My job is so cool

Driving and walking around in the mountains, enjoying views of lakes and aspens changing color in the fall... this would be part of my job description today. I had to go check out some stuff in the high country today and it was phenomenal. I felt really lucky to have the job I do. I still work for the same company- Xcel Energy...but I went from commuting back and forth to Denver for a grand total of 2.5 hours of commuting per DAY, and sitting in a cubicle all day, every day, entering numbers into a spreadsheet.... to now! I do lots of patrolling, work in boulder(my work is a 15 min bike ride away on the boulder creek path) am hardly in my office, and go around checking out transformers and power lines. Gotta keep that stuff kosher. I get to start some solar power work now too. We are going to be installing an 8 MegaWatt solar system in southern CO. I took some photos today while I was WORKING. :)

Barker Res in Nederland. That's where all the good mountain biking is too! We did a killer ride there yesterday.



Yep, there are power lines in the back country that need some action.

How's your as-pen?




A couple weekend photos....

At Nick the Welshman and Diana's. I really like this photo of Brian.


JP(of james frames) and Julie at Hungry Toad in N Boulder. We had these 20 oz beers that were a mix of Guinness and Newcastle Brown. Soooo gooooood.

Things are great!

I have to say that right now, I am the happiest I have been in awhile. I am really enjoying my classes this semester because I actually got to choose what I'm taking(I guess I have to pay my own tuition to take what I want!). I am taking Anatomy and Physiology for Engineers and Brians, Minds, and Computers. They are both biomedical engineering courses and are heavily focused on Anatomy. It's making me think that I will be doing the right thing pursuing Physiology after I finish my Masters!

Cycling hasn't been going so great. I have been in a funk all season long and constantly feel overtrained. However, I haven't really trained in almost 2 months and was just racing on the weekends. I am thinking there is more to it than just my training and that I may be anemic. I got a blood test today and the doc is dedicated to helping me figure out why I can't seem to feel good on the bike. Thank you doc! I'm doing a food and environmental allergy test at the end of the month too. All this information will be really helpful for next season too. I'll probably race some collegiate races in a week or two, but I'm considering not racing collegiate because of how bad my season has been and I'm feeling a littl burnt!

My parents and bro were here over Labor Day weekend and we had a good time!!

Brian and I watched this video last night. It's about 9/11 being a conspiracy and actually seems pretty accurate. I definitely recommend you watching it. It is really scary.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5946593973848835726&q=Loose+Change&hl=en

Brian(the new man!) and I went to see Big Head Todd on Friday. I know a lot you probably haven't heard of them, but they are fantastic...google them. We saw them at Chatauqua Auditorium and they did an acoustic performance. I have to show this here, it's really funny. Brian and I always end up wearing the same color, but usually meet at someone's house so there is the chance to change. Last weekend, we met at Southern Sun and woops, matching couple syndrome.

Matching couple syndrome

Hey mister, keep those hands where I can see 'em!

The FAM!


My bro and I. That's the pimp look. ohhh yeah!