With Rychen's permission, I am forwarding today's email out to Logan (missionary brother) and yes, big announcement is the first matter of business!
(Marv Albert): Greetings! and welcome to this week's email, coming to you from the friendly confines of the computer room in Rychen's house. Reggie, the last few emails have been typed on an Ipad, a considerable challenge given its limitations, it must be nice to be back on a regular keyboard.
(*NOTE: I'm pretty proud of this email :) )
(Reggie Miller): You're absolutely correct, Marv, its always a thrill to be back home where you're most comfortable.
(Marv): We're ready to get things started here this afternoon. Let's take a look at the starting five for the home team.
First, the new house. Its been a slow couple of weeks trying to buy the new house but that's to be expected. The inspection went fine and all of the paperwork is in but now its all work being done behind the scenes. Really, a frustrating process at times because you're no longer in control of how quickly things can happen.
(Reggie): It really is. Having to wait on the IRS to file your taxes, and the bank to schedule an appraisal and the underwriter to prepare all of the loan documents can be excruciating, especially when you're ready to get things done and move forward. The Jones Family has shown a good deal of patience through all of this, but if they aren't given a closing date in the next few days I'd start to wonder what the hold up is.
(Marv): Indeed. Next we have baby Taylor, making remarkable progress in his 6 1/2 short weeks of life.
(Reggie): Taylor's really the one to watch in all of this. This last week has really been a big week for him, as he's started to interact with his dad and started smiling more frequently. (see picture attached now). He's starting to fill out his baby frame a little bit more and is more alert every day. He's settled into a good sleep schedule and continues to be the most mellow personality on the team, so that bodes well going forward.
(Marv): What about Rychen's running, Reggie? He had a pretty significant setback a few weeks ago when he tried to play basketball for the first time in two years, suffering a painful sprained left ankle and sprained right big toe. What can we expect from him?
(Reggie): There's nothing more frustrating than being injured. You want to get out there and do what you do, but you just can't. Whether he liked it or not, I think the two weeks without running will help him in the long-term, but I know it's frustrating for him right now. He got his first few runs in this week and didn't seem to have any major pain during or afterwards, so I think he'll be fine. If he was going to be injured, though, now is the time of year to do it. His first marathon isn't until the end of June, and after that he'll be in Pocatello over the Labor Day weekend and then in Denver in September, all gearing up for another run at 50 miles at the end of October. Mix in a few triathlons of increasing distance and he's going to have a busy summer. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say taking two weeks off in January might be the best thing for him.
(Marv): Perhaps some extra motivation is that he just found out that his college roommate Trevor Weed ran a 2:47 marathon a few years ago.
(Reggie): Amazing. Simply amazing.
(Marv): Rounding out the starting five, there's a new broker in the office. He's an older gentleman with a huge book of clients and its really increased Rychen's workload the last few weeks. Also, the Blazers continue to flounder and are now a pedestrian 15-13 after losing yet ANOTHER close game last night in double overtime to Dallas.
(Reggie): Its difficult to be a Blazer fan. You never know which team is going to show up. One thing you do know, though, is that their starting backcourt will be awful. Also, you can bet on the fact that Coach Nate will never make a big move and change anything. Tough times in Rip City for sure.
(Marv): On the other side of things, we have Elder Jones. When we last saw him he was anticipating a transfer while trying to avoid any potential altercations with his companion. You played your entire career in Indiana, but what can a change of scenery do for someone like him?
(Reggie): It's different for everyone, Marv. It'll be interesting to see how he's dealt with the adversity. I think with a new area, a new companion and beginning his second year will come together to produce good things. It's all up to him, though, we'll just have to wait and see.
(Marv): For more on Elder Jones, let's toss it to the third member of our team, Craig Sager. Craig, what can you tell us?
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