This week has been extremely long an taxing as I worked very hard to get our 2008 media plans together for K-Y and Monistat. The prelim plans were due on Friday and I put in some ridiculous hours to get them done.  In fact on Thursday night I didn't get home until 3am.  No matter how much work we do leading up to presentations, it seems like a given that at least two days/night  before any presentation I'll be subjected to extremely long days.  In the end though I think we put together some very smart and strategic plans. 

 

For those of you in "the church", many of you have heard the story of a prominent church leader who sat next to Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones on a flight.  When the church leader asked Mick what the purpose of his music is, Mick replied "to convince people to do drugs and have sex".  Ironically, now that I work on the K-Y business I suppose Mick and I have pretty similary goals (expect for the drugs part). Do keep in mind though that K-Y is a J&J brand so our real purpose is to provide committed couples with a resource that helps bring them together to improve their intimate relationships.  Monistat is a little bit more safe-and-sure as I'm pretty confident that there have not been any legendary rock musicians trying to convice people to cure their vaginal yeast infections.

 

Finally the weekend has come and I've been able to relax.  On Saturday morning a groupf of six guys from church got together and went for a 25 mile road ride.  It has been a lot of fun riding with this group and has been a great way for me to discover some prettier parts of NJ.  The more rural areas of NJ are actually pretty beautiful and resemble Belgium (my first true love) in that it's very flat and very green.  The only downside of the ride was that it was so humid that litterally water was collecting on our bikes, shoes, helmets, and of course all of our clothes.  Rather than reaching for the water bottle, I simply opened my mouth and would drink the air.

 

After the ride, Cat and I took Zoe to her Petsmart Graduation.  For the last several weeks, we've been taking her to puppy class where she has learned some essential training.  In the class she's learned many essential things to be a good dog such as sit, stay, drop it, leave it, paw, loose leash walking, and several other things.  We are so proud of the progress she has made and now look forward for she and Cleo to take the intermediate class together.  Afterall, Living in Princeton we must demand scholarly perfection and greater learning.

 

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