Days Off

So last week before New Staff Training, we had 4 days off to "rest" before we started a long 2 weeks.

New Staff Training is all those that are new to field staff, and it will be fun to see the same faces for 2 weeks.

Anyways on our days off, I went skiing two out of the four days. And then went to Denver one day with Jena, Alyse and Casey. We spent a day of shopping and then went to the Nuggets game, which the Nuggets barely one by one point against the Golden State Warriors. Pretty pathetic. They didn't even have there 3 star players, which was a bummer. But we all still had a great time.

One of the days of skiing, Alyse took me on Mary Jane and on some really bumpy runs, which was so awesome. I had so much fun. And then the next time we went skiing, it was Alyse, Jena and I. It was Jena's first day on the Mountain and she was a superstar!

Then on my last day off, I just relaxed, went to the gym and we had FOB.

Jena and I worked the coffee shop "The Lift" and the snack bar "The Honeycomb" for the first day of New Staff Training, which I am really starting to love working at the coffee shop. At first, it was really nerve-wracking, because I didn't know what I was doing. I was just a frantic mess, but now that I am comfortable "pulling shots" and making lattes, I love it!

Yesterday, Audrey and I had our day off, and we took a mini road trip to Boulder. Have I mentioned I love Boulder. Probably have.

Anyways, our first stop was a vegetarian restaurant.

That is Audrey at Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant in Boulder

Oh, by the way I went "raw" for about 40 days. Not completely raw but 70% raw 30% not raw. And I love it. Audrey's mom is raw and she has an incredibly story. I probably don't say it as well. But she was diagnosed with Lymphatic Cancer--the same cancer her brother was diagnosed with 9 years ago. He went through Chemo and radiation, but the Chemo didn't kill it and he passed away. About 8ish years later, Audrey's mom was diagnosed with the same cancer, but this time she went to an Alternative Medicine facility in Atlanta. They put her on a raw food diet, and had her do other alternative medicine stuff and well she is in remission and has been for a couple of years. I just love this story, because Audrey's mom is a perfect example that so much of our diseases is caused by the way we treat our bodies and what we put in them. We are poisoning our bodies on a daily basis. So maybe its not all genetic. So Audrey picked up all the food and cooked for the 4 days and we went raw. And I love it. We are going to continue to try and do the best we can atleast do 70/30 or 60/40. If not raw, I am definitely going vegetarian. I have been reading and I watched "Food, Inc." and it is absolutely frightening the way the meat industry and even food industry treats its animals and products, its employees and its consumers. Food has become a science project and instead of growing it, they are engineering it. And the scariest part about it is that our government knows exactly what is going on, and continues to allow it. So that is my little two-sense for the day. So yea, I am a vegetarian--unless of course I see Farmer Joe killing his cattle that he has raised and grass-fed himself. I will definitely have to do more research and just make sure I am doing this the right and healthy way.