100/5/5/5...

these are the numbers for this week... 100+ hours of work done, 5 adults/5 kids and 5 dogs staying at the house for labor day weekend... it was very fun... work was hard but it wasn't as bad as expected and i only have a 56+ hour this week! THEN we get relief :) since a person we hired will start working...

got to see Wilco and the Dixi Chicks, had GREAT Indonesian food with green curry, red curry and Shinta food since she came and joined us for dinner last night (I got called in before and during but had some time to hang with the gang)...

Btrad was off on a river trip but stayed Fri night to hang out with all of them and listened to him play music with Holly and Ken and Bernie and Jenny and that was great!!!!

So, so much fun... now off to breakfast with them and a small hike and then tomorrow back to work!

MV and beyond

So last weekend I flew to MV with Brad to join my family there. We had a good time despite the nonstop rain for the 4 days we were there and the travel nightmares of travel! We did a really cool puzzle with the family, went to a county fair and saw pig races, had Brad cook dinner for us, got to know James better, got blown away on the beach (lots of videos I am not sure I can attach to this... NOPE!). Then came home and spent a few days hiking and enjoying the mountains and sun. Then a wonderful wedding (Josh and Clare's) and a Great Gatsby party (unfortunately no pix) with lots of old time Aspenites which was a blast with awesome costumes... currently avoiding getting ready for the week which will be insane.

Mt Sopris after 11 years

This was an insane week with >70 hours of work and then my 1 day off today... I was convinced by my friend Jennifer to hike Mt Sopris. This is a 6+ mile hike 1 way up MANY thousand of feet. It was long and hard and wonderful. It was Clifford's longest hike since his surgery and we had a great time. Both of us are on anti-inflamatories as we speak. Beautiful views and some steep rock fields that were VERY hard on the way down especially!!! Even better was I had the office pager and was able to answer many calls on the way up!!! The last pix is 1 hour into the hike and we went to the top of that mountain!!!! The next one up is an hour later when we were at the first lake and MUCH CLOSER to the mountain. Then the rest are on the way up. Twas beautiful. I am exhausted but happy! Now back to another crazy week including work and call tomorrow... ughhhhhhh....

Vegas Baby!

OK, so my office manager/friend Bridget and I went to Vegas this week for a conference for our work (electronic medical records). Worked Mon and Tues and then drove Wed (9 hours) and had the conference Thurs- Sat... Highlights were the place we stayed (Mandalay Bay) which was a great place with wonderful facilities, the aquarium in our hotel, the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic lecturing on leadership, the inside of the Belagio pictured above, and the Circ de Sole show "O" which was absolutely, jaw dropping, spectacular. The conference was good but just makes me wish we had an I.T. person dedicated to just our EMR or I could make it my full time job so that we could use the very robust product we have to it's fullest. Drove home today and got home to fresh vegies from our garden (see last weeks picture) and had an awesome stir fry. Now getting ready for a 70+ hour week of work culminating with climbing Mt Sopris next weekend if possible (a 14,000 foot peak close to home).

our garden....

This was a good week... worked hard after getting back from Rocky Grass... Had a lot of meetings and then was on call Fri night (luckily not a bad call) and then worked Sat. Sat afternoon I went to a party on top of the back of Aspen. It was a great old time Aspen event and tons of fun with the locals. Then that night went to a neighbors house with another group of old time Aspenites. That was an awesome party with GREAT people. It was really at a cabin they had raised 6 kids in and it was spectacular. If I were to give up our house that is what I would live in... totally eclectic and fun. Then today was doing things around the house like dishes, cleaning, laundry and some hiking and then an office provider's meeting in the afternoon... I have a busy beginning of the week; work tomorrow, call tomorrow night, work Tues and then to court and then Wed am I head to Vegas for a conference until Sunday. Brad will be holding down the fort and taking care of Clifford while I am away...

Oh yeah... our garden... our downstairs neighbor has put together a really cool garden over our garage... . We already have some fresh basil, strawberries, lettuce, and corn etc etc growing up there... tis an interesting and fun experiment.

Hope you are all well and feel free to come out to have fresh vegies!!!

Rocky Grass 2010

A great weekend away after a tough week at work. I slept great camping out and listening to great music and hanging out with wonderful friends from around the country... The pictures tell it all. Back to the insanity of my working life tomorrow but for tonight I will remember a VERY FUN weekend!

"Black-dog" died

Ali aka "Black-dog" was Sarah, Rangi, Dillon and Emma's dog. Ali came to the US from New Zealand via Australia about 10 years ago. He was an awesome dog and wonderful pet to the Jeffries family and had lots of great stories. He farted worse than I do and you gotta love any animal that had worse farts than me! He died after having mouth cancer for a long time and will be sincerely missed.

Life other than that has been pretty much the same. It has been HOT HOT HOT here. I have been working a TON and was relieved to have a weekend semi-off to recover from this nasty cold I have not been able to shake while working so much! Next week is back in the thick of it with work every day and then meetings every night. Hopefully I will learn something at some of the meetings and teach something at others. It is the last week of Tim the medical student who has been wonderful and that is good since, although he has been fantastic and a blast to teach, it will be nice to take that burden off the plate during an already busy on-season.

I hope you are all well and glad to hear Tom is improving somewhat. Lots of love, me