Hey, Joe!
Been working some long days at the ol’ office this week, and it’s keeping me hopping.
Yesterday evening, I was asked to attend a corporate event in the place of my second level boss. He’s working even harder than I am right now, so I was happy to help him out.
This event was something of a schmoozy thing for a lot of corporate customers around the Bay Area.
Here’s where it gets interesting, this particular gathering was held at the San Francisco 49ers training facility down in Santa Clara.
Growing up in New Mexico with no professional sports teams affiliated with the state, we all adopted our teams from neighboring states. All the kids were either Denver or Dallas fans. Not so for me, I picked the 49ers early on as my team.
It was easy to be a 49ers fan back then. Joe Montana was the guy in charge and our chances of winning on any given Sunday were pretty darn good.
So yesterday I went to the training facility and walked out on the field and took my seat in the tent to sit through the corporate, work related stuff.
Blah blah this and blah blah that….and may we now introduce Jim Harbaugh, coach of the 49ers.
Well hey, that’s pretty cool. Harbaugh, fresh of Stanford’s win in the Orange Bowl, was just named head coach, so he’s got some media credibility.
Harbaugh did some motivational style speaking in the way only an old style football coach could. I mean heck, I was ready to hit the weight room and strap on the shoulder pads by the time he was done. Harrgggh!
But the finale of the night was the best. 49er helmets and footballs were given to a few attendees as prizes (I got a football) and then Joe Montana, Bay Area royalty, entered the room.
He gave a short talk about the company putting on the event, how great their product is, and then went to the back of the room for a meet and greet.
So, you know, here I am with my new friend Joe (he also signed my football).
