settling in.

strange days of late. Last 3 weeks have been an adjustment. Boxing + Heat - One Salesperson - One Mechanic + Better Working Environment=BUSY.

Thai Boxing is going great. Kicks are finally coming around. Still have to adjust to the punishment as well as the science of it. Coaches are awesome. Funny and encouraging and full of knowledge. Plus hilarious.

June was coming. The heat was coming. We all knew with the onset of one the other is hand in hand with it. Something about it though, made me feel like it crept. It was hot more suddenly it seems to me. It made me go "How hot is it today? 90's? Oh, well, i guess it IS june..."

We're down a salesperson, although i am assured that we have a new one to take Mary's place, although i doubt this person will bake oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, which is both a good thing and a bad thing, but definitely a symbol that Mary's shoes will be tough to fill. Man, she could sell ice to an eskimo.

Mike's gone. When people ask where he went, i gleefully exclaim "Who cares?" I have debating making a post dedicated to mike for a long time. I will sum it up in this little ode. Mike was a very capable wrench (notice i said very) with a piss poor memory, and a tendency to turn his "my way or the highway" attitude up to 11. Mike loved to call people out, which was good. Its better though, if you can do it in a blameless manner. For example, he would make a big deal out of incomplete work orders. If he wasn't the most heinous offender of this crime, he was certainly the second most. He would make a point to take personal responsibility for work. Only problem is, when you keep everyone in the dark, the work suffers in your absence. Also, mike would pick tickets. He would write 180 tickets for huffys hand over fist, but you would only see 55 dollar repairs on bianchis in his stand. That gets old fast. So he's gone. I heard he went to some shop in the hood by the name of Ron's. hope the best for him. Real talk.

So much easier to get work done in his absence, but, the work load is increased. You do the math. According to The big guns, were "looking" for another wrench. Personally i think we need to settle for another wrench. We just need a warm body that can change flats and build bikes.

If i dont go for a run tomorrow morning that consists of more than 2 miles, the next person to call me out can punch me in the stomach if i didnt. Free shot.