Sudoku

The first time I played Sudoku was in December 2005. Lauren's brother , Skylan, was into it, and I thought it was really hard, and so I messed around for a little while, then gave up.

In the next year, I would see the craze of the game, and never really got what the big deal was. I was content to be a non-Sudoku person until Chynna (Lauren's sister) gave me a Sudoku-Puzzle-a-day calendar.

Now, I can't stop, once I start a puzzle. I'm still not very good at it, and it often takes me more than 30 minutes to finish a puzzle, but once I start, it's hard to put it down.

I often do the puzzle when I'm on the bike at the gym. I rarely finish while I'm on the bike, and find myself working on the puzzle as I walk back to my office, as I change my shoes, as I'm buying gas, as I'm eating dinner. Chynna, what have you turned me into??? I'm now one of those Sudoku people.

Wedding Photos 1

Some of our wedding photos have been posted. You can go here to see them.

I'm in the process of putting up a lot more, but that's going to take some time. I'll wait to post that link, after I have put up all the photos.

Time

Time. That's something I don't seem to have a lot of these days. Since getting back from Costa Rica, I feel like it has been go, go, go, go, go.

Today, no one come to my office hour, and I was so happy, because I got an hour more of grading done than I otherwise would have. Yippy!

I'm also taking an accounting class that is a real drain on my time. The work is too much for someone who has a very limited accounting background. The thing is, everyone in the class seems to have a very limited accounting background, so we're all struggling and complaining about the workload.

I don't even know what else to say on here, because I feel like I haven't time to do anything but grade and do accounting homework.

The honeymoon is over...and that's a good thing

Happy New Year!

We are back from our wedding and honeymoon.

The wedding was better than the honeymoon. It didn't rain (we thought it might), the ceremony went well, with no hitches (except for us getting hitched, of course), and the reception was good, even though the food came much later than expected. We will have a Bay Area reception in August, if any of you readers out there are interested. It's not too late to get on the guest list.

The honeymoon was another story, and I have to say, there is a good part of me that is glad the honeymoon is over. It started out by us spending the night in the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, sleeping on the floor, then having a variety of transportation issues come up in Costa Rica. I can't say I loved CR as much as other people seem to (although the coffee was the best I've ever had). Either the country is overrated as a tourist destination, or my idea of traveling in a foreign country is very different from others. I was able to keep my streak of being out the U.S. every year going, though. I've been out of the U.S. every year, since 1999.

I can't believe classes start in 2 days! I actually missed my first MBA class of the semester, because of the honeymoon. I think it's going to be a rough week.