The Good News!!

So the possible good news from yesterday came to fruition this morning.

Yesterday morning during my walk around town, one of the things I did was stop in to the Lifetime Fitness Leadville Race Series offices to volunteer.  As I started talking to them, and telling them about my job down the mountain in Buena Vista at the raft shop, they asked if I would rather just stay in Leadville and work for them.  They had a spot open in the retail shop on the main drag here in Leadville.  However, the hiring manager was off that day, and so they couldn't tell me 100% that I would be hired, and that is why I had to go to my first day down at the rafting shop in Buena Vista.

This morning I stopped by there again, and they basically hired me on the spot.  There are tons of benefits associated with this new gig.  To start with I will not be driving 80 miles a day back and forth to work.  This will mean big savings on gas (plus they are paying me 50 cents more/hr).  So those are the monetary benefits, but more importantly I will be around the race non-stop.  I will be able to get advice from people who have finished, I will help with the other races that the company puts on, and there are so many more things that I can't even imagine right now that will be a huge benefit to me being able to finish the race.  I couldn't be happier about this development.

I did hate the fact that I had to call down to the raft shop, and tell them that I would not be working there any more.  They were very accommodating, and landing the job with them initially gave me the confidence to make the move up here, and I am thankful to them for that fact.  This opportunity is just one that is too good to pass up.

Can't wait to see what happens tomorrow.