Yesterday, Jeffry, my ganglion cyst, went to cyst hell. After 18 months, I'm excited to finally not have to deal with the, "jleopold, what's that bump on your wrist?" questions, and the ache. Plus, my self-enforced week of complete sobriety (no caffeine or anything) is now over. Of course, instead, I have to go two weeks without lifting or riding, which sucks. Come Saturday, I'll be looking for any excuse to get outside and do something. Probably gonna put in a couple dozen miles on the trainer, get ready for keeping fit over the winter season.

Also passing the time by taking my current rigid bike down as close to a trials bike as I can. It's already like a 15" frame, so that shouldn't be too hard. Take off all the extra weight, cut down the seat, maybe replace tires and wheels, and it should work okay for a beginners trails. I'm hoping to pick up a frame for my winter build this week. Since full-suspension frames are pretty rare used, and more expensive, it looks like I may go with a hardtail 29er (or 26 if that's truly all I can find). That way, I can use the saved money to put towards disc brakes instead. If I find a soft-tail frame though, that could change. Coming from a rigid, I'm sure any suspension will feel great, and boost my confidence on jumps and technical stuff.

Over Thanksgiving break though, I need to just blast through as much school work as I can. Planning to finish up college application essays, finish up my term paper book, and start in on more research for that and another paper. Plus, personal writing projects. At least I should have time for all that, since I won't be doing much physical activity.