of my friends from Chelan had gotten a lot out of their experiences at the Forum, and I thought it would
help me figure out a career path. I'd even been in the space of hating my job so much that I'd actually
handed in my notice to spud! and I was counting the days until I was able to leave. What I realized
through the Forum is that I'd never asked for help, told my managers I was unhappy or feeling
underappreciated or unsatisfied in my job, and I'd made them into jerks in my head and then treated them
as such. And since then, my experience of work has been completely different. After my weekend in the
Forum, I went into work and talked to my manager about how I'd been and he said "What would it take
for you to stay?" I said that even though I was now committed to staying at spud! I was really unsatisfied
with my job. And so, he offered me the position of customer service manager, which is something I've
been doing since March 15th. And I absolutely love it! And, spud! recently launched two new locations in
the US and increased spud! Seattle in size by a factor of 10, so I've actually been helping to run the spud!
Seattle customer service department by remote. And, I had the opportunity to represent spud! online and
on Calgary television this week, which I just loved! (Check out the online video at
http://current.com/items/88897930_what_changes_have_you_seen_that_inspire_you... I'm at the bottom)
Just through the tools I've learned at Landmark, I've learned that if I am committed to being in a fun,
exciting and engaging workplace, that's how I act at work, and that's my experience of being there. We've
had some pretty wild days in the last two weeks (people quitting, stomach flus, 8 inches of slushy snow in
one day, along with two record breaking delivery weeks) and I've just loved nearly every moment of
them! And for my JE friends, one of our newest customers is actually named Jonathan Edwards and
related to our JE. And when I laughed when he said his name and then explained it, he knew exactly how
I knew him and we chatted about New England sports for 10 minutes.
So, I've just had the greatest last four months, and I'm sorry that I haven't emailed sooner to share that!
I've been getting involved in all sorts of things including a summer league ultimate team, a biking team
that is training for a two day, 190km ride as a fundraiser for MS in June, and I've biked to work every
single day I've worked in April. Which has just been glorious. With that, I average 26km a day, and bike
into the sunrise in the morning and sunset in the evening. And, the weather has been turning to spring in
Calgary. This weekend is not a good indicator of that, because it snowed 12cm since Friday, and was
actually -10C (16F-ish) yesterday and today. And it's supposed to snow more tonight, tomorrow and
Tuesday. It's APRIL FOR GOODNESS SAKE! I joke with friends here that Calgary weather has us all be
rather zen. Impermanence, non-attachment to good weather...
I have continued to put off buying winter tires for my bike, so I've had some pretty hilarious moments of
skidding and wiping out at slow speeds on my incredibly slick road tires. And at this point, I just keep
telling myself that as soon as I buy them, it will stop snowing. I told myself that a month ago, and it's
snowed three times since. But, now I really believe it to be true. No more snow! Hopefully the sunshine
today has melted enough snow off all the bike paths I'll be on today that I won't be wiping out tomorrow
morning, but if I do, I absolutely deserve it for those road slicks. It's hard to complain about big bruises on
my thighs when I know exactly how to avoid them. But, they are quite beautiful in their diversity of
colors. So, in summary. Life is great. Calgary weather cracks me up, I love biking to work, I'm enjoying
being the voice of spud! Calgary (at very least on the phone, if not on TV) and I'm thrilled for my new fun
sports exploits! Hope that you are well where you are,
Love! Danni…So, as you know, two summers ago, I set out to ride 4400 miles to raise money and
awareness for Habitat for Humanity. And 7 years ago, I rode 190 miles in the MS150 from Houston to
Austin. This year, I'll be riding 180km in the RONA MS Bike Tour and make a difference in the life of
someone living with MS. In addition to funding research, the MS Society of Canada provides support and
services to help those living with this disease, their families and caregivers. I'll be going with a team of
friends, (Team Steak Sauce!) and I'm thrilled to be part of this ride. Please support me in any way you
can, because every dollar makes a difference!...
Hi there! It's been ages since I've checked in, so I thought I'd say hello! Life has been wild and wonderful
since I last wrote. I've moved to a lovely room on the second floor of a house closer to work, become
vegan, registered for the Ironman (August 30th, 2009, mark your calendar to come cheeeeer!), and