End of The Road

Leaving Salt Lake, I was left with a fairly mellow drive through to Denver.  The truck survived.  The trailer didn't so much.  By the end, both sides of the axle were bent, one severely.  Any attempt at waterproofing was moot, and I just wanted to get there.  Nothing fell off, or was damaged, but I don't think I'll ever do that again.

I got into Denver in just enough time to dig out the leathers, and do what Dave and I do when we get together : go race motorcycles.  Dave's been participating in the Colorado supermoto series, and invited me to tag along for the round.  Now, in retrospect, I really should have just slept in and organized my stuff.  It was fun to be out on a supermoto, but the track kindof sucked, and I ended up crashing hard enough in the first heat race I didn't feel comfortable continuing (minor head trauma, saw stars, etc.)  Dave crashed out of second in his first heat race, injuring his ankle and making the rest of his day both painful and disappointing.   Oh, and 48 hours isn't apparently enough to acclimate to the altitude.  I was sucking wind after about 10 minutes on the bike.  Well, this is about par for the course when the Price brothers go racing, so no one should be surprised.

I don't want to dwell on work, so I wont, but it's going to be a good gig for me.  Lowish effort, and my concerns about my ability to do the work are easing.

I did give in and buy a new computer.  The four plus year old macbook wasn't cutting it anymore, and Apple had some good deals on their refurb site.  I'm now using a 15" Macbook pro as my primary computer.  It gives up about half a pound to the plastic fantastic that I was using, but Eclipse and Ableton sure are pretty with all these pixels.

Tomorrow starts my first real weekend in about a month.  Looking forward to some relaxation.  Time to go see Denver a bit, find a coffee shop and organize the last of my crap.