I heart supercomputers

OK, so my title is a lie. I'm trying to debug something on a new supercomputer and it's going VERY slowly. I learned that running my job interactively is much faster than going in the debug queue but it's still pretty tedious. So ... while my code does nothing I thought I'd write about my weekend, which was much more exciting.

Chris and I went for our first mountain bike ride of the year - a nice loop up Maxwell behind CSU's stadium, along Shoreline Trail, then linking up with some of the Foothills trail to Michaud Lane. Overall it was about 14 miles, a perfect length. Although in general Chris is better than me, one thing I am better at is keeping my expectations low after not riding for a while! He got frustrated a little easier when he couldn't make it through some rocky sections, whereas my response was just, "Yeah, I expected that". But I am excited about riding more and all things considered it was a very fun ride.

In the evening, I spent a few hours at the Bean Cycle reading for my class. Considering I was working, it wasn't too bad. Maybe that is because I didn't have coffee Friday (horror!), so a couple of cups made me very happy (until I couldn't fall asleep that night).

Easter was really nice. We went to church at 8:00 to avoid the crowds, and then had a relaxing morning with breakfast, getting ready for lunch (we had some friends over), and I went for a run. It took a lot of effort, but I didn't freak out this Easter like I usually do. In Georgia, Easter is BEAUTIFUL. The weather is warm, the flowers are blooming, and every one wears dresses to church. As a child, I associated this awesome weather with God being happy on Easter. Here, it's still mostly brown, cold, and snows sometimes (even this year it snowed for about 10 minutes). One year, I had a fit b/c I'd been planning on wearing a nice dress to church and it was a freaking blizzard. So I pouted on the bedroom floor for a few minutes and then had to wear pants and a sweater. What is Eastery about that?? Anyway, this year I was better, even when it started to snow. And by about noon it was gorgeous weather for my run, so I guess God likes Colorado Easters after all.

We also had our first softball game on Sunday. We continued our dominance in the rec league with a shut-out against a kind of intimidating looking team. AND I hit a triple!!! Sweet!! It must have been my belly full of macaroni and cheese (although that made running to 3rd a little painful). I hit well my first game of the year last year, too, and then ended up sucking a lot the rest of the year and perfected the art of hitting to the pitcher. So I really hope that doesn't happen again this year! We have another game tonight so I guess I'll find out soon.