Hey John,

I can't imagine no Dr. John V on a special parking space for you. What's with these guys? No limo either huh? Are they gonna give you a Hummer for your company car? Chains included?

We have to make our own coffee too. It's designer coffee in various flavors. You just insert this little tiny container into the machine, push the button with the coffee cup below and you can have the best coffee anywhere.

Here's a picture of where I work. The Sheraton "Tolay" is on the right and my office is on the left side of the building. Nice view huh? But I'm not sure if they realize that "Tolay" is for the "Tolay Fault" which runs very close to there. LOL But you'll have Lake Washington behind you and Lake Union on the other side. To bad you can't take a ferry to work.

No limo's for the company lunch this year, (no limo's at the new place) we are going to Ramekins Culinary School in Sonoma. I hope we get free lessons with the food. That would be cool.

Ah well, you'll be in one of the beautiful places in the world, how much more do you need? Oh, you better stock up on long johns, you'll need them when you have those many days and nights in a row where it doesn't go above or below 20°. The weather there frequently stays within one degree night and day or weeks. I hope you love the number 41, because you'll see it a lot.

And last, but not least, the saying you'll see on many T-Shirts is "We don't tan, we rust." At 60° everyone wears shorts. You'll love it.

Petra

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