Robbie McEwen sprints to win Stage 5. He beat out current Green Jersey wearer Tom Boonen and it was a serious sprint to the end, too. What a finish! McEwen was disqualified on Monday for leaning on Stuart O’Grady, but Stage 5 showed what an incredible sprinter he actually is.

Meanwhile, Lance (do we really need to use his last name?) refused to wear the Yellow Jersey in a show of good faith. He tried to observe the unwritten rule of racing – not wearing the Yellow Jersey because Zabriskie lost it when he crashed. Fellow racers appreciated the gesture, however, race organizers said he WILL wear it or be disqualified for that stage. Lance put the Yellow Jersey on over his Discovery Channel jersey and rode the entire stage.

Lance is still in first and David Zabriskie dropped to 9th after his crash. Lance rival Jan Ullrich is in 14th.

Quote Du Jour:
“Better a silly girl with a flower, than a silly boy with a horse and a stick.”
–A Knight’s Tale

Ahhh… venti vanilla latte…

Heaven in a cup. I desperately needed it this morning.

May I just say how annoying speaker phones are? The VP who’s office is next to my lovely cube conducts all his business – personal and otherwise – via speaker phone. Like I really want to hear his wife tell him when she gets in the shower and when she goes to work out. You’d think he wouldn’t want that blasted all over the office.

Also, my area smells of sautéed onions this morning. I have no idea why.

I should have written two issues of Ransom & Fortune yesterday, but instead I wrote on the new WIP. I’m up to 16,423, so just over 1000 words yesterday. Good progress but not good enough for me.

I did have a major breakthrough on a plot point (thanks, Lara!). So that was great progress. Wrote it all down. My notes are growing for the novel. At least I’m getting somewhere!

Not much else to report other than I’ll be glad when these back-to-back proposals are out of here. It feels like it should be Friday.