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Lisa reported to the ballroom of the Sacramento Hilton for her first day on the job. NIKE put her to work immediately on a high-level stapling project! (I have no doubt Lisa is the best stapling intern ever.) The stapling project occurred during a huge press conference, held by the Trials organization, featuring the ‘big name’ athletes.

Lisa reports: Maurice Green has a new red sports car and Michael Johnson is much more relaxed and personable here than he was in Athens at the World Track & Field Championships. Jackie Joyner-Kersey has her own “personal” press conference later in the afternoon. It was then Lisa’s job to hand the newly-stapled NIKE press conference schedules to members of the press as they left the ballroom. (Obviously, a good education has enabled Lisa to develop the skill needed for today’s work environment.)

Meanwhile, at the other end of the work force: her Father was golfing with his brother and her Mother was baking bread. Dave shot a decent round at Ansel Hoffman and I made a loaf of Mexican Spicy focaccia. Gina said she was making Mexican food for dinner and I was to bring the bread so… I started throwing things in the bread machine… I used Mexican beer, a can of Green Giant Mexicorn and two jalapeño chilies. It was dense, aromatic and hot, hot, hot.

Dinner at Steve and Gina’s was a blast – Gina made a salad with fresh vegetables from her garden, black bean and rice enchiladas with smoked cheese. Their good friends, Lisa and Curtis, stopped by and joined us for dinner at the last minute – they had just returned from Bali and had great photos of their adventures.