This is one of those days where I just feel like running away. However, upon deeper reflection I ask myself, “what exactly am I running away from?” And the answer is myself. Unfortunately that is one thing I cannot escape from. I am stuck in this awful place, surrounded by beautiful people and beautiful things, unaffected by them.

Today the marketing department took a little field trip to ride go karts and do some wine tasting. The go karts were a blast. They went up to 40 mph and we had to wear flame retardant suits and helmets.

First we did some practice laps. I came in third for fastest lap time. Then, based on our practice times, we were split into four teams of 6 people. We had 8 races, so we each got to race twice. Then we did semi finals, and finals. I won every race, had best lap time and the most points! There were 22 people, half of them men � and I beat them all! OH, what a blast! The women were so proud of me, the men too for that matter. But I�m sure it just ate some of them up!

I would attribute some of my skill to the fact that I love to drive and have learned a bit about it, but also to the motorcycle and the course I recently took. Taught me a lot about how to handle the bike in small places, which also apply to a kart on a small track J I just can�t express how much fun that was today!

That’s me in #14 in the red.

The top four racers… there were two in second place, Mandeep and Ken, while Brett (the one who organized the event) came in third. What a fun day!

I took the two wheel safety training course and passed! First there was a 6 hour classroom session last Thursday night. I was a little disappointed with it, and felt like I hadn’t learned much more than what I read about in the little MSF book I got when I bought my motorcycle.

Then there were two 6 hour classes on the bike, one Saturday and one Sunday. Let me first say that 6 hours on a bike sucks! It’s very tiring and my butt was pretty sore by the end of it.

On Saturday we learned the basics, and I did pretty well for the most part. Sunday I did much better. At the end of class they did evaluations. You could get 20 points or less and pass. If you pass, then you don�t have to take the skill test at the DMV, you just present your certificate and they give you your license (you still have to take the written part though, which I�ve already done � so I have my permit). So for every mistake you make it�s one point. Mistakes could be going outside the line, looking at the ground not going fast or slow enough, anticipating a stop.

I did so horrible on the evaluation! I thought for sure I failed � at least 19 points � which was a pretty close guess, because I got 18!

When I rode to work today I was a thousand times more confident. I took the turns so much better, knew exactly what to do. I couldn�t wait to go home just so I could ride again! That class was worth every penny!

Congrats to the May winner, John Hanusek! Give this month’s contest a try.

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