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!