Back in NYC for just over one day and for a very good reason….

The most difficult aspect of my participation in the LetMeGo Immersion has been the fact that it keeps me away from my beautiful wife and lover, Tania.

This fact is constantly in the back of my mind, but two nights ago, when the team took a break to attend BogoTech, the ache of her absence was particularly strong. After the event, when we all headed out to eat pizza, we were joined by the girlfriends and wives of nearly every male member of the team; unfortunately, my darling Tania was nearly 2,000 miles away, in NYC.

After dinner, the men were preparing to return to the Immersion, and their girls were preparing for another lonely night at home—watching this scene, I was struck by how much these women clearly missed the presence of their men, and vice-versa.  And so I made two decisions, which are summarized in the chat message below, which I sent to the team early the next morning.

[03/26/09 7:23 AM] Alex:

Hi Gentlemen!

Last night, I was pleasantly surprised at how happy your girls were when I announced that we would meet this morning at 8AM, instead of returning to the Immersion immediately. On my way back home I couldn’t stop thinking about it, and about Tania, with whom, as of the stroke of midnight, I will have spent eight years of bliss.

For that reason, I have allowed my heart to overrule my head for a second time: I have decided to fly to NYC today to share this anniversary with my lover. I will be back to the Immersion on Saturday. This will be a surprise for Tania. Please, please don’t tell anybody until tomorrow. As you know, news travels much more quickly than an airplane.

I want you to know that I am still dedicated to our shared objective of reaching the beta milestone before the Immersion ends.  I know that many of your stock grants depend on reaching that milestone.  I have promised to work shoulder-to-shoulder with you, and I will maintain that promise by working at least two of the weekend breaks that are scheduled during the second half of the Immersion period.

I am heading out to the airport right now. I will be working in the plane on Cockerr and the architecture of Charrly. Tomorrow and Saturday I will connect to chat with each one of you. I will also be available on my cellphone.

See you on Saturday. Thanks a lot, gentlemen!

I started writing this while lying in bed watching Tania sleep, feeling like the happiest guy on the planet.

She just woke up… bye now.

Alex Torrenegra

P.S. Here is the original version of the message in Spanish (accents omitted on purpose):

[03/26/09 7:23 AM] Alex:

Hola caballeros!

Anoche me dejo sorprendido la mas-que-feliz reaccion de sus chicas cuando dije que nos veiamos hoy a las 8 AM. Camino a casa no pude parar de pensar en eso y en Tania, con quien hoy cumplimos ocho años de felicidad hoy a la media noche.

Creo que es por eso que el corazon le gano a la razon dos veces seguidas: He decidido volar a NYC hoy para compartir esta fecha con mi amante. Volvere el sabado a la casa estudio. Esto sera una sorpresa para Tania. Les ruego que por favor no le dejen saber a nadie de mi viaje sino hasta manana. Las noticias vuelan mas rapido que el avion.

Se que todos tenemos como objetivo lograr el full beta antes de acabar la inmersion y que de eso depende una buena cantidad de stock grants. Mi compromiso de trabajar hombro a hombro con Uds sigue en pie. Es por eso que trabajare por lo menos dos de los fines de semana de break que tendremos en la segunda mitad de la inmersion.

Salgo en estos momentos para el aeropuerto. Estare trabajando desde el avion en Cockerr y en la arquitectura de Charrly. Manana y el sabado en la manana me conectare para charlas con cada uno de Uds. Estare tambien disponible en mi celular.

Nos vemos el sabado. Muchas gracias caballeros!