So last weekend I played in my first golf tournament. It was a best ball tourney so my lack of skill didn’t matter too much, but it was fun to get out and play 18 holes with some friends on a nice expensive course (Thanksgiving Point). And to answer the question that’s burning a hole in your brain… we didn’t win.
During a moment of what might be referred to as “incredible stupidity”, I agreed to take part in the annual Wasatch Front leg of the Ragnar Relay, otherwise known as the Wasatch Back. Upon first glance this may seem like an excellent way to get in shape for the summer, but after further inspection you’ll find that it’s most likely a death sentence for a lazy slug like myself. Considering the fact that the last real endurance training I’ve done was about 15 years ago, I’ve definitely got my work cut out for me. And as if that wasn’t enough, I had to go and drag my wife into this mess as well. I suppose this way we can at least die together though.
For those who are unfamiliar (don’t worry, I had no idea what this thing was when I agreed to it), it’s basically a race that makes you pray there will be someone waiting at the finish line with a gun for you to shoot yourself with. The race begins in Logan and then winds 190 miles up the backside of the Wasatch to end somewhere round about Park City (Course Map). The race takes the better part of 2 days and we’ll be running straight through the night. Each of the 12 team members gets 3 legs of the race for a total of around 15-20 miles and spends all of their non-running time packed into a couple minivans which follow whomever the current runner happens to be. Basically it’ll be 2 days of tired, cramped, smelly hell. Fun, huh?
Anyway, the main point of this post is to solicit support from our dear beloved readers. Emily and I have joined up with several friends from my new job to be on one of two “Cancer Teams” that will be running the race. The main difference between a regular team and a “Cancer Team” is that all of our entry fees will be going to the American Cancer Society. The only downside to this is that the entry fees/donations for the Cancer Teams are much steeper than are those of the regular teams and this is where you, my dear readers, come into the picture. Emily and I are humbly asking for your monetary support in the way of donations to the American Cancer Society as we train for this brutal ordeal. Please feel free to donate as much or as little as you can and be assured that all donations will go to the ACS in the form of one lump sum donation that will be put together by the members of our team. Emily and I will need to come up with $700 for our part of the donation so every little bit helps. The only thing we can offer in thanks is the hard work we’ll put into trying to survive this thing as well as a promise to have someone post pictures of our limp and lifeless bodies located wherever we happen to collapse between Logan and Park City. Thanks in advance for your support and prayers for our survival. We’ll need em.
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Well, after about 4 and a half months, I’ve found work again. I’m now working for an internet marketing consulting group down in the Thanksgiving Point business park. My new employer is called PMI and I’m working in the consulting group helping clients with their online marketing (both retail and affiliate marketing). My client base is a little different than what I was used to working with at Omniture, but the environment is good and I’m part of a good team. We’ll just have to see how things go as I spend some more time and get more involved. Either way its good to be working again. Many things are overrated in this world, but paychecks are not one of them.
Well, I’ve been jobless for about a month now (technically longer if you count the 3 weeks of paid leave they gave me) and I have to say, its driving me nuts. I suppose it would be fun to be jobless as long as you were independently wealthy so you could do something with your free time, but when your whole existence revolves around looking for a new job, it gets old quick. It has been nice spending more time with my kids, but I think my wife is ready for me to go back to work (as am I). So until then, I’ll just keep looking and I suppose maybe I’ll follow the twins example and just DANCE!!!
This years deer hunt got started a little crazy due to scheduling issues, but we all had a great time and both Stephen and I got our deer. Stephen shot his at about 290 yards about 10 minutes after we left the trucks Saturday morning and I got mine at around 240 yards late Sunday afternoon. The bonus to this was that we didn’t have to worry about hunting on Monday, the downside was that I ended up cleaning and hauling it in the pitch black Saturday night. There was no moon out either so when I say pitch black, you can take it literally. In the downtime though we found time to shoot some clay pigeons and to ride Tony’s horse around camp. All in all it was a successful hunt though and as usual, we had lots of fun.
