Take this job and love it

So, I finally get around to looking at all the awesome shots that Alex Hawn took at Sunday's short track race, and the only one I could find of me was taken during my "warm-up" lap...

with my puffy coat strapped to the bars, and apparently me trying to lick Alex as I flew through the air.

If you were racing, Alex probably got a shot of you, albeit with your tongue in your mouth and no puffy coats strapped to your bars. He didn't spend all day in the woods just beating on buckets, screaming, and ringing a cowbell. He took like a million pictures.

From Alex: "Pics of Race 2! Enjoy viewing them, consider purchasing them. For every purchase I will include Edited HQ versions. If you are a top 3 Finisher (in a class of more than 3) I will include a bonus images for you as well. Hope everyone enjoyed the World Cup Cheering Section I organized."

Day one at the new job is in the books. That is assuming someone keeps books on that sorta thing. That would be a boring collection of books.

I spent the whole day in training. Not just training... corporate training.

All the typical stuff, policies and procedures, computer stuff, confidentiality, dress codes, and a sexual harassment video.



Did you know that you should never touch a co-workers butt....

no matter what he's wearing?

Neither did I, but I got off with a warning.

Today I will have another coupla hours of benefits paperwork and such, and then I get to start working....

as a bike messenger.

It's a long story, but without getting into the boring details, I will be working directly for a client that I've been servicing for the past 14 years. There are some perks, some drawbacks, and some things that will just be the same old same old.

The important thing is that I'll still be doing a job that I love, a job that I think I was made to do, and a job that let's me wear a helmet and drop phat skids (not really). I'll have to shave more often, but if I cut myself while shaving, I think I get to take a sick day. I probably need to read the employee handbook a little closer.

One of the best things is that I won't have to go through the hassle of changing my header image.

With my training day behind me, I'll be retiring my training pants, or at least change their status to trail work pants.

So that's it. One door closed, another one opened, I walked in, I realized I was in the ladies room...

I can't believe they haven't fired me yet.