travis' brain dump

the countdown has begun… with a good drop of snow last week (2’+) it sparked the fever in a few of us. abasin is set to open towards the end of october (last year was oct 23) so that puts up just under a month away to get out there and party again. keystone and breck are both likely to open nov 10, so at least they’re not too far behind. i’m so ready. my pass is renewed, got some new gear, board carrier for the car… oh yeah…. i feel like a kid waiting for christmas. i hope to get my daughter up there this year, perhaps doing some skiing just to get her started in the snow. might have to wait another season or two before attempting the snowboarding exposure.

in other news… almost ready to put in the ceiling in the guest room… got the remaining vent installed this weekend and i’m planning on patching the floor today and locating the power for the ceiling fan, so this should be fun. on a good note, it appears that i have more than enough sheetrock to do the ceiling and some patches around the house, so i’m excited about that. i want to try to get this thing wrapped up and ready for tape,plaster,paint no later than the middle of october. that gives me some time to get everything mapped out and wrap up this room by the end of november… *fingers crossed* at least the heating system is out of the way, that was a worry spot for me. just need to round up some more money and get this thing finished up so that i don’t have it hanging over my head and clear it out before my parents come into town. would be nice to have that room finished …

anyway, gotta get back to work… i’ve got to head down to denver today to fix a database and reinstall our tape backup software… oh fun.

later