Big News!
What could possibly be big news?!? Well first, I've been skiing twice in the last 2 days - excellent!
Yesterday I went for about 1.5 hours to norquay after work, which was just a nice oppurtunity to get back on the skis after a big break. Today Tracy and I got up at 7:30 to hit the hill for opening.
Tracy, for those that don't know, is Anthony's girlfriend recently back in town from Australia. Anthony, my ski instructor friend who I met at the internet cafe, has turned roughneck on the oil rigs up north and is out of town for a few more days. i think he's back on Thursday, actually. Anyway, we went up to Sunshine today...
You may remember my earlier rant about the misnomer that is Sunshine Ski Resort - what a sham!! Well today was my first sunny day out there and man was it spectacular. We actually were able to watch the sunrise from the top of the ski hill at 9,200ft. We've also had an incredible amoutn of snow (australians apparently call lots of snow falling "puking". Crazy aussies. Little culture moment for you all). ...anywya, we've had an incredible amount of snow and we had fresh powder to run through right through to when we left at about 1:30. Easily one of the best 2 or 3 days I've had on the hill so far.
Then I weent over to TRs (Tony Roma's) for a manager meeting with our newly formed, full complement of managers. Apparently, this store has never had a full manager staff in its 3 year history, so our bosses are pretty excited about the possibilities now. The meeting was several hours long and it was great to get a lot of stuff said and out on the table for everybody. I'm excited about a few things too:
1 - We have a plan and the capabilithy to execute it. Our business should be great this year.
2 - Trudy is ordering business cards with my name on them
3 - The odds of me needing to go to Calgary for 5 - 6 weeks are rapidly approaching slim-to-none.
4 - I'm going to be salaried soon! Probably within a couple pay periods.
So that's all cool....and stuff.
Yesterday I went for about 1.5 hours to norquay after work, which was just a nice oppurtunity to get back on the skis after a big break. Today Tracy and I got up at 7:30 to hit the hill for opening.
Tracy, for those that don't know, is Anthony's girlfriend recently back in town from Australia. Anthony, my ski instructor friend who I met at the internet cafe, has turned roughneck on the oil rigs up north and is out of town for a few more days. i think he's back on Thursday, actually. Anyway, we went up to Sunshine today...
You may remember my earlier rant about the misnomer that is Sunshine Ski Resort - what a sham!! Well today was my first sunny day out there and man was it spectacular. We actually were able to watch the sunrise from the top of the ski hill at 9,200ft. We've also had an incredible amoutn of snow (australians apparently call lots of snow falling "puking". Crazy aussies. Little culture moment for you all). ...anywya, we've had an incredible amount of snow and we had fresh powder to run through right through to when we left at about 1:30. Easily one of the best 2 or 3 days I've had on the hill so far.
Then I weent over to TRs (Tony Roma's) for a manager meeting with our newly formed, full complement of managers. Apparently, this store has never had a full manager staff in its 3 year history, so our bosses are pretty excited about the possibilities now. The meeting was several hours long and it was great to get a lot of stuff said and out on the table for everybody. I'm excited about a few things too:
1 - We have a plan and the capabilithy to execute it. Our business should be great this year.
2 - Trudy is ordering business cards with my name on them
3 - The odds of me needing to go to Calgary for 5 - 6 weeks are rapidly approaching slim-to-none.
4 - I'm going to be salaried soon! Probably within a couple pay periods.
So that's all cool....and stuff.
posted by Anonymous at 9:00 PM
4 Comments:
wOOt . . can your business cards says "Norm Boring . . . Certified Noob" on them?
cuz that would be arsome!
mmmm sunshine sounded gorgeous... however, since i didn't see it, i am filled with disbelief!
Personalized business cards? A productive organization meeting? I'm glad *someone's* enjoying their job. =)
You should print out those dogsledding pictures so the rest of us can remember what snow looks like.
Wow! the skiing sounds fabulous. I hope i remember how when i get out there. Got some good hiking boots so I'm ready. But please none of that cliff climbing ok? Can't wait to see the snow, I actually miss it. We had a little dusting of the stuff here today. Even that was exciting. See you soon.
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