Saturday, January 15 2011
I could sum this post up quite easily. Ang = Work. Dave = Play. It’s been a challenging month for Ang’s work-life balance since arriving back in Geneva after the holidays. She’s been focused on developing and delivering training for a new system we just released to hundreds of our global Market Management staff. Her hard work is paying off though, as she’s received a lot of compliments from people all around the company. I sat in on the first training session she did and was extremely impressed with how well she can present pretty complex information in an engaging way. I’m pretty sure she’s running on fumes and adrenaline every night and when this month is over, it will be a glorious thing!
I could sum this post up quite easily. Ang = Work. Dave = Play. It’s been a challenging month for Ang’s work-life balance since arriving back in Geneva after the holidays. She’s been focused on developing and delivering training for a new system we just released to hundreds of our global Market Management staff. Her hard work is paying off though, as she’s received a lot of compliments from people all around the company. I sat in on the first training session she did and was extremely impressed with how well she can present pretty complex information in an engaging way. I’m pretty sure she’s running on fumes and adrenaline every night and when this month is over, it will be a glorious thing!
Being the good husband that I am, I decided to ditch out on my wife last weekend while she worked, and I went snowboarding in the Alps! Trust me, I was hesitant to go, but Ang encouraged me to and assured me I wasn’t that much of a jerk. The destination was Megeve, France, a pretty typical ski village about 1.5 hours outside of Geneva. In order to take the bus up there I joined the Geneva ski club, which is becoming quite popular among our co-workers. As expensive as Europe can be, the ski lift prices are surprisingly reasonable compared to the US; 60 CHF for transportation and skiing. 
I hated to admit it, for Ang’s sake, but it was one of the coolest snowboarding experiences I’ve ever had. Granted I’m fairly new to snowboarding and haven’t seen a lot out there except Snoqualmie and a couple other Washington mountains. The views of the surrounding Alps from the top of the lifts were stunning. We stopped for lunch at a picturesque restaurant on the top of the mountain, enjoyed a delicious beer and couldn’t believe that we were actually there. 
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| Me with our good friend Jaime |
If there was one thing disappointing about the day is that the snow wasn’t great. It’s been a rough year for snowfall in the Alps, so the snow started out icy and got a little better later in the day. Big bummer, huh? It's a rough life!
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