the weekend

Mine was great, how about yours?

They say it's your birthday...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAPTAIN!!!

He was never late with the gas bill!

Yes, I did just make a fart joke :)

Here's the story

I can't get enough of the news this week!

Ben & Jerry's...

...the new Hooters??

I couldn't be more disgusted.

PSA

Just a reminder...

If you're using your windshield wipers due to rain, you should have your headlights on.

I don't know if that's an actual law but that's what I was taught!

Happy new TV week!

I'll admit it, I'm a TV junkie. I had so much fun going through and setting my DVR for new TV.

Here's what I have set up to start over the next couple of weeks:
Heroes
How I Met Your Mother
Chuck
Private Practice
Pushing Daisies
The Office
Grey's Anatomy

I found it odd that I don't watch anything on Tuesdays.

How does your list compare?

Requiem For A Day Off

Happy Friday!

For some reason, this makes me happy.

busy, busy, busy

As many of you know, the summer was stupidly busy for me. My mom continues to progress. There were a few hang-ups along the way, but I think they're over at this point. She is doing so well in fact, there is a possibility of her being home by the weekend. We're all excited at the idea, no one more so than her. We're trying not to get our hopes up too much in case it doesn't happen but it's difficult not to be a little excited.

In addition to the crazy family stuff, I've also taken on a big project for work. I am currently studying for the General Securities Representative Exam (aka the Series 7). It is a pre-requisite to do almost anything in the investments industry. It's a huge undertaking and I can't wait to be done with it. Last night I finished reading the textbook. It was 22 chapters of painful reading & question answering. Now I can move on to the practice tests which are supposed to be the most important part of the study process. With any luck, I will be able to take and pass the test next month. It's a 260 question, 6 hour test. Good times!!

I got new work toys yesterday:

Shiny!

weekend recap

*pictures to be added later*

Thursday
Thursday evening was really the beginning of my weekend. It was my first night back at my apartment after being gone a week to Rochester and Eden Prairie.

Friday
Claussen, my friend Becky, my sister, and I went to a taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in St. Paul. We waited in line for the better part of 4 hours but it was totally worth it. We had great seats on the left hand side of the stage…6 rows up. There was a warm up comedian, a little Q&A time with Jon and the show taping. We left around 6:30 and then it was off to Granite City. Sadly, the fries were a disappointment. On the way home, there was a quick stop at Target to pick up Season 4 of The Office.

Saturday
The morning involved sleeping in. Yay! Then it was off to Boournsville for Fire Muster days. Claussen was helping with the event sponsored by his curling club. Then it was off to Tropic Thunder at the Burnsville CineMagic Atlantis 16. If you want to see this movie but haven't yet, wait until it comes out on DVD. It's not worth your $8 in the theater. Some parts were funny but overall, meh. The rest of the night consisted of pizza, alcohol and The Office. Good times!

Sunday
Claussen headed home around noon. Shortly after he left, I found out that I had free HBO all weekend and I hadn't been exploiting it for everything it's worth. So after setting the DVR to record a few things, I headed to on demand and watched almost all of the 4th season of Entourage. I have two episodes left and the season premier that aired last night. I also did some studying for my Series 7 exam. Only 8 more chapters left in the book. Believe me when I tell you that Options transactions are tricky. No really, just believe me…you don't want to find out for yourself!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

tomorrow is only a day away!

Tomorrow I'm going to see one of my TV boyfriends, Jon Stewart, and his team of awesome.

I can't wait!