AMC OPENING! Phew it is over :)

The AMC opening was a fantastic event. From family good wishes to Bob's flowers, mom and dad's orchid, Shinta's food etc etc etc... we had a great time. Klaus Obermeyer was there and loved our space (he built the whole area we are in for the local businesses) and there were tons of people with great food. We had kids, adults, Brad's music honoring Kris Klug's organ donation etc etc etc.... Thank you all for your support and love in making this happen.

off-season... NOT!

Another week is over. Off-season has not materialized. This week was insane and the hospital was at max for 3 days (haven't seen it this busy in 3-4 years), the local pharmacist had the third busiest day of the summer and we were slammed. Tis good I guess. Today I slept for part of the day and didn't want to wake up but did go hiking, listen to Brad play great music and cleaned the house. Gotta catch up on bills tomorrow. Can't wait for our Open House which I think will be great. Then Telluride Blues and Brews to celebrate Brads birthday!! Yahooooo... ALSO, a momentous occasion since my car will go to 100,000 miles tomorrow... not bad for 13 years!

ADDENDUM ON SUNDAY... my odometer did it's momentous thing today as I drove to join a friend to hike up Aspen mountain where we ate wild strawberries and rasberries!... I even got the bills done... can't beat that for a good day!

on-season is over!

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... on-season is over. Another busy week and then on call this last weekend and it is over for a little while. Granted off-season is still busy but hopefully less so! I did get to walk around Aspen Sat am after being at the hospital and it was alive an vibrent. It was awesome to see. We had the Mother Lode Volley ball tournament and Jazz Aspen Music Festival. My friends from http://www.sisterspantry.com/ who make awesome food were here for the festival and I got to work with them for a few hours Sat and Sun in between calls to the hospital. It was awesome doing something different and I had a great time! Also got to hear some very good music. Unfortunately I didn't get to see as much as I wanted due to call but that is life. Today was spent NOT LABORING and it was great. Now it is time to get ready for our Open House Sept 15th for Aspen Medical Care... http://www.aspenmedicalcare.com/ and hopefully a more relaxing week at work (yeah right!)... cheers til next week...

on-season...

Twas another busy week in on-season. Honestly I really can't even remember what happened all week but there was plenty of work again and again and again and again... Saturday we had an end of the world party since there is a quasar that is pointing our way as per our invite that had a picture of a quasar attached. The photo is of a quasar with a spike of light coming out of the center which is a gamma ray burst. One of these cosmic bad boys is pointing right at us. Brad saw it on the History Channel the other night. Now when this thing fires it's gamma ray burst, it's basically gonna wipe out all life on earth. Hence the end of the world party. We will have another in October if we are still here. Then Sunday is an English in Action party, hiking and a friend staying over. Then it is back to work for another week with call for Labor Day weekend. After that it should slow down for off season... phew!!!!!!!!!!!

Claire's visit

Claire and I hiked through Peru together. She is from England and she and her friends came out for the week to hang out in Aspen. They are STUDS and have done more hiking in the first 2 days than most locals do in a year. I have had to work every day they are here but we have been able to get together at night and it has been wonderful! The pix are from Mon night after work... then took them to an Aspen/English/Irish pub Tues night and met them again Fri for breakfast. They went on their way and I hiked up to American lake which was STUNNING. Truely beautiful. Then an enjoyable dinner with Brads folks after working with Shinta and work this morning. Had a great hike up Aspen Mountain (a great workout) and now REST to get ready for the next week. SOON on-season will be over, yeah.but alas the colors are already changing (summer this year was too short). Hope you are all well...

Cindy's Memorial

This was a hard week. Tons of work and some emotional times. Peter and Bella came here to celebrate Cindy's memorial (their wife/mother)... Cindy and I were friends and I had delivered Bella and then the family moved to Fla to be closer to Cindy's family and for Peter's work... 4 years later Cindy became pregnant with Zeva and was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy 1/2 way through the pregnancy. She delivered and was doing better but 6 weeks after delivery died suddenly in Peter's arms from a fatal arrhythmia. Her autopsy showed a congenital abnormality necessitating a heart transplant. It was devestating to many people since she was such a wonderful human being. I will miss her incredibly.

a triathelon and otherwise busy week...

First of all the photos are completely out of order (mostly backwards)... SORRY but can't figure out how to do it better...
So last weekend we had friends visiting from CA and we hung out with them in between training for the triathelon this weekend, going to a play and party for English in Action with Shinta and her family and hiking... the week was very busy with training and work and then the triathelon this weekend. Team Splash, Crash and Dash (SCD) did well with me being Crash and all of us finishing our races in good time with no Crashes... you can see me in the handoffs of the timer with Splash and Dash but I was too fast for them to photograph while biking (NOT!)... It was fun... after the race I hiked 2 hours with Clifford and now am writing this. Next week will be busy with work but otherwise no extra stuff PHEW (I think/hope)... Lots of pix and a tired Kim make for less writing this week... more anon :)... until next week... cheers