nice day… I spent the whole day hanging out with family .. first we went to watch Gabe compete in the last USASA slope style snowboard event at Smugglers Notch (he came in 2nd !). The whole event was about 5 hours.. so we had lots of sitting around time. I find that when I stop moving, even for 2 minutes, I fall instantly asleep. First I fell asleep (nap 1) as Diane and I were sitting in the woods watching some of the riders.. then I laid down in the snow.. and fell asleep again.(nap 2) . We finished at Smuggs around 3.. .. I started to drive home.. but just made jeffersonville before I realized I was too sleepy to drive.. Diane took over and I was unconscious in about 2 min (nap3) , again.
We got home with just enough time to get home change clothes and head out to or friend Uwe’s Feldenkreis seminar on the eyes. .. I knew I was in trouble when I learned that we’d all spend most of the two hour class lying on our backs in a dark room.. I think I slept through 45 minutes of it.. I woke up several times.. but just couldn’t stay consious. (nap 4 – actually about 3 sub-naps) . it was fun and relaxing anyway.
We got home around 8:30 and Deb had cooked a great dinner.. Misty and Randy were over and we hung out an talked to them.. at least until I fell asleep a mid sentence (nap 5) ..
Now I’m lying in bed wide awake.. How did that happen ? 🙂
I heard this evening on the Writes Almanac that today is the 220th anniversary of the funding of the sate of vermont … We became the 14th state on march 4th, 1791.. ‘March forth.!;. the only date that’s an order… well actually ‘March first !’ . is also an order.. but I digress.
I also learned on the Writes Almanac that Vermont and New Hampshire are the least religious states in the union. Fewer than 50 percent of folks in both states say they believe in G-d.. compared to about 74% nationwide.. I heard too that Vermont voted for Republican presidents for every year from 1791 until 1992… with the exception of 1964.. but has voted for democrats in every election since 92 .. That can’t be true.. in mus be something like 1972.. How would I check that ?
I love Vermont.. I lve that ther eare no mosquitos r black flies at this point in the year.. I love that it will be 43 degrees tomorrw then 7 degrees the next morning.. what a cool and differnt place
I just fell asleep working on the couch.. I’m way too busy.. still working at 1 AM.. ugh..
I went to the doctor today for a routine check up and as I was waiting for Dr. Joe to come I started lookign at all the notes that kids have left him over the years..
Look at what I found right in front of my eyes.. Must have been sam at age 7 or 8… Is it a rocket ? A shot ?
Can’t really tell.. but I loved seeing it there. I stared at it for about 10 minutes. I touched t.. it was Sam’s.. he had touched it..
I’ve been havign a whole bunch of sam moments over the past couple of days. he was in my dream last night.. and I woke up thinking about his band.. for a second I couldn’t come up with the band’s name (Black Night Vengance).. Things like that are so easy to misplace.. I never want to.
You’re always in my ind and heart sam.. I’m missing you..
One of the pleasures of my new job is that for the first time in nearly 15 years or so, my team is primarily in the same location as I am.. or travels there frequently enough that we all get together..For many years my entire day was spent on conference calls and web meetings they could be ‘fun’.. when they were with folks you knew well. but with folks you never met.. they were a poor echo of the passion, intensity and creative output one got form a face to face meeting…Somehow that’s become bad-speak to say.. but everyone knows it t be true.. Today I spent several ours in face to face meeting.. even though the material was difficult, the simple pleasure of sharing a white board, drinking coffee/tea together and walking together to lunch made the day actually enjoyable !… and far, far more effective than the 6 or so endless phone calls we had in prep…
Even better.. we all met for beer afterward.. we got more done tonight both technically and personally than we could have ever gotten done at work.. much less remotely…
