its colder than I thought

For all this global warming going on, I guess I got it stuck in my head that it was always hot. Probably something to add to that way of thinking is the fact that I've been living in Central America for so long. I haven't snowboarded for years and am getting excited to go ride soon. Matt might fly up from Tamarindo and meet me, and yesterday my dad asked me if I wanted to drive his convertible 68 Caddy up to Butte, Montana where my cousins Frank and Frankie (ie big and little Frank) are going to take good care of it. Frank Sr and his brother have an auto body shop there, which they've had for most of their lives. I get to go snowboarding, that will be nice. I just can't figure out when in the hell I can go. Seriously, every now and then it gets tiring, but at the same time there is always something to do somewhere. Right now I'm not recovered from my CR trip but tomorrow I'm going to Chicago for this Greenbuild Expo. Supposedly a friend named Tom DeVries is going to get me to sit in on a meeting with the president of the US Green Building Council. It makes me feel good to know I'm going to be amidst so many people sharing such similar visions. And now I've got this nice Old Navy poofy vest thing, oh and don't forget the shoes. Its going to be colder in Chicago I am sure of that. I did just send that last article that I wrote regarding Tamarindo's water quality to the Beach Times, the Tico Times, AM Costa Rica, and the Tamarindo News. I explained that I was trying to educate people about what was going on, and try to make suggestions on what people can do starting now to make a difference in the town. As we know, this applies to everyone everywhere. I was stoked to be hanging out with my boy John-boy in OB, the resident of the OB Cottages, and he told me he had been picking up ten pieces of trash each day. Holy crap, I thought last night as I watched the 100th episode of the Family Guy on FOX, if ten pieces of trash are finding their way out of the ocean every day, then I've made a difference with this goal already. Anyways, I told the papers that I was going to mention in my blog that I had sent the article to them. Lets see if any of them ask me to build on what I'm saying, or to work with them in any way to find extra space for educational advertisements. I'm willing to bet that most people would do things differently if they realized the consequences of their actions. Getting on to other things, I find it quite funny that I now have my own office in Cochin, India. Yes, you heard me correct. If you call me and I'm not there, I have the call routed to my virtual office where one of four virtual assistants help me by fielding phone calls and questions. Actually, I don't really give my number out if possible due to all of the calderwoods of the world. But if I did, they'd answer it. Instead I have them doing the internet research that I can't stand to do anymore. I love the internet, don't get me wrong. Its just the simple fact that I know that the answer is out there, online, no matter what it is, and I'm the kind of person who will never stop looking for the answers to more and more things. It just blows me away what the internet has done for the world, and the simple fact that I can have my virtual assistant in India do it for me. whoa. Anyways, now I'm stressed out because I have an office 24 hours/day waiting for me to tell them what to do. Isn't that supposed to make me feel better? I must be the most difficult person to work for, I don't even understand what I want. Sorry Emily it must have been hell. Instead I'm going to have Biju, Manju, or Prinu help me get my plane ticket, car and hotel in Chicago. James and I had to laugh when I got the names of my new assistants from my buddy KG. But then we realized that Biju, Manju and Prinu were probably chilling out in Cochin and laughing at the names Joe, James, and Matt. Hmmm. You know, all of this telecommuting is really awesome as it will eventually be a huge force in cutting down actual commuting. There he goes again. Hey speaking of the zephyr project, Mark Tucker has been a great asset by offering to now update the website with content. I'm finding it hard to do so on top of the research I'm already involved in, and Mark finds it tough to just "jump a plane" and leave his awesome family in Atlanta. Thanks man. I'm also getting some awesome emails from people interested in helping out in various ways, so that feels great. I think its time for some football maybe?