9 Months to Tri

Problems this week. Missed Monday due to a business meeting, and today wasn’t much different.  Planning to hit the gym tomorrow, but it’ll depend on workload before I leave and what time I get in. I have to swing by the DMV and register my car. Then I’m out early because I’m going to see the doctor about this clicking in my knee. Pain still isn’t an issue, but I do feel discomfort from time to time.

As for the big changes, well Brett gave his 2 weeks notice on Monday. This is going to make things very different for the second half of this project since Brett will have a lot less involvement.  First, the gym is owned by our employer, so starting in 2 weeks, he won’t be able to go to the gym with me.  Second, since the new job is in Arizonza, so he’s going to have to head out there for about a month and get up to speed.  After that, he will be back in CT working from home, which is fortunate since his wife still works here and they’re cool with him working remote.  I think the hope is that he’ll be able to join the rest of the team starting in the spring for our lunchtime runs, swims and bike rides.  Then of course, there’s also after work and weekend events.  But his participation at the gym will be finished in 2 weeks, which means I’ll be finishing up the winter without him at my side, and also means that I’ll be looking for a new camera man, soon, I think.

Also, I’m gonna miss Brett at work. I started working for him 8 years ago at a company called Microcast that died a tragic “dot bomb” death about a year later. We stayed in touch, and even worked together on a few odd projects for the next few years. Then, starting about 2 1/2 years ago, I returned to work for Brett at ESPN on a full-time basis again.  As a designer in amidst a sea of programmers, it was always nice to have a somewhat like-minded coworker to shoot the breeze with. Not that the programmers are bad folks, mind you. In fact, I love these guys, but its just not the same.

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