Hopes and Fears

Five more days. I need to start packing!

Hopefully the Kevlar tires I bought at $32.99 a piece will keep me flat-free and save me time and frustration for the whole trip. And the rain jacket will be awesome and prevent me from being wet, tired, and miserable (as opposed to just tired and miserable??). And the camera will hold up... and I won't get into any stupid accidents... and laundered jerseys will dry quickly so I can have clean ones everyday.

I think I have what it takes now to do the trip. At some point, it becomes just a mental game. I really really hope that I won't crack under the pressure of fatigue and have to walk up a hill. No. That will be a personal defeat and I'll try really hard keep my spirits up and push it. But yeah, that's my biggest fear.

We'll see how it all turns out. *wink*

Mail Drop

In case anyone wants to be awesome:

FIRST MAIL DROP ADDRESS (Mail should arrive no later than Tuesday, 6/7/2005):

Jennie Chung
Hopkins 4K for Cancer
c/o Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
797 Detroit Street
LaGrange, IN 46761

SECOND MAIL DROP: (Before June 16)

Jennie Chung
Hopkins 4K for Cancer
c/o First Baptist Church
404 West Second Street
Montgomery City, MO 63361

THIRD MAIL DROP: (Before June 25)
*for mail*
Jennie Chung
Hopkins 4K for Cancer
c/o Franklin United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 152Franklin, NE 68939-0152

*for packages*
Jennie Chung
Hopkins 4K for Cancer
c/o Franklin United Methodist Church
1302 M StreetFranklin, NE 68939

In retrospect

It's May! Scary. In 22 days I'll graduate and then three days later I'll start out and bike to San Francisco. As cool as it is to nonchanlantly say "oh, I'm biking across the country" when people ask me about summer plans, the thought of me propelling myself from the one coastline to another is still... how should I put it... daunting? I can't believe how far we've come already and that everything is coming to an end... and beginning... all in a very short period of time.

Mother's Day coming up soon. I know I can't ignore it like I do Valentine's Day but what do I do?

Mom used to tell me about the times when she went hiking and on road trips during her "younger days", but now I can't remember any of the details. Well. At least I know that the tomboy in her is still very much alive in me.... and that she would have done something silly like biking across the country if she could. All the sights, sounds, tastes, and feelings that she didn't have time to experience, I'll open myself up to them this summer for her. That's it.

...and the countdown begins

One month until we take off.

in preparation:
- sold booze at beer garden (and no, we're not endorsing alcoholism....)
- made 2 more orders for bike gears. I can't wait to get those socks!
- started this blog. Hopefully I'll have access and time to keep this up on the road.