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Great day at RunZilla. 5k run followed by a 2 mile run with obstacles……followed by a CrossFit type workout……with some more running…..just for good measure.

Would not have made it without the gang from my old gym.

And the medals to prove I did…..rather survived it. 

We did all sorts of things, like rolling beer barrels. Now there’s something I have experience with.

Group shot of the gang. Back row; Adam, David, Laurie, me, Karen. Front row; Jen and Denise. Thanks to the Fort gang for cheering me on.

GMan mentioned building a longboard the other day so I suggested Googling some info. He found a few sites, videos and the process seemed fairly straightforward.

He currently has a drop deck board but wanted a regular one. After searching for a while he also found a site with a pattern. Through the magic of Revit (architectural drafting application) I scaled the pattern to full size and split the drawing so we could print on 8 1/2 by 11.

He wanted the front and tail to match so laying out was easy. Above are the patterns spray mounted to the birch plywood he wanted to use.

Close up of the truck location and required bolt holes.

Cutting out was easy with a jig saw. Just leave the line and sand to finish.

The finished board. Next we drilled the holes and mounted the trucks.

Trucks installed. The maiden voyage went better that I expected.

GMan took it down the road and it worked very well.

Zoom zoom….

I guess they want me to stay…..got my two ply maple business cards today.

GMan will be attending Lawrence Academy  (LA) this fall for high school. It came down to Cushing and Lawrence but after revisit days and several conversations LA won out. We are all very proud of him and excited for what’s to come.

GMan tooling around campus yesterday on his long board just before he finally settled on his choice…….which was our pick also. 

Today was JMan turn to make matzah. If you want to look back at GMan event go here.

Once again it was at the Boy Scouts Camp in Sudbury MA. Like the last time it started with separating the wheat from the shaft.

Jess and JMan hard at work.

Then grinding the wheat to make flour.

The whole process from adding water to taking it out of the over can’t be more than 18 minutes (for kosher matzah).

All the kids listening to instructions right before the water was added to the flour.

Balling and rolling out the dough.

I even got in on the action.

Into the over they go.

What came out looking like matzah but not quite done enough.

The matzah crew.

I case you are wondering where GMan is, he’s at states History Day. More on that in a later post.

Yup, old man winter keeps on giving. 

I’m not much good with wordy farewell emails but the below captures my spirit and the spirit of this occasion.

Cups (Pitch Perfect’s “When I’m Gone”) – Alan Quinn’s version!

I got my ticket for the long way ‘round

Eight nine’ cases for the way

And I sure would like some sweet surveys

And I’m leaving Friday, wha-do-ya say?

 When I’m gone

When I’m gone

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

You’re gonna miss my witty air

You’re gonna miss my derriere, oh

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘round

The one with zero case review

It’s missing CSAT, it’s missing Backlog, it’s missing Articles to do

But I sure hope it’ll be easier to do

When I’m gone

When I’m gone

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

You’re gonna miss my volume every day

You’re gonna miss my stellar TTA, oh

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

 

Over the years we have put up many decorations to celebrate events or holidays. Today, thanks to my cube mate Mike the below greeted me on my second to last day at Autodesk.

Yes folks I’m getting off this merry go round. It’s was a heck of a ride over the past 6 plus years, but I’m moving on. 

Today we have cheese, pepperoni and ham pizza. Assuming the power stays on we’ll have it for lunch tomorrow.

Picked up some light reading (for the after life)!

It’s depressing and funny at the same time.