Wow – that was a great and much needed week off the grid. Both Amy and I were exhausted. But, we are back (although she is about to decamp to Keystone for the summer to work on her book.)
Before I checked out I spent 36 hours in Idaho with my friends at Highway 12 Ventures at the Idavation Conference . My keynote speech is up on their website along with me hosting the Idaho’s Top Geeks panel. Mark and Pam Solon were incredible hosts – I had a great first trip to Boise along with a superb run with Ryan Woodings of Metageek (really cool wi-spy product). This was my second trip to Idaho – Amy just tossed up pictures from last years Ashton Idaho Marathon with the Blumbergs.
I then met Amy in Las Vegas for a super top secret party with a 40 of my closest friends. We stayed at the Encore which was beautiful, although the restaurants were weak (hint: walk to the Wynn and eat there.) Of course, I was in bed by 11pm each night so I was a pretty useless partier, but I learned about a few fun twitter handles.
Amy and I then headed to San Diego and spent a week completely off the grid. We stayed at Rancho Valencia, had a great tennis vacation (2+ hours of tennis every day), lots of sleep, great food, saw a few friends, slept 12+ hours a night, had a strong week of running, and enjoyed plenty of adult activity together.
I came back totally rested, bit my tongue at dinner, and ended up with a massive bacterial infection in my right parotid gland . When I realized I had a grapefruit growing out of the side of my face, I went to urgent care, got some antibiotics, and now just feel el-weird (although I no longer look like a total freak.)
Wednesday, Phil Weiser is interviewing me on Work-Life Balance at 6pm at CU Law in the Wolf Law Builder – come see if a week off the grid holds up after three full and intense days back on the grid.