Fear the Deer

Yes that is one of the sayings for the Milwaukee Bucks (and yes that is a giant inflatable deer, not a moose).  We attended our first game (well pre-season game) last week.  As always we enjoyed the pizza and cookies at the game while marveling at the athletic abilities of these athletes.  What I find amazing is how often these 6'9" players (or larger) go crashing to the floor and immediately pop back up and continue playing.  Having fallen both running and playing basketball, I found that I didn't usually pop back up like that - especially when they are often crashing into the backboard support as well.  Some of Jo's HR team joined us for the game and it was nice getting to know a few more of them as well.

For the weekend we headed to Madison since Jo had a Chemistry board meeting.  While she was providing deep insights to the Chemistry professors, I had our furnace serviced.  Yes, I do lead an exciting life.  I then spent the afternoon catching up on some sleep along with a bit of reading and planning renovations around the condo.  One of which is the IR sauna (see below for more).  We then went over to Kathy and John's for delicious squash pasta dinner and a few rousing games of Euchre.

Saturday morning was a bright and crisp day, so after getting our cinnamon roll and apple cider from the Farmer's Market we did a nice long walk around Monona Bay before heading to Kathy's for lunch and watching the Badger's play Iowa.  Afterwards we drove home stopping at the hot tub and sauna show at the State Fair grounds to check out Infrared Saunas.  We are considering getting one since they are rumored to be good for arthritis - apparently heating you up from the inside out helps your joints - and one of us is trying hard to get arthritis in every single joint in her joints.  I'm not telling who that is.

Sunday after a long bike ride we settled down to catch up on several days of newspapers and plan out our upcoming week.  Little side venting on biking versus running.  When it is 40 degrees outside, it is superb running weather, but is is freaking cold on a bike.  I obviously don't have enough wind repellent gear to make biking in the cold fun - while the gear I have made running enjoyable down into the teens.  I really miss running.....