The week

It's been a somewhat quiet week. Lauren has been out of town all week, so I've been left to find things to do with my time. I've been dealing with this quite a bit (this was actually filmed a while ago, but I've never used the blogger video-posting feature, so I'm trying it out)...

What else have I been doing? Well, I've been dealing with ice a lot. We still have some beer in the keg from our reception, so I've been keeping it cool I wish I was a beer drinker, because then I could help get rid of it. Instead, we have the keg in the dining area, and lots of Trader Joe's 1/2-gallon juice bottles full of beer, in the fridge. If anyone wants a 1/2-gallon or two of Dos Equis beer, get in touch.


In addition, I've been trying to plan our trip up to British Columbia. It kind of sucks that the dollar is so weak these days ($1US = $1.06 CAN), because the trip will end up being quite a bit more expensive than when I was in Vancouver in 2001 ($1=$1.70ish CAN). We're also going to be going through Seattle and Portland, which I haven't looked into at all.

I've also tried going to the gym again, and boy are my arms tired. It's been a while since I've lifted weights, but it feels good to do it again. I've been going very lightly, and trying to do some core conditioning stuff also (I don't know why I'm telling you this).

I've also seen 4 movies this week: Disturbia (it was alright), 300 (good special effects, HORRIBLE dialogue), Breach (very good), and tonight I saw Once in a Lifetime (good soccer documentary about the New York Cosmos soccer team).

Speaking of soccer, we have a game tomorrow against the dreaded Pink Flamingos (they wear pink jerseys). They kick our butts every time we play them, and I'm not sure why they are not in a higher division, They're good people, but I wish they weren't so good at playing soccer.

Age

I held a 6-week old baby a couple of days ago. It's odd to think of 6 weeks as being an age. I don't remember the last time I held a baby so young.

I felt my age a few hours after holding the baby. I had a soccer game and, man, that game wore me out. Mind you, I hadn't played in a couple of months, but still.....it's pretty sad, because I didn't play for more than 20 minutes, but in that time, I rolled my left ankle, and woke up the next day, completely stiff.

Ah, the days of youth...

The craziness is over, but life goes on...

The reception is over!

Thanks to all of you who attended. It was great to catch up with old friends, and meet some new ones.

I also have to admit that I'm glad it is over. The past week was a rough one, down to the point where I had to call both the caterer and the baker to make sure they were going to show (they were both quite a bit later than they said they would be).

While that stress is over, I still have to grade finals and turn in my grades by Wednesday. I'm hoping to do much of the grading tomorrow, but that might be a problem because I have to take my sister and her husband to the airport tomorrow at 4:30 am (less than 7 hours from now). I'm sure I'll be a walking zombie tomorrow, but I still want to get my grading done.

On that note, good night.....

The craziness is about to begin....

This week is going to be crazy!

Actually, it started last Thursday, when I had my capital markets final. Even though I'm glad the class is over, I will miss it. It was, by far, my favorite MBA class I've taken. I enjoyed the way Prof. Pantos presented material, even though it was hard to follow at times. I also loved how students weren't afraid to disagree with him, even if it meant him kind of getting in their face about it. It was what I thought MBA classes would be like, and I really hope to take a class with Prof. Pantos again.

Onto this week. Our reception is now 6 days away, and there is still work to be done. We have to meet with the caterer again tomorrow, I met with the cake people (and changed the cake order for the third time) yesterday, we're working on where people will sit, and how to arrange furniture in the room. We will have 2 hours to set up the room, come home, change, and head back to welcome people next Saturday. It will be a crazy day.

All of this would not be so bad, if this week wasn't the last week of the Summer session for me. In the next four days, I'm giving an exam and a final, collecting homework, an assignment, and a project. I have to grade all these things, and turn in my grades by the following Wednesday. I'm not sure how I'm going to accomplish all this, but what has to be done, has to be done...