Meanwhile, more spring

 

Lots of critters.

These little guys are all over this month - and they are suicidal. Each day's pool skimmer cleaning reveals 4-6 of them with a death wish.

Little taste of summer

 Last Sunday was an unexpected scorcher - 95 degrees at the high! So we had an impromptu pool party. A nice taste of the summer to come!

This is our next door neighbor, Jenn, whose boys take care of Bruschi and Sophie when I travel, I think the dogs are starting to think of them as their second family!

To get out of the sun, some of the kids made good progress "decorating" Syl's art room.

First international work trip

 The broken toe wasn't exactly helpful to the process, but I was excited earlier this  month to take my first international work trip since the start of the pandemic: to Sardinia, Italy of all places, for an executive retreat and awards thing for our global sales team. It was a haul (Sardinia is far to the south, nearly in the Middle East). But as "work trips" go, I obviously have no complaints.

First of all, business class is a game changer.

The accommodations at the Forte Village resort were not too shabby either.

This is Ragy, our CEO, and our new Chief Marketing Officer, Arun. This was his first day on the job! All downhill from  here for him!

We were stuck in a conference room for two days, but it wasn't bad all things considered.

This is our whole exec team having a working lunch.

Our head of culture and talent, Diane, with Ragy and me. 

Dinner was at this amazing restored light house.

Events with the sales team were fun too.

On the way home, I discovered that Zurich airport has a massive outdoor roof deck. Every airport should have this!