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Tyler Wood taking advantage of that time off schedule My last two days off have been busy to wrap up the summer. My wife and I took a weekend trip to Chicago to see Metallica play at Soldier Field. While we were in town, we were able to see the famous Chicago air show, Cloud Gate (The Bean), the Chicago Field Museum, where I met Sue the Tyrannosaurus rex, and eat all the deep dish pizza and Chicago dogs we could stomach. Metallica was a 2-night show and was definitely a bucket list concert for both of us, but seeing Sue in person was super exciting for me. I remember learning about that specimen on TV years ago but seeing and learning about it up close was something I won’t forget. We got back from Chicago and I worked my two weeks on nights then got off just in time to fly to Panama City Beach for labor day weekend with some college friends from Alabama. We were celebrating our friend Kendyl getting married and played 2 rounds of golf along the Florida coast, which was a blast. Golf was usually the only time we could get everybody together to hang out when we were in school, so it was only fitting for golf to help reunite us. I’ll be back to Birmingham these days off to see the wedding, and I think my cup will be plenty full by the time I make it back home from that. Thank you to Terra Guidance for offering the quality of life program and letting us put some extra time and money towards life outside of work. It definitely made both of these trips a little less stressful knowing that I had some quality of life cash saved up to help out! 

Jeff Lacy is living the good life My wife and I decided to spend a night in downtown Denver and enjoy a taste of the luxurious life for our 5th anniversary. We enjoyed a fancy dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel Denver on Terra Guidance using the Quality of Life program. It is so great to be able to step away from the day to day work and have some personal time. The Terra Guidance culture is something that many companies could learn from, thank you TG!

Go see Jason at Austin Beerworks and make him buy you some beers. We hear that he is a lifer member there.

Oregon Vacation from Danielle Allen and her family This past weekend, we took our first vacation as a family of three, to the beautiful state of Oregon. We traveled from Portland to Bend, stopping at the spectacular Multnomah Falls along the way. The third day, we drove along the McKenzie River from Bend to Eugene, where we stopped and hiked the Koosah Falls trail. We spent the final day driving up the Oregon coast, stopping at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, had lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Tillamook Cheese Factory, and then to Canon Beach. Our little one got to experience many firsts over the weekend, from her first plane ride, her first road trip, her first time at the beach, her first concert, and even getting to meet her uncle and cousin for the first time! Thank you so much Terra Guidance for the Quality-of-life Program and the flexible schedule that encourages us to make trips like this more possible. There were so many great memories made that our family will remember for years to come!

Breathtaking views coming from Robert Ebbecke My wife and I recently spent 5 days exploring Glacier National Park, and it was made possible due to TG’s QOL voucher program, which helped fund a fair amount of this trip for us. I’m thankful for this program because it encourages us to get out in nature and explore the world around us. Waking up early to get a 10-mile hike in, then taking a nap in a hammock beside a glacier lake was the perfect way to clear my mind and get me reset for my next hitch. Within minutes of entering the eastern side of the park on the first day, we were greeted by a grizzly on the road attempting to mount the car in front of us. Minutes after that, a cluster of cars on the side of the road indicating wildlife; another grizzly! This one was feasting on a recent kill of an elk calf just across a pond about 50 yards away. In total, we saw 3 grizzlies, 1 black bear, 1 moose, and had quite a few too close for comfort encounters with bucks. Between the wildlife, the magnificent mountains, the colors of the water, and that crisp mountain air might make it the closest place to paradise there is.

We believe in quality of life at Terra Guidance but that means many different things to many different people. Sometimes that is work life balance, sometimes it getting more time for hobbies. Sometimes it’s simply dressing in a matching Hawaiian outfit to make people smile and have a good laugh. We want to improve your quality of life by having some fun. Come find Jason Sanfilippo walking around Urtec today. Chat with him, take a photo and post it to the comments. Of the people who post photos we will have a blind drawing and award you something that will improve your quality of life, whatever that means to you. Have fun out there…Life is too short, so are his shorts

We hope that everyone enjoyed a great Mother’s Day this past weekend! Our onsite mudloggers got the rare treat of being able see the Northern Lights due to the geomagnetic storms. Enjoy these pictures that they captured and if you happened to take any pictures of the event please comment and share the image. To say we are jealous is an understatement #mothersday #northernlights #terraguidance

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Hot Springs!!! Recently Veniamin Yampolsky took a one-night mini vacation to Ouray, Colorado to visit Wiesbaden Hot Springs Spa & Lodgings for a private soak and an excellent dinner. Thanks Terra Guidance for understanding that these experiences are what it's all about.