Congratulations to my brother, Ryan, who graduates from Law School today! Now you get to study for the bar exam... par-tay.

Thanks to Ronski for supplying me with my lucky No.2 pencil that I used on my actuary exam... yep it's pink with KATIE RONSSE in gold lettering down the side. Hopefully it's lucky, I'll thank you again if I pass the test.

Good job to the Pole Pedal Paddle participants in Bend this weekend, I'd say skiers pretty much dominated: 1) Marshall Greene, 2) Zach Violett, 3) Dan Weiland, 4) Brayton Osgood, 5) Josh Smullin, 6) Colin Mahood. (If you don't recognize Weiland it's because he's the Nordic Director at Vail and not hitting the SuperTour races every weekend.)

Thanks to the Burkholders for giving me a ride up to Talkeetna & home, the Mannix family for hosting me for the night, Kate Arduser for taking me to Costco and letting me use her membership card... life would be a lot more difficult without so many people who are willing to take you in and help you out.

Rollerskiing on Friday Erik drove up behind me to watch me ski. He finally pulled over and motioned for me to stop. For one of the first times since I've been working with him he didn't immediately tell me what I needed to change. As I waited for him to suggest a change (don't worry, he still had plenty of corrections for me) I realized that I was unequivocably skiing better than I had been skiing 12 months ago. Good job me.