Snow Day
March 8th, 2008
There is enough snow on my 4′x4′ back door landing right now to build a snowman, and the backyard is… well, I’m stuck for the time being, though I look forward to playing in the snow this afternoon and evening. There will be snowmen, oh yes, there will be snowmen.
But for now, a sorely needed update. My life’s been busy, but there haven’t been enough spectacular highlights to really fill an entire blog post. I think I’ve got enough material now, so here goes:
Two weeks ago my mom came to visit, and from what I was told she enjoyed herself immensely, even though I myself was under a bit of stress due to our impending launch and the Flex 3/Air presentation I gave. Much like any good mom she came, she cooked, she filled my fridge with food, and she left me a few surprises around the house that were sometimes pleasant, sometimes less so. All in all, good thing, if a little stressy.
Then there was the Flex3/Air launch, and since then I’ve been rooting around the new features like a truffle pig in a compost pile. The event went off well, though I’m still waiting on the reimbursement check. Further developments in the AUG have been pretty good, though I still have one of our members’ ladles and there was a little drama on the list a few days ago. On a related note, my involvement with the AUG has … well, I’m starting to become embedded in the community, and I’m having a hard time figuring out whether this is a good or a bad thing. I suppose only time will tell.
Last week, Jameel came to visit, and between myself and Nikki we showed him a pretty good time. The theme for the entire weekend was: “And this, Michael, is why people think you’re gay.” To explain, Nikki (who’s in theater) was remarkably good at seeding the conversations with lines which elicited from me some incredibly stereotypical responses. The end result was that the conversation was littered with all of us laughing frequently and me being embarrassed over and over again. Go figure 
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I also had the opportunity to go snowboarding for the first time ever last week, and though I was restricted to the bunny slope I enjoyed myself so much that I’ll be repeating the experience tomorrow. It’s a far cry from the alpine skiing I’m used to, and much less of a workout.
Then wednesday, Kevin was in town and we went to grab dinner and regress to our arcade loving days. Conversation was… the exact opposite of the previous weekend, we discussed business, commoditization, value driven economies and had a fun time playing Client Brand Bingo in Easton ( His company does Retail POS displays). Beer was had, good times were had.
On running: The splints are pretty much gone, at the cost of my regular running schedule. I actually went to speak to some professionals, and according to their careful and detailed analysis (they looked at my walking shoes fora about 5 seconds) they told me I was running wrong. A couple of inserts later, and it feels like I’m just learning how to run again- there are muscles which are sore after only a mile, and in agonizing pain after 1.5, and as a result I’ve also been slacking on getting in to the gym itself. Part of that is not having an active training program right now, since my attempts to get to the half marathon marker were cut short. Ahh well, life goes on, and I’ll find a new race to train for.
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