The Wonderfully Fantastic and Sometimes Curious Life of John Patrick Rausch

 Last week was a wild week. Here's a full breakdown of everything I did that does not include getting paid to stare at a computer screen.  Monday - Mass and group ride with the boys then indoor volleyball. Towards then end it all started to click and I was making really good sets and spikes.  Tuesday - Almost crashed in the Tuesday Crit when my tire exploded in downhill corner with 3 laps to go. Then got locked out of my house for 2.5hrs. My neighbor Amanda and Husband Bobby (on the phone) and I tried picking the lock with an actual pick set. I got at best 4 out of the 5 pins and couldn't get it. Luckily a former roommate ended up having an old spare.  The lockpicks in action Wednesday - Road trip with Tommy down to StGen to watch him sing in a quartet featuring an accordion and a priest. Then I got to try the famous StGen pork burgers which as it turns out are quite delectable. Tommy showed me around the family farm which devolved into blasting around some trails on the family

It's been a while since I last updated my bucket list.....Considering I made good progress on the last one. Here is the new updated one! Hike some 14ers in Colorado Try Para gliding Track day with motorcycle (try racing?) Sky diving Scuba Diving Buy Life Insurance Finish my Will and Testament Gambler 500 (Missourah Endurah)  Smoke a FAT stogie after bossing a bike race  Perfect Spiking a volleyball in sand Learn to serve Spikeball ambidextrously  Try riding a dirt bike Sport rock climbing - DONE Learn to belay and lead climb - DONEish Recite poetry I've written from the tops of Mani Sauk falls to a beautiful woman at sunset Go busking with Joe Meyers and also not go to jail that night Convince Father Anonymous that we need to take out the rogue bunnies in my yard and enlist his help killing them with his pellet gun Improve my salsa and swing dancing Make sourdough bread pizza Show 10 more people Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1 down) Go to a shakespear play Convince an Italian th

   three days of water and sun catching up in dark isn't fun bonfire is my only beacon Gondor calls for john sleep on the cold sandy shore raging fire warms their core T-bones sawzall for the win Everything wet when dew sets in Hermann lowkey kinda far spikeball on that sandbar four brothers and four kayaks after deli, nothing lacks cayman jacks, summer shandy Gentle river is dandy our Sunday rule is to rest cooling dips are the best barges suckin and scoopin we arrive in New Haven gifted the sun's color show mass in the AM, time to go three days of water and fun sunscreen stoped the sizzling sun sardines packed in the taco B & G calls from Jeff Mo

Cliff diving and drive-ins  Float trips and wide grins Tan skin and a long day Fun starts in May Stargazing and smores Ice cream and hearty roars Long nights with good friends Wishin' summer never ends Sand dancing and cold beer Memory of a good woman near Moonroof open with bestie on aux  Sunset on the lake of rocks Vagabond John and Co Minivan of adventure in tow Mountain man and river rat Two years wearing freedom hat Work all day and chores galore Labor hard and don't be a bore Summer of 23 is here Cheers to all its a good year