does anyone else hate having such a hectic busy weekend that you don't get that one day to recover?
friday i left work a little early to go to the eye doc to check out my left eye, which has been a bit fuzzy for the past few days. turns out it's super dry; so dry that there are tiny little cuts and cracks in the outer most layer. yikes! so then i had to get my prescription filled for some antibiotic eye drops, and run other errands (uh, it's a long story, but it has to do with my new phone), and try to get home by 5:30 so i could eat dinner real quick and pack for our weekend at the track. our FIRST track event in colorado!
we left just after 6pm and headed down to pueblo with C&C. this was the first NASA rocky mountain region event, so no one really knew what to expect. C has been helping a lot and got us involved to help get things started, sort of. the weather was cold, but at least it was dry. i was there to help work the event, and W worked the grid a little and drove when he wasn't working. after signing ppl in at the entrance gate, i moved over to the control tower...and this is when i found my calling. hahaha... i was in charge of the corner workers. when you're on the track, it's hard to see hazards and things around the turns, so you have flaggers at the corners to display certain flags, like yellow hazard, white ambulance, green for go, red for stop, blue w/ orange stripe for passing, and the black and white checker. it was my job to communicate with them, and they reported any violations (like aggressive or bad passing, mechanical issues with the cars, debris on the track, etc). and then i told the instructors about the violations so they could review them in the meetings with the drivers. saturday was a bit chilly, but sunday was a whole nother ballgame. the weather reports were saying it was gonna snow in the afternoon. then, afer lunch, the super crazy winds (leftovers from all the tornadoes in the midwest perhaps?) kicked in and i couldn't believe our corner workers were still out there! what troopers! then it lightly snowed, thankfully it only lasted about 30 seconds and none of it stuck to the ground. it just got colder and colder and the clouds rolled in...not looking good. we sped things up a bit with the schedule and ended things at 3:30ish. i'm sure our corner workers were very happy to know they could come inside. oh, did i mention that i was in the nice, heated, control tower? and if it weren't for the trashcans rolling around everywhere, including onto the track, i wouldn't even have known how cold and windy it was! oh, and the bunnies seemed to love the track, cuz they were not afraid to run across! thankfully, no bunnies were run over. eek.
i had such a blast. it was fun being on the radio again (like when i worked at the ritz-carlton). it was neat to be behind the scenes and be apart of the event, not just riding along or being a spectator (or camerawoman). and D, the main organizer, seemed happy with me being at control. so i hope i get to be at the control tower again next time!
after we packed up and said goodbye to everyone, we headed back up to denver metro. and that's when things got hairy. it wasn't snowing yet in pueblo, but it had been snowing a bit in colorado springs. soon after, we were driving no more than 10 mph, behind a snow plow truck. it took us about 3 hours to get home. by then, the 4 of us were starving and grumpy. unfortunately, el azteca was closed (i was soooo looking forward to a big fat burrito) so we went across the street to mark pi's asian grille. it was pretty good, and we were all full and happy. we got home just past 9pm, and i was ready for bed. i was super exhausted, and soooo didn't want to go to work this morning! and i actually had a pretty busy day today, which is good cuz if i didn't, it would've been hard to stay awake! haha...then i'd be like the new fleet manager that i can hear snoring at his desk!! i don't imagine he'll be there long if he keeps that up.
i don't have any pics to share, since we didn't bring a camera knowing we'd be pretty busy working. but i did manage to take a few shots with my camera phone, so we'll see how those turn out. there are few professional pics on the NASA rocky mountain forums page here and here (kinda have to scroll thru the pages a bit) if you're interested.
friday i left work a little early to go to the eye doc to check out my left eye, which has been a bit fuzzy for the past few days. turns out it's super dry; so dry that there are tiny little cuts and cracks in the outer most layer. yikes! so then i had to get my prescription filled for some antibiotic eye drops, and run other errands (uh, it's a long story, but it has to do with my new phone), and try to get home by 5:30 so i could eat dinner real quick and pack for our weekend at the track. our FIRST track event in colorado!
we left just after 6pm and headed down to pueblo with C&C. this was the first NASA rocky mountain region event, so no one really knew what to expect. C has been helping a lot and got us involved to help get things started, sort of. the weather was cold, but at least it was dry. i was there to help work the event, and W worked the grid a little and drove when he wasn't working. after signing ppl in at the entrance gate, i moved over to the control tower...and this is when i found my calling. hahaha... i was in charge of the corner workers. when you're on the track, it's hard to see hazards and things around the turns, so you have flaggers at the corners to display certain flags, like yellow hazard, white ambulance, green for go, red for stop, blue w/ orange stripe for passing, and the black and white checker. it was my job to communicate with them, and they reported any violations (like aggressive or bad passing, mechanical issues with the cars, debris on the track, etc). and then i told the instructors about the violations so they could review them in the meetings with the drivers. saturday was a bit chilly, but sunday was a whole nother ballgame. the weather reports were saying it was gonna snow in the afternoon. then, afer lunch, the super crazy winds (leftovers from all the tornadoes in the midwest perhaps?) kicked in and i couldn't believe our corner workers were still out there! what troopers! then it lightly snowed, thankfully it only lasted about 30 seconds and none of it stuck to the ground. it just got colder and colder and the clouds rolled in...not looking good. we sped things up a bit with the schedule and ended things at 3:30ish. i'm sure our corner workers were very happy to know they could come inside. oh, did i mention that i was in the nice, heated, control tower? and if it weren't for the trashcans rolling around everywhere, including onto the track, i wouldn't even have known how cold and windy it was! oh, and the bunnies seemed to love the track, cuz they were not afraid to run across! thankfully, no bunnies were run over. eek.
i had such a blast. it was fun being on the radio again (like when i worked at the ritz-carlton). it was neat to be behind the scenes and be apart of the event, not just riding along or being a spectator (or camerawoman). and D, the main organizer, seemed happy with me being at control. so i hope i get to be at the control tower again next time!
after we packed up and said goodbye to everyone, we headed back up to denver metro. and that's when things got hairy. it wasn't snowing yet in pueblo, but it had been snowing a bit in colorado springs. soon after, we were driving no more than 10 mph, behind a snow plow truck. it took us about 3 hours to get home. by then, the 4 of us were starving and grumpy. unfortunately, el azteca was closed (i was soooo looking forward to a big fat burrito) so we went across the street to mark pi's asian grille. it was pretty good, and we were all full and happy. we got home just past 9pm, and i was ready for bed. i was super exhausted, and soooo didn't want to go to work this morning! and i actually had a pretty busy day today, which is good cuz if i didn't, it would've been hard to stay awake! haha...then i'd be like the new fleet manager that i can hear snoring at his desk!! i don't imagine he'll be there long if he keeps that up.
i don't have any pics to share, since we didn't bring a camera knowing we'd be pretty busy working. but i did manage to take a few shots with my camera phone, so we'll see how those turn out. there are few professional pics on the NASA rocky mountain forums page here and here (kinda have to scroll thru the pages a bit) if you're interested.
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