Learned something new today…
Did I beat a bunch of 15-16 year olds up Alpe d’Huez today? Yes, yes I did. Am I proud of myself? No, no I am not. (edit: would totes do it again.)
On the plus side - and in my defense - I tried to be REALLY encouraging for them. And they pushed me to PR the Alpe, so there’s that. 
Nice!!! No way am I gonna see a sub 1hr AdZ!! My best was just a hair under 65 mins and ended with an all time best 1hr. Way to go Cap’n. Fwiw, I did actually win a pro contract after really impressing some folks with my performance on The Rookie. 
But no matter how many times I do The Chores, my family still expects me to clean and do laundry!
Hehe. Maybe you need to ride it again, only harder. I managed to never have to return to work thanks to GAWI so…
TBH, I’ve never had the nerve, after any of my eighteen times through The Chores, to tell my family I’m too badass. 
And I retired to be a stay at home father almost twenty years before arriving in Sufferlandria, so GAWI never helps!
parenthood is NOT retirement. It’s a thankless daily grind. I’d MUCH rather have a job outside the home. ANY job.
I felt that way for a while, but i came to love it eventually! And now that the kids are all well into their 20s, I am certainly retired now!
IKR? I heard about that. Very proud of you. I heard your team ran out of money during the tour though, and you had to play cash register just to get everyone back home?
Yeah was never brave enough to try to enforce that one. CinC House outranks GvA around here…
Same, and amen. I highly recommend retirement.
I’m retired, but I get my share of the Chores. I do the floors, laundry, and take out the trash (our bins are in a really sketchy area, do not enter without sturdy shoes type).
Child care?
clever! Yeah, probably even that!
