I have presents today!Okay, there is occasionally something to be said for checking work email from home. Very occasionally. But when your new tires arrive and you're at home instead of putting them on and going for a ride, that fits as an occasion. Whatever. I'd rather miss out on something with my head buried in the metaphorical sand for 48 hours than check in and get pissed at yet another inane email I feel compelled to read. It's bad enough when I'm sitting in the office--I don't want to read that shit at home.

So imagine my surprise when I had an email about the package waiting for me when I got in this morning. After the first tire shipment getting lost and having them re-sent, I wasn't hopeful about getting them any time soon. But my request for expedited shipping seems to have been granted, and I'm plus two tires tonite on the way home.

Judging by the shape the box that actually made it here was in, I'm surprised it made it here at all. I thought they were folded, but they came as two expanded 700x23's. Whatever. I'm just glad they're here. Like I wasn't already looking forward enough to calling it a day.

Current beer-scale: 6.1