Fly me!

As of today, I am working for Midwest Charter Aviation. I am going to be an office manager for the maintenance, facilities and logistics crew for a small aviation charter flight company (a family business, owned and operated by a guy Mike grew up and graduated from high-school with). How about that? ( http://www.midwestcharter.com ). I'm gonna help set up their back-office systems (or actually implement back-office systems)...and learn a whole bunch about charter flying and the like. Much as I love the bicycle business, there's just not enough "action" to keep me busy (can't get enough hours)...and we gotta eat! So...after a long time of me looking, this one actually found me.

On Friday, I was able to get outside and ride my road-bike. It was around 45 degrees, but no wind. I guess this is supposed to be just amazingly warm weather, but it sure feels cold to me. Still, it was nice to ride my bike outside after such a long hiatus. Saturday it rained...but I had to work at the bikeshop, so it didn't matter too much (although it did thwart any outdoor time since the day was cold and rainy and icy on the roads/trails after work). Then on Sunday we had this snowy/rain kind of mix. As "mild" a winter as this one is being called, it is really the longest one and the most extreme one I've ever known. I'm so "done" with winter. I've never wished for a season to change before.

In any case, we are still plugging away and getting outside as much as we can. Yesterday while I was hiking in the woods with Sydney, I suddenly see a bicyclist heading up the trail towards me. Of course it was Mike---mountain biking in the snow, riding my hiking route in reverse. I followed his tire tracks back around the park until they disappeared (we entered the park at different points).

Oh well---I'm off to the airport...(which is actually located about 1/4 mile further down the road from where Mike works. ) Missing California and all of my family and friends alot these days. And also sending some healing energy to a very special man (who's in his 90's), Royal Hackett, who's in the hospital... Happy Monday!