Post Christmas Post: and a Happy New Year

Day 120, 12/30/14

Rode to work and later to meet Liz for dinner at Barbecue and Bourbon in Speedway.  Dinner left something to be desired but the ride and the company was excellent!


Day 121

Rode to work.  The ride home was so cold, decided to drive to trivia at Broadripple Brew Pub.  We lost at trivia but won at life!


Day 122

New Year's Eve!

Rode to work.  Building caught on fire (not really, but there was some smoke),  Researching what it would take to be a firefighter.

Men and women at work.

Now off to Louisville for a PARTY at the Headliners!

Gas for $1.86

Christmas Week

Day 113, 12/22/14

The Monday before Christmas

Rode to work, home, and back again.


Day 114

The Tuesday before Christmas

Rode to work, then to Library.  mid 50's and sunny!  Took a long ride after work.  Stopped by Lucas', bought some Christmas presents, and worked it out.

Packed up and headed home to Fort Wayne.


Day 115

Wednesday, Christmas Eve

Surprise!  Everyone is sick!  Mostly napped, wrapped, and watched first three Die Hards.

That night I spent some time at Sam's. We rode around his neighborhood checking out Christmas displays. Some were lovely!

West Central Ft. Wayne.  Photos by Sam Hartman

Day 116

Christmas Day

After all the festivities and the sick family, rode down to the river. Clear and pretty night, but I bit it BIG time crossing a slick wood bridge.


Day 117

Day after Christmas

Another beautiful day. Took dad's bike to river then New Haven down the Maumee Trail.


Day 117

Schaab Christmas!

Laughing and chatting in the kitchen, best part of the gatherings.  Photo by Kathy Reuille

Raining slightly before the party. Took Dad's Schwinn around the cul de sac.


Day 118

Hartman Christmas!

After the celebration and fun, drove back to Indy.  Tonight's ride was to a friend's and around the circle.  Colder night, but still pretty!

Riding Ill

Day 107, 12/16/14

After riding to work I went home to change.  The wet weather made me want to put on non-work clothes for my post-work ride to the Library and Marsh.


Day 108

After work I took Tom Christmas shopping at Circle Center, book shopping at the Library, and lastly to Sherry's for watch The Departed.

Cold, crisp, beautiful night.  Lot's of pretty lights!

Elf: The Musical live on stage!

Day 109

Rode to work... felt like shit.  Rode home and napped after stopping by Marsh for sickly provisions.  Rode back to work for orientation.  Forgot my lights for the ride home!


Day 110

Rode to work... forgot my helmet!  What a silly thing to do.  Stopped at home before hitting up SK for treats.

Jogged to and up Monument Circle's stairs... woof!

Rode to Dan and Kayla's for Germanic Pagan Holiday party tonight.

Illness has proven to be more of an obstacle than weather at this point.


Day 111

Rode to Starbucks for tea.  Separate trip with Bruce to grab groceries before Matt got in town.

Hunqapillar touring frame outside of City Market

Taylor's has been baking treats for over 100 Christmases!

Day 112

Beautiful day spent watching football.  Took a brief trip around the Circle and Cultural Trail.

Century Mark

Day 99,  12/8/14

Drove to return Santa suit in AM, then rode in to work after a breakfast of Oreos.  Mrs. Humes made a fantastic dinner before basketball.  We won first 4 games at basketball with Brad and lost the last two.


Day 100

One Hundred! Rode to work and back.  Went for a run in the evening.

Day 101

Rode to work, City Market, Marsh, work, home.
Road to Ftn Sqr for 12.05, Hotel Tango, and Red Lion followed by an exploritory romp through St. Paul's as they set up for the Our Lady of Guadelope celebration.  It was the most fun I have ever had on a date!


Day 102

Rode to work and home.  Left wallet so had to stop back at work before visiting SK.  Enjoyed Christmas at the Zoo and the Yelp Bizarre that night!


Day 103

Rode to work after a morning jog.  Had a GREAT holiday party including grilled salmon, prime rib, and beer.  Won some homemade moonshine in the liquor exchange.
After a nap I rode to meet Stacey and Michelle at Old Point.


Day 104

Rode to Lucas Oil for Bleed Blue Blood Drive.
Later rode to Rock Bottom Brewery for Sam's 30th.
Stopped by Marsh on way home for bad food and a bad movie.


Day 105

Rode to Lucas Oil for TD Town.  Then to Marsh and home.  Intended to attend the CycloCross races but didn't make it up there before watching the game at Paul's.


Day 106

Rode to work.

Circus Trains and Football Games

Day 95 12/4/14

While at work today (which I rode to and from) I spoke with Matt Loory, the executive chef of Ringling Bros. in town for the weekend circus.  Matt cooks on a train car that helps make up the 1.5 mile circus train.  He clued me in on the somewhat privileged information as to where the train resides while in town.  I must check this out before they leave town on Sunday (Day 98).


Day 96

This morning I left for work a little early and biked towards where Chef Matt described the train resting.  I must have under estimated the distance or location as I was unable to find it.

Met up with Paul later at Twenty Tap and he too was inappropriately excited to see the train!


Day 97

Rode to work today and SANTA came!  After I ditched the red suit, biked down to Georgia St. where red was also prevalent due to Wisc and OSU playing at Lucas Oil for the B1G Championship.  There were lumberjacks there!

Photo by Grace Hartman

The rest of the night included  performing in St. Luke's choir for the Gloria concert.  Mom was very surprised!

Dan said I was the best one in my row!  Photo by Kevin Hartman

Day 98

Rode to Starbucks in AM.  Took the suit on a house call to the Mundell's for River's first visit with Santa.

Baby's first Christmas 12/7/14  Photo by Lyndsey Mundell

Paul and I finally found the Ringling Train and chatted with some circus folk!

The train was peppered with cycles belonging to circus members.

Quarter Completion, Sick Days

Day 91, 11/30/14

One quarter of the year is complete!  Rode to Touchdown Town and got harassed by off duty cops.  They cornered me against a railing saying "Hey buddy, you can't have that bike here."  I actually felt as though they were drunk fans and might try to take my bike.  Finally one of them showed a badge and explained that you can't walk a bike through TDTown.  Of course none of the working security or Lucas Oil staff said anything.  Rather off put by the situation.

After the game, a nap, and the rain, rode the Cultural Trail in fairly nice weather.  The lights are up and shining at the Circle.

Photo by Indystar.  Originally taken Nov 27th 1964.

Day 92

Rode to work.  Then to the new Marsh to get ginger, lemon, and honey.  These tea ingredients are supposed to be a "Miracle".  In other news, Paul and I won 3 of our 4 basketball games.


Day 93

Not feeling well.  Rode to work and then to O'Malia's for additional tea supplies and OJ.  Also, rented the new X-Men.


Day 94

Rode to the Admin building for a meeting first thing.  Beat Natalie back to TCA by 10 minutes!  Went back to O'Malia's for eggs and juice.