Shot earlier this week while we were playing around with cameras in the kitchen, Kyle is looking rather scruffy.  He elected to take the semester off to recover from his internship at Palo Alto Networks and an over indulgent summer break.  Having a front row seat to the silicon valley rat race has given him some new perspectives on the high tech sector and the type of career he wishes to pursue.  He is doing very well academically and we are pleased he is pausing to take stock of the road travelled and being thoughtful about the path forward.  Gap years and gap semesters were not something I grew up with, but as I enter the later years of my career, I wish I had paused more frequently to cleanse the palate before each major life transition.  Why was I in such a hurry?

Jeanine and I depart tomorrow for Colorado College where we will reconnect with Nicolai for Parents Weekend.  Work obligations prevented me from seeing him off as he left for school and I am really looking forward to seeing him again and visiting the campus for the first time.  Jeanine and I will stay on for a few more days to do some hiking near Aspen and I will probably not post again until we return to Boston next Tuesday.