of course, Paris will be flat too, 
but Paris is the final stage - a sprint for the sprinters. 

Tadej, however, is still so young! He has one more year ahead where he can qualify as "Best Young Rider" and that one is almost guaranteed. He's won the White every year since he entered the competition. He's an amazingly talented bicycle rider. 

I have to get things done ahead of time because I'll have no 
extra time at all next week. It's not going to be easy, I'll 
still end up doing some things at nights or in the very early 
mornings. No choices in that. 

Today is a VERY busy "day off" for me. I wanted to get some work done on DH's invoice yesterday, and just couldn't get any uninterrupted time, so I'll sandwich that in today. He needs that ASAP, and I have to get going on designing it and making it happen. I'll use the laptop for that, if possible. Although I'm more comfortable with my older version of Windows, I need a form that will be more flexible, which means designing it on the newer hardware. I also have a couple of other things to do, kitchen stuff to get done, and the usual laundry. Aearwen and I will catch up via phone late this afternoon, before I go on "radio silence" next week since I'm working for eight days straight while Chickie is in Montana. So today and Friday are the only days I have to get food made, Ogre Juice blended, and my life in order before my schedule is turned upside down. 

I rarely get 8 hours of sleep, usually I'm closer to six 
hours. Often I'm waking earlier than that - guess I'm 
just one of those "get up and go" type of people. 

So, I'm wrapping this up and heading out to the pool. I think I need a good swim today - I have tension that needs to be released, and the water is the perfect place for that. Have an excellent Wednesday, I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.