are you happy you made the move? Really are you happy? Any second thoughts etc.
The answer is I am very happy. I am thrilled by all that Aspen has to offer. Today my daughter is learning to snowboard (and thrilled to be a cool knuckle dragger). My son is skiing with school friends. I am getting ready to run up sinclair road and then catch a couple of mushy blue runs in my swim suit (it's like 50+ degrees). My wife is off working FIS stuff having hiked up smuggler and hit a yoga class. The school seems good, my daughter's hockey times are great (although that 0-35 record could use some work). My son does complain about the lack of sailing but I think I might have an excellent option or two for him this summer (more on that later). Thursday night post hockey we went and saw some short films sponsored by ACES (aspen center for environmental study) which felt a bit like preaching to the choir but was a great reminder of all the cool stuff that goes on in Aspen (aviation at school, robotics club, ski lift out back of school, outdoor education as part of school curriculum etc). As for me the view never gets old, I can road bike, mountain bike, hike, fish, ski, cross country ski, skin, snowshoe, camp, climb, paddle, etc all out my front door. And then I can come home and sit in the hot tube. Yea I am happy.
Also I would say there is more economic diversity in our lives now than in Chicago. The 3 jobs or 3 houses rule is really accurate. And while there are some old school yuppie type families the breadth of backgrounds and interests is pretty amazing.
Yes there are some challenges. Services are more limited. Waiting 3 months to get my car fixed sucks and then having to travel 190 miles to get it bites. And it seems that Aspen sits in a kinda bermuda triangle which severely impacts peoples operational-communication skills (it's almost impossible to find half the stuff that is available- and I just got my marching orders for slip crew including to take the bus and be here by 6:30 AM--seeing as the first bus gets to Aspen at 6:45 I am not sure how to square that circle. ) I miss being able to walk to a bunch of bars and restaurants, and I miss my friends and the 10k flights a day out of Chicago but not enough to give me any second thoughts.
I am off to run, ski, hot tub and then have dinner with some Chicago friends. Where did I put my sunscreen?(high class problems baby).
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