Whew, another hectic week. I was in Portland Tuesday through Thursday visiting Greenbrier's corporate headquarters. I had accepted their offer of employment late on Monday, and got to meet a lot of the people I'll be working with. They seemed like a good group of people, and have placed a lot of faith in what we can do for them in Boulder. Building the system they want is going to be an exciting segment of work.

Directly on returning to Boulder, I dropped off my Portland suitcase, grabbed my Wyoming duffel bag, kissed Kristen, and headed to Wyoming for the annual camping trip. They guys were doing about the same as always, just a year older. We re-told the same college stories, drank some beer, and played a lot of horseshoe.


This week involves setting up the new office space. We'll only have 4 or 5 people working in the office in the short term, so the space is fairly small. It is exciting getting everything set up and working, and getting a few new toys.



Kristen and I have been swimming and biking a bit. She has a sprint-triathlon on Sunday, so we're trying to get mentally prepared for that. Hopefully all that lake swimming will pay off!

I've survived the Indiana trip, and am back in Boulder. The trip was a great experience, and the whole thing went smoothly. Kristen and I took over 400 photos, so it'll take some time to sort through them and summarize the trip. The upcoming week promises to be hectic, so it may be a bit before I can do the trip justice on the blog. For now I'll settle with summing up this weekend, picture-free since I can't locate the camera at the moment.

I returned Friday afternoon, at which point I promptly took a shower, then headed to bed for a good long nap. I had two cat friends who gave me a lot of company during the nap, they seemed to remember me well.

Kristen made it home from work, and a few hours later Katie and Jordan showed up from Grand Junction. They were in town to celebrate Jordan's birthday with the traditional Rocky's game in Denver. They got to be the first to try the new pullout bed, and gave it the thumbs up.

Saturday morning we headed out for a nine mile run. I was nervous about it, as I hadn't run at all in Indiana. We did the Cherryvale loop, and all survived the experience. Jordan and I broke away from the girls for the second half of the run, and he has really stepped up his game, I was impressed with how quickly we were moving along.

Afterwards we grabbed a quick shower, then headed into town. We were all pretty ravenous, and devoured a tasty lunch at the Med. We then quickly picked up some running shoes, and then headed down to Denver for the game.

We checked into our hotel, took a quick nap, then headed to Coors Field for the game. We once again had amazing seats thanks to Katie's boss, and the Rockies handily beat the Pirates. We grabbed some late night dinner on the 16th street mall, then turned in. It had been a long day, but a very enjoyable one.

The next morning we sad goodbye to Katie and Jordan after grabbing some breakfast, then headed back to Boulder. Morrissey stopped by to fill me in on the work drama, then Nate and Mary showed up with Karissa to spend some time at the pool. Karissa was having a lot of fun in the kiddie pool, jumping fearlessly off the edge of the pool. It was fun to watch her enjoy the water so profoundly.

Kristen and I had a relaxing remainder of the day, laying low in the very warm house, watching a movie or two, and petting the heat crazed cats whenever they staggered by. It's going to take a bit of practice to keep the house as cool as possible without running the AC.

This week involves a trip to Portland for my potential new job, then a quick departure to Wyoming for the annual camping trip with the guys over a long weekend. Hopefully after that trip my life will return to some sort of normalcy.