1. Everyone should have their own Banana.
2. Everyone should temporarily have their own Old Uncle Brad.
3. Sometimes you just will not meet your goal. It’s not your fault.
4. Always run a big race with a tiara on your head.
5. The Champs Elysees is just a big street. (I knew this before, but somehow it hits home harder when it is covered with fruit peels, discarded water bottles, and every possible kind of trash known to man.)
6. The people that I consider family and best friends were with me in France, or we visited them in France. The few that were not with us, were with me in my heart, or posted lovely comments for me, or were taking care of various and sundry things here at home for me.
7. Toots, Sally, and Lumpy will be riding again very soon. Paris did not daunt us at all.
8. Lumpy and I are a FANTASTIC couple.
9. There is a 74 year old woman in France who would happily steal Lumpy away from me, and I love that she would.
10. My favorite meals have all taken place in France.
11. Whenever you go to a race in a foreign country, you should bring your own entourage and/or fan club.
12. My pets are the only reason I felt that I should come home.
Bananas are good for you.
Yes, indeed they are.