In March of this year my company announced a reorg. It was our 2nd in 12 months and 3rd in 48 We were also on our 3rd president in three years. They shut down the function I led and asked me to lead another group which didn't interest me. I countered and asked them what a severance package would look like. As of March 29th, I am being paid by this employer not to work for 6 months.
I live in the foothills of the Rockies in Colorado and the weather is starting to get great. I am going to take the spring/summer to bike, hike 14ers, camp as much as possible. I signed up for two 50+ mile mtb/gravel races to provide some training goals. The plan is to ride 4 to 5 times a week and see how much I can develop over the next 4 months. Rode 4x this week logging ~100 miles between gravel and single track. Also, since I imagine this will be my only work sabbatical before retirement, I decided I should do it right and I am on a waitlist for a new gravel bike with electronic shifting (first for me).
Apologies in advance, but you may have to stare at a few not ugly photos in the upcoming months.