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Subject: Joo Who?

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Date Posted: 18:45:12 02/26/13 Tue

Hello folks; I am writing to you from the airport, and I finally have some time to post. Sorry about my absence from the board; things have been beyond insane.

Wedding Planning - Still going very well. Save the dates will be sent soon and everything but the hotels have been locked in. We are making great progress, but I honestly cannot wait till the wedding where I can see everyone.

My Weekend - This weekend, Rena and I went skiing in Keystone Colorado with a bunch of her friends for an annual event called "The Big Nasty". I attended last year, and was given a special invite even though spouses were not allowed. Essentially, Rena has a bunch of successful entrepreneur friends that get together, skii, smoke, and share new ideas for new business ventures (Rena and I actually developed one over the weekend that we will be working on but I will not divulge until it is rolling). We all rented an amazing house; these guys clearly do it right. Overall, I give Keystone resort a 4 out of 5 for the following reasons:
- Mountain - The practice grounds for people still learning are at the top, which allows people to practice more effectively and then try their luck on a path should they choose to do so.
- Apre Ski - The bars at the base are phenomenal. Good food and drink, with a much less expensive and low key atmosphere than Vale. Not too ghetto, not too yuppie.
- Staff - Left something to be desired. I'm all for weed, as long as it doesn't effect your work.
- Local Town - Dillon is awesome. The local weed esta muy bien. The same as coke; legalize it and the quality will improve (no, I do not due coke).

I have only really skiied once since this past weekend, and that was a year ago. I had some slight instruction from my fiance and her friends the year prior, but still took a beginner lesson (I didn't do a lesson prior). The instructor insisted I learn the "pizza wedge" technique, until he saw me parallel ski, where he then said, "Ok; no more wedge for you. you can ski parallel." Funny enough, for some reason, I was completely behind the class of students until after lunch. Then, something clicked in my head and I wound up excelling the entire class. By the end of the second day, I was skiing Green paths without much difficulty. That might be normal for most, but I was proud of myself, as I felt it a big deal for a big oaf like me.

Saturday night, I highly recommended that Rena, myself, and the others flying out of Denver the next morning drive to Denver that evening, as a big snow storm was coming in and I knew we didn't want to be driving in it early the next morning (at around 4am). While there was some hesitation and slight consternation, everyone finally agreed with me and we got a hotel right by the airport and stayed overnight. I received applause and drinks later that evening after we drove half of the distance in snow showers and freezing road conditions (the worst hadn't even happened yet). We BARELY got out on Sunday; we were very lucky.

That's pretty much it for me. Work is insane, but going well. I am actually flying to our HQ right now because of previous work that I had done that basically allowed me to attend a meeting reserved only for a select group of higher-ups (without making people fall into a coma, I developed sales tools that will be used in a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system that we will be using in the near future - they found my tools to be "ahead of their time". )

Till the next time...

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