Week In Review, Part 2
It's been a busy week here in Seattle such that I haven't had time to update my adventures. Yes, this is the Manhattan 2006 blog, but advetures are where we make them and I'm having them on the West Coast also!
After Sunday's Tub Incident, I went to work Monday morning with a nasty nose and a full calendar. The DRIVE staff was in town from our various satellite offices (New York, Cleveland, Dallas, San Francisco) for all-hands meetings and training, not to mention spending time with our new boss and SrVP, Kirk. Monday evening ended with dinner at Anthony's on Pier 66. An outstanding dinner made even better by the fact that I got to go down early with colleague Jason Runge and enjoy the sun and a couple of drinks overlooking the Puget Sound. I'm a big fan of Jason -- have even authored a couple of Haiku for him -- and it was nice to have some time to chat work, life, NYC, etc. Thanks JR!
Tuesday was another full day of meetings, save an afternoon DRIVE adventure planned by colleagues Liberty and Angy. Instead of just heading to GameWorks for the afternoon (a prize for having hit our GP targets in Oct-05), they hired a professional scavenger hunt organization that took us on adventures throughout downtown Seattle. As you can imagine, this was PERFECT for out of town folks, but awesome for those from here, too! We've talked about this before, but really, how many of us are tourists where we live? Very few! It was perfect altogether and an awesome team-building event. 
Not only did I learn all about the Great Seattle Fire, count the shishes on the kabobs on the Pioneer Building facade, find out Seattle has a gravity-powered clock, and discover the five public works of art visible from Harbor Steps, but I also got to spend two hours coordinating a team of nine on a mission with various tasks requiring speed, efficiency, multi-tasking, and time management. It was a 10 altogether! The evening finished with a finale at GameWorks where my team won! Team Matlock came in first place of the three DRIVE teams and became honorary SuperScavengers and Master BS-ers. Brilliant! The after-party included countless adult beverages, car races, and Dance Dance Revolution.
Wednesday held more of the same at work -- meetings, meetings, meetings -- my favorite being led by Lib and I in the style of a wedding whereby we discussed the relationship of Atlas Solutions and DRIVE. The Sales team (clockwise from bottom-left in photo: Dave Bird, Daniela Fenili, Liberty Carras, moi, Rich Rutheford, Gary Savoy, Ian Mirmelstein) had a team dinner at Flying Fish both to have more time as a group and to ring in Daniela's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANIELA! Great food altogether; lots of adult beverages all around; lots of great photos; lots of interesting food! All good times!
Wednesday night marked the end of most folks being in town as many took off early Thursday morning to return to their respective home bases. However, it marked another day in the Seattle office and in the beautiful Northwest. It was my first night "free" of sorts, so Justin gave me a ride home and he & Gloria hung out for a while and enjoyed an adult beverage and catching up. As you can imagine, I crashed HARD.
Friday turned out to be a short day in the office as I started the morning at the dentist. (TANGENT: For those of you who don't know me so well, I've learned to love the dentist. Yes, I love that feeling of perfectly clean teeth, but also secretly love that dentists are not stingy on compliments when it comes to my teeth! I hereby publicly thank my parents for their financial contribution to my smile. These bones have come a long way from their early years! Thanks Mom & Dad!), included our all-sales staff call, lunch with Jesse and JW, a couple hours in the office and the official DRIVEpm Cinco de Mayo Party! That's right -- Miguel the Parrot Pinata made his short-lived debut and delivered Twix, M&Ms and Cerveca to all of the good little boys and girls at DRIVE and Atlas Publisher. More good times (and adult beverages!) had by all!
Instead of a Friday night continuing in the vein of fiesta, guacamole and Corona, I instead joined the Paulsons on a hiking adventure -- Rattlesnake Ridge. Not even an hour drive outside of Seattle and Steph, Jesse, and I ended the evening perched atop what seemed like a ledge to the world: a 360 degree vantage of the Snoqualmie Valley and Rattlesnake Lake. It was the best way possible to finish a busy week, to spend some quality time with people I haven't had a chance to -- and have wanted to -- and to completely remind me of what it means to live in the Northwest. And if you must know, we finished the night with Chinese food. :o)
So now it's a fairly quiet Saturday. I've been in and out of the house, but mostly trying to get stuff wrapped up here so that I can officially move to New York and start a life there. It's been an interesting week relative to my thoughts around where I live and who I am and what my future holds. I'm not going to lie and say that the trip has been peachy keen on the emotional front. The fact is, you can't go back because we are all moving forward and have different tales to tell and experiences to have. I KNOW this to be true, but I've always struggled with letting go and living life as it comes. I get comfortable; I get settled; I get secure. And I know it's good for me to "snap to" as I like to say. It's important that I do because I know it's an area in which I struggle in life. And yes, it sounds all fine and dandy writing this now, but tell it to my heart which occasionally aches.
So, all that said, this next seven day span will be busy. I need to be focused on the task(s) at hand and not let the fact that I have seven days stop me from doing what I need to do. It should be a great week however:
Monday: Mariners Game with Charles, Tim and Matt
Tuesday: JWI Board Meeting with Jesse, John and Matt
Wednesday: BBQ at Sally's with the gang
Thursday: Volleyball practice to gear up for Regionals/Nationals
Friday: TBD
Saturday: Regional Volleyball Tournament
Sunday: NYC bound at 8AM!
Enjoy the adventures you are having!
After Sunday's Tub Incident, I went to work Monday morning with a nasty nose and a full calendar. The DRIVE staff was in town from our various satellite offices (New York, Cleveland, Dallas, San Francisco) for all-hands meetings and training, not to mention spending time with our new boss and SrVP, Kirk. Monday evening ended with dinner at Anthony's on Pier 66. An outstanding dinner made even better by the fact that I got to go down early with colleague Jason Runge and enjoy the sun and a couple of drinks overlooking the Puget Sound. I'm a big fan of Jason -- have even authored a couple of Haiku for him -- and it was nice to have some time to chat work, life, NYC, etc. Thanks JR!
Tuesday was another full day of meetings, save an afternoon DRIVE adventure planned by colleagues Liberty and Angy. Instead of just heading to GameWorks for the afternoon (a prize for having hit our GP targets in Oct-05), they hired a professional scavenger hunt organization that took us on adventures throughout downtown Seattle. As you can imagine, this was PERFECT for out of town folks, but awesome for those from here, too! We've talked about this before, but really, how many of us are tourists where we live? Very few! It was perfect altogether and an awesome team-building event. 
Not only did I learn all about the Great Seattle Fire, count the shishes on the kabobs on the Pioneer Building facade, find out Seattle has a gravity-powered clock, and discover the five public works of art visible from Harbor Steps, but I also got to spend two hours coordinating a team of nine on a mission with various tasks requiring speed, efficiency, multi-tasking, and time management. It was a 10 altogether! The evening finished with a finale at GameWorks where my team won! Team Matlock came in first place of the three DRIVE teams and became honorary SuperScavengers and Master BS-ers. Brilliant! The after-party included countless adult beverages, car races, and Dance Dance Revolution.
Wednesday held more of the same at work -- meetings, meetings, meetings -- my favorite being led by Lib and I in the style of a wedding whereby we discussed the relationship of Atlas Solutions and DRIVE. The Sales team (clockwise from bottom-left in photo: Dave Bird, Daniela Fenili, Liberty Carras, moi, Rich Rutheford, Gary Savoy, Ian Mirmelstein) had a team dinner at Flying Fish both to have more time as a group and to ring in Daniela's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANIELA! Great food altogether; lots of adult beverages all around; lots of great photos; lots of interesting food! All good times!Wednesday night marked the end of most folks being in town as many took off early Thursday morning to return to their respective home bases. However, it marked another day in the Seattle office and in the beautiful Northwest. It was my first night "free" of sorts, so Justin gave me a ride home and he & Gloria hung out for a while and enjoyed an adult beverage and catching up. As you can imagine, I crashed HARD.
Friday turned out to be a short day in the office as I started the morning at the dentist. (TANGENT: For those of you who don't know me so well, I've learned to love the dentist. Yes, I love that feeling of perfectly clean teeth, but also secretly love that dentists are not stingy on compliments when it comes to my teeth! I hereby publicly thank my parents for their financial contribution to my smile. These bones have come a long way from their early years! Thanks Mom & Dad!), included our all-sales staff call, lunch with Jesse and JW, a couple hours in the office and the official DRIVEpm Cinco de Mayo Party! That's right -- Miguel the Parrot Pinata made his short-lived debut and delivered Twix, M&Ms and Cerveca to all of the good little boys and girls at DRIVE and Atlas Publisher. More good times (and adult beverages!) had by all!
Instead of a Friday night continuing in the vein of fiesta, guacamole and Corona, I instead joined the Paulsons on a hiking adventure -- Rattlesnake Ridge. Not even an hour drive outside of Seattle and Steph, Jesse, and I ended the evening perched atop what seemed like a ledge to the world: a 360 degree vantage of the Snoqualmie Valley and Rattlesnake Lake. It was the best way possible to finish a busy week, to spend some quality time with people I haven't had a chance to -- and have wanted to -- and to completely remind me of what it means to live in the Northwest. And if you must know, we finished the night with Chinese food. :o)So now it's a fairly quiet Saturday. I've been in and out of the house, but mostly trying to get stuff wrapped up here so that I can officially move to New York and start a life there. It's been an interesting week relative to my thoughts around where I live and who I am and what my future holds. I'm not going to lie and say that the trip has been peachy keen on the emotional front. The fact is, you can't go back because we are all moving forward and have different tales to tell and experiences to have. I KNOW this to be true, but I've always struggled with letting go and living life as it comes. I get comfortable; I get settled; I get secure. And I know it's good for me to "snap to" as I like to say. It's important that I do because I know it's an area in which I struggle in life. And yes, it sounds all fine and dandy writing this now, but tell it to my heart which occasionally aches.
So, all that said, this next seven day span will be busy. I need to be focused on the task(s) at hand and not let the fact that I have seven days stop me from doing what I need to do. It should be a great week however:
Monday: Mariners Game with Charles, Tim and Matt
Tuesday: JWI Board Meeting with Jesse, John and Matt
Wednesday: BBQ at Sally's with the gang
Thursday: Volleyball practice to gear up for Regionals/Nationals
Friday: TBD
Saturday: Regional Volleyball Tournament
Sunday: NYC bound at 8AM!
Enjoy the adventures you are having!
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