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May 09, 2003
Work, play, snow and LA.
I'm on my way to LA. Having Sarah drive makes me updating my blog much safer. I haven't been as active in my blog lately, but I've got some excuses if you're interested. First of all... the snow. I took a picture I meant to post, but then forgot. I'll post it when I get back. Needless to say, its been snowing like crazy in Mammoth for the past couple weeks. Seemingly getting stronger as the Summer gets closer. There's as much, if not more snow on the mountain than our best day in december. The 18' sign at the top of the mountain is completely covered. Given the conditions, I'm confident you'd do what I've done... ride like mad, all the time! Which is precisely what I've been doing, thanks for the suggestion. I've been having some of my best snowboarding days, not to mention meeting lots of great interesting people. I've mostly been riding with Rusty and Won, though I did get to ride with Jimbo today, who, besides being similar in some ways to Rusty, is definitely someone I can have fun with. Riding powder is an amazing feeling. Its so fluid, natural, and yet unnatural. I've begun taking natural hits (jumps) and drops. What an amazing feeling to be flying through the air in a giant stick, only to land softly and ride off at mach speed. I'm lucky to have met a couple guys who know the mountain well and have been able to show me all the best spots that no one goes or knows about.But it hasn't all been play. My boss, Tom, and I have been meaning to meet for weeks about what I'm gonna do this summer. We finally met and I'm happy to say they're gonna do everything I say, without question. First of all, they're gonna pay me double what I make now for the computer work I do. Plus, I can make my own hours (read, play during the day, work at night... such was my bosses suggestion). I'll be setting up networks at Kittredge and P3 and linking them together via a VPN. I'm in charge of buying all the hardware and setting up all the software. They were so anxious to get started they took my recommendation and bought the Dell server I wanted that very next day. I'm in charge of taking over the website and email from whoever they currently have it with and setting up everyone with email, creating useful, inter-office email lists, etc... I'm excited about the work and the amount of freedom I'll have in it. I'm sensitive to their cost issues, but will make sure and get this done right. So this summer, I'll be working much less in the stores (maybe 1 or 2 days a week) and more on the computer stuff, which is more than fine with me. Next winter, they'll have me in the store more again, but hopefully, even then I'll be able to work puter stuff one day a week at home. As it is I'll only be working 3-4 days a week this summer, but making more than I do in the Winter.
Shasta is coming on quick and I've got lots of training to do. All of this snow, and its associated snowboarding has really cut into my training. I was expecting (though not really hoping) it would stop snowboarding so I could focus on training, but it hasn't. I'm putting training first, going to the gym and making the sacrifice riding AFTER training, which isn't much of a sacrifice above the soreness and pain in my body from doing double duty. Tonight, I can barely walk, but its all good.
Posted by wonko at May 9, 2003 11:51 PM
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