Flash Forward

I realize it has been quite some time since I last posted an update. Sorry for the delay. I am now living in Capitol Hill, as I had mentioned the move in last posting. I finally found a job, or rather they found me. I am again working down at Speedware Motorsports, but this time as the web sales and marketing assistant. So, pretty much a better version of my old job. Not bad. I was actually kinda surprised at how quickly I got back into the habit of work, you know, especially after what was basically 4 months of odd job kind of work scheduling.

On the cycling side of life, I have my new bike almost done, where it has been for quite some time now. It is annoying because it is so close to being finished that I just want it done! That being said I have done a few rides on the Trek, but not as many as I would hope to have done by now. I keep getting new gear and don't really get to use it yet which is also annoying. Soon though, I'll get my bike all put together and figure out a way to ride it to my apartment so I can start using it to get to-and-from work, which will definitely cut my overall commute down.

Today is the start of the AMGEN Tour of California, so I am pretty excited to watch that. We have Lance, the new Cervelo Team, and the revised Saxo Bank to watch. Not to mention the fact that Mark Cavendish is already racking up sprint finishes. Should be a fun one to watch and a great year of cycling. Still kinda hoping that Leipheimer takes the win, he is such a great guy that he deserves to win his home-race. Alright, hope to see you on the trail.

Moving

Well, it is finally happening. Today I am finishing my move into Seattle. It will be nice to be in a place where I can meet up with friends easier, walk to bars, etc. However, I do end up giving up a lot of things too. Moving over the water means it will take longer to get to nice east-side rural areas to ride (and also means I have to ride on heavier trafficed roads for at least a little bit to get anywhere by bike), I have to leave the much larger home of my parents to move into a smaller apartment, my cat won't have the domain to roam and also lose my parents to play with (which he does a lot), and other little things. I figure that with any moving situation, these little faults of the new location in comparison will soon fade away as I become more accustomed to living there. I'm sure my cat will enjoy playing with his other cat friends again, and I am sure that being more freely able to hang out with friends will be nice for me too. Just need to actually get out there.

In other news, my new computer is finally up and running, which is wonderful since it means not having to worry about random shut-off while I am doing something, or losing messages from IMs when I leave my computer unattended. nice. It is also a lot faster than before and has more storage so I can mess around with playing more games and doing stuff in photoshop again.

Finally, working on getting a newe job going. Still haven't heard back from Emet's people about the potentially favorable job with Take 2, but I still hold out that I'll hear from them (Emet said I would be an ideal candidate for them anyway). So, hopefully I'll have a job soon. Until then, I guess I will go through a lot of my stuff and decide what I actually need to keep and what I should sell or toss. I also figure I'll help my parents clean up their house for awhile. Now that all the kids are moved out, seems like it is time to straighten things up a bit.

Well, thats pretty much the news. My new bike is coming soon, and that will be quite wonderful. Just have to wait until I can get to riding it though... Ok, time to go make some waffles. Ciao