My Cross bike keeps following me around

My cross bike keeps following me around. It trailed me to Portland, and coerced me to ride through the muddy, slippery, earth that was deemed a race course by some. It then followed along to the snowy race, today... that was somehow referred to as a State Championship. It was rather icy for me. I wish I had a few spare arms and knees and stuff... and I'd throw myself into the corners and up the slick berms with wilder abandon. Maybe at Nationals I'll be in the mood for it. I have a mild cold from practicing riding in the snow, yesterday. I think I sprained my finger, and learned a whole lot about how I balance. I somehow can't hit an icy corner without almost falling on my derier. I don't know if I've always been this way. Something more to practice, in any event. Not my ideal conditions, obviously. Apparently, it would help if I wanted to ride through the corners more. AArgh.. But I want to. So, I took some pictures and got to spend some time on a swing and climbing to the top of a jungle gym slide to get the shots. I didn't have the nerve to go down the slide (oh, haha., and you would?!), but I'll save that for another day. Perhaps I'll work on some self portraits there on the slide by my house if I get bored this winter during a snowstorm. I definitely will some day spend some time working on my riding in harder conditions like mud and snow/ice. Anyways, it's hard juggling the working/ riding thingie. My cross bike becomes too human to me, I guess. If it's following me around so much, why wouldn't it understand? Or why wouldn't it push me out the door when the weather is bad to go for a ride more often? Maybe I'll just have to live with that duality. Anyways, here are some cool pictures from the race. My kickin cool coach/ buddy, Ben.... My team mate, Justin T., Me, and a shot from the pre-finishing stretch of the Pro Men's race.