St. Patty's Day

This year I went down to Chicago with Greg to celebrate St. Patty's day with Michelle, Bonnie, Katie and all the rest of the UD'ers hanging around the windy city. The most important elements for St. Patrick's day are Green Beer, fiddles, and Leprechauns. All achieved.

We went out on Friday night in search of a Leprechaun who climbs up onto the same bar every single year to pour green shots into your mouth. I find that is the best way to start the weekend.

Saturday we headed out on the architectural boat tour on the river at 1030am. Every year they dye the river a bright super bright toxic ninja turtles ooze color. Okay, obviously its not toxic... but take a look at the pictures, it sure seems that way.....We got a fiddle fix from a band called "The Whiskey Project." They are part of the whole UD crew that lives in Chicago. They are all old friends or friends of friends from back in my college days. Anyways it was fun.

The end. Onto my next adventure..... a week in the Red, Red River Gorge that is. (more specifically, of course, a climbing trip. I havent written about climbing in the last few posts........)

Official work announcement of my new job......

I am pleased to announce the addition of Katie Collins as the Administrative Assistant at Charter W reporting to me. Katie will assist the management team and sales group in their daily functions as well as coordinating travel for employees.

Katie is from Brookfield, Wisconsin. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Leadership from the University of Dallas. Prior to coming to Charter, Katie spent two years as a Language Consultant in Madrid, Spain where she taught business professionals English.

In her spare time, Katie likes to rock climb, travel, go to restaurants, and explore Milwaukee. This year, just for something new to do, Katie participated in the Polar Bear Plunge.

Please join me in welcoming Katie to the C W team!

Robert Graumann

Vice President & General Manager

All over the place.......

MEXICO. Here's what I managed to put together from the pictures that I could get together................

(Above- now I can check 'drink out of a coconut' off my todo list)

Below....... we hiked to the top of a mountain that was supposed to be next to a volcano, but i never really saw a volcano.

On our way up to see the volcano......

Mariachi at Bariachi

Ummmm just pretend Victoria's eyes are open....

Center Stage, of course.

The gang.....
Bus tour of Guadalajara......

Above.... those are pig feet

This is a big step for Jason. Apparently he is deathly afraid of clowns......

Below: Chris, our 'guide'.... awesome mixed with a big bit of crazy.

We repelled down into a canon to find some of the best climbing in the area.

Look closely..... there's Jason.

I figured out where the heck the sun has been for the past few months.......

That was an extremely abbreviated blog. I still dont have all the pictures together from the trip, but I need to keep moving on. Check back for my next post about my super new job in an office! It's a real job. I'm blaming it for cutting into my blog time.