Brave New World

So I just recently stepped down from a management position at a very large corporation to take on a new industry in bicycles and try something completly different. First, just let me say, this may have been either the smartest thing I've ever done or the most stupid. It's early in the game yet, so I'm taking the wait and see approach. Needless to say, I'm in the thick of it now. The Independent Sales Rep world is a weird and wacky place and I have just spent the last two days of my life in a sales meeting. Here's what I know so far...

1. Everyone is crazy.
2. I'm the only female.
3. Alcoholism is a way of life.
4. Old, white men sell bike stuff and drink a lot.
5. It's a small world and the connections to Santa Cruz, (the city) are still alive and strong.
6. I'm tired and slightly hung over.
7. Another night of drinking and talking to people I don't know is out of the question.
8 Bikes are cool.
9. I'm going for a ride today that is going to kick my ass.
10. Today is the day I prove myself as a viable, verifiable, bike nut.

I hope they like my bike...