WELCOME TO 2007

Ok, so it started a while ago, but it’s hard to say much about a new year from a few days.

I don’t know about you, but I think 2007 is pretty good so far. Apart from getting frostbite, and learning that I may not get feeling back in my toes for 6-12 months, I’ve been having a ball. I turned 30, out here in Jackson Hole, and have been skiing pretty much every day…skipping a few when the mercury dropped too far below zero and risk of aggravating my cold-induced condition was a bit high for comfort.

I’ve been lucky to have a stream of friends and family around me, and make some new friends as well out here, but the trip is coming to and end…a combination of very low temperatures, lack of new snow on the horizon, and a crazy feeling that I need to get back to earnestly figuring out the next step in my life have convinced me to abandoned my winter wonderland for a more urban environment.

The two concrete plans I’ve made are 1) to self-publish the date-story book quoted much earlier in this blog, and 2) to see a life coach. So I have those lined up when I leave on Wednesday. I’ve also applied to a few jobs, of which I will say nothing until it seems like they might materialize.

In the meantime, I’ve fully adjusted to a post-Russian Standard life of flying commercial, doing my own laundry, cooking for myself, and, basically, living like a normal person. It’s been a smooth transition, and I’m feeling good about it all.

So this entry is basically fluff, I know, but, well, sometimes there just isn’t too much to rant and rave about.

I hope 2007 is off to a great start for all of you as well.