Address labels

You know how when you donate money to "The Wild Life Federation", or "Duck's Unlimited" or some other "cause organization" one time, they send you info and requests for additional support at some point and they always throw in free address labels with the letter they send? Well, it took about a year, but I just received, today in the mail, my first two "sets" of return address labels. Can you believe it? Just in time for me to move.

We are on the fast track out East. Mike will be flying out the Sunday after next, and then he will fly home to get me on March 11th, to pack up the house, load up the same size moving truck we arrived here in, and head towards the Atlantic Ocean. I love how he tells folks...when he explains to them what he's doing...that he'll be coming home to pick up his wife and his dog to drive to Watertown.

Yes...this trip I am his wife and he is my husband...a real team, not only in our minds, but for the rest of the world. It's nice. We learned alot, did alot, and saw more of this lovely state of Minnesota than alot of Minnesotans I know---all in a year! And now we can say we tried something new. Even though it wasn't the right fit for us, it was a worthy part of our very circular journey to finding our niche. And we'll never wonder about it one day.

Our next adventure is exciting. If I could have picked a company to work for---knowing what I know about the industry we love, I would have Seven Cycles at the top of my list. If I could write my own job description for working in the industry, I pretty much have that opportunity with Seven Cycles. (Now, If I could pick the location for myself----it would be Palo Alto/San Francisco/Northern California, because I know I love it there.) New England is a big unknown---but from what I've seen of it thus far, there's alot of charm and there are 6 (count em') Peet's coffee shops within a 10 mile radius...and just a plethora of bicycle shops, and good sushi. All good signs.

Yesterday, the high here in Marshall was -5F degrees, windchill reached -40F degrees. Today it warmed up to a high of 8F degrees with a windchill of -11F degrees. I can now say I have been somewhere where the temperature never got to 0F. Not really bragging rights...did I mention that MT commuted by bike in those temps? The tearing in his eyes froze onto his eyelashes. Obviously, he's gonna ride in just about any climate...and while moving to the Northeast is still going to have the cold----it's far less extreme than where we are now. He'll also have a bunch of hearty New Englanders to suffer with. I met this gal who's training for the Boston Marathon (It's a holiday in Boston)...so when it gets cold, I may continue with my current running regime---I will always be a warm weather girl. It just can't be too hot for me. But I too will have some company on bad weather days.

Mike and I are really looking forward to the Fall in New England experience together; we hope we'll be able to get out on our bikes to view the colors in true MT-fashion (also known as EPIC) And the Scrapper gets to come to work again! No more freeloading for the small hound.