skibigsky's Diaryland Diary

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My life, as I know it.

I’ve been so busy with the whole business thing. I can’t go into it (of course…. Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers…), but we’ve got some Big Stuff going on. We are actually building a real business, and should be able to have people on salary in a few months. Nothing is final yet, so I can’t say anything, except that there is a growing market in car racing, and we may be able to carve out a piece for ourselves.
I’ve been doing lots of web work, and lots of head banging (the two go hand-in-hand, don’t they?). I’ve also been learning a lot about payroll, taxes, and establishing a board of directors. Frankly, it has been a bit more overwhelming than I had expected, and Mr. V. is a demanding taskmaster.
With some luck, it will all work out, and we’ll be able to take care of our ‘kids’ (including Charles, who is older than Mr. V., so technically not a kid…).
Anyway, life has just been crazy; this business thing is exciting but a hell of a lot of work, the car racing thing is exciting (althoug we’ll be testing the Corvette tomorrow, and frankly, the car scares me a bit; it’s not quite set up for our type of racing, and is a bit twitchy), and I’m looking forward to racing in the winter seaons. (Vegas, here we come!!!)
I’ve also been fighting off some sort of sickness. Mr. V. has had pneumonia, and Charles had strep, so I’m counting my blessings, except that I’m feeling a little weak and have congestion in my chest. I’m hoping this is just some ‘change in the weather’ thing. But I’m keeping a close eye on it, given that both the boys have been seriously sick in the last month.
Yeah. Both my boys. I’ve got a husband, and a whatever. Charles is a ‘whatever’. Great guy, and fills in as my stand-in husband (not like THAT, thankyouverymuch), and is having a bit of a time in his own life, and may take refuge with us. I’m perfectly happy to give him a place to regroup, I just hate to see a friend have a rought time.
Beyond that? It’s hard to describe my life at this point; neither Mr. V. nor I are exercising as much as we should be, and I’m a little worried about my shape for ski season. But truthfully, I’m already focused on the next car racing season. This is something that I could be good – really good – at; I will never ski race at the level that I already autocross at. The more I drive, the better I will get. Skiing? I’ll do it because I love it, but I think that I could be trophy level (if not champion-level) in a few years in autocross. That won’t EVER happen in ski racing. Not being negative, just recognizing the difference in ability between someone who ski raced in college/Nor-Am/FIS, and someone (me) who learned to ski when they were 18. In autocross, everyone starts at 0, even the road racing guys. Yeah, I’ve got a lot to learn about car handling, but for knowing NOTHING about driving or cars, I’m doing well.
So I’m a little more autocross focused at the moment. Need to shift the focus to ski racing soon. (Although, my own acceptance has taken pressure off me ski racing wise. I want to be healthy to car race. That is the bigger focus now.)
For a chick who didn’t have a license in June? Heh. Yeah. I amuse myself.

7:49 p.m. - 13 October 2007
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