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Had to work over the weekend, it's been a really annoying couple of days of busy work. Was also really lazy about working out, dieting, and all the little financial projects that I have been putting off. As I told my therapist last weekend, I'm done with the little mental vacation I went on after I found out I got an A in my business class. Have been really busy this morning so far, have to do a new weekly plan today. K. inexplicably decided to start painting my kitchen this weekend. I don't know what to think - it's a little annoying that there's paint and supplies all over the place and all my cabinets have been taken off their hinges. On the other hand, she's willing to pay for the supplies and do all the work, which I'm personally too lazy and unmotivated to do myself. Lazy weekend in general. Great time at the Sonata Arctica concert w P. and J., laid around the rest of the weekend with K., watching Lost season 1. One other thing - therapist tells me that I seem ambivalent about taking steps to move forward with the next stage of my career. An interesting observation, since I'm supposedly obsessed with moving on from my current job.

After I nearly choked to death on camera

I had a fun time last night with K. and K. and B. at dinner. I also met J., the guy who K. is in love with and also another K., a german girl who's staying with my K. for the week while on vacation. We celebrated J's birthday at Piece in Wicker Park, I invited JCB but he had to work. Me and K. still want to set him up with H. Hehe - so many initials.:P Last weekend was pretty interesting - I've been feeling pretty run down lately. So many concerts and social events, also I've been working a lot (but ironically, I haven't been working very efficiently). Saturday we went to Indiana to see another one of JCB's UFC tournaments. F. and his wife showed up. We went to Hooters beforehand. H. and K's bro and everyone else we told wanted to go to the next tournament - I've never told JCB that I find them generally boring except for the main event or when someone gets seriously hurt. K. seemed to like it. She's been going crazy with finals and such. What else. Guitar is coming along very slowly. I have started using Petrucci's Rock Discipline to try to build up my chops. Learning these metal songs with the crazy speed picking in the solos is going to be very difficult if I don't clean up my technique. I've also spent way too much this month, starting from the beginning of the month. I blame all these social events. Whenever I go out to a concert at a large venue, or a baseball game, I always spend a lot of money on beers and food. I spent like 100 bucks at the Rush concert. I haven't done much studying for my Java certifications. I'm going to go easy on myself this week, as a reward for finishing my business class. Then it's back to work.

Miasma

Last night, K. told me she had to go in for another cat scan today. She said, 'if anything happens to me, I have to get your sperm, so that when I get better I can have your babies.' Babies are so important to women. What could I say but, 'ok'?

Bears FtW

I got an A in my business class! I'm going to probably continue with an accounting or stats class. I also told JCB that I was going to look into a real estate class for us to take this fall. There's also the SCJP certification. I should probably sit down and prioritize all of the things I want to do this year. I'm going to the Hideout festival with J. and D. tonight - Bloc party is playing. We're leaving work early tonight - I dunno about 5 hours of indie rock concerts, I may have to drink profusely. I've been celebrating lately - I haven't done much other than work a lot and hang around the house, watch Lost episodes in bed with K., play guitar, do some home improvements. Tomorrow should be fun too - going to see Rush at the Tinley Park ampitheater with J. and P. and K. and R., carpooling with J. there. Life is good, life is fun and busy, I'm happy. I have to remind myself sometimes to appreciate what I have.

The last day of summer

A really lazy weekend where me and K. didn't do much more than hang out around the house, walk around the neighborhood, and go out to eat. On Sunday we drove up to Milwaukee to see the Brewer's game with Lane and Natalie, but that was pretty much the extent of our social interaction, oh yeah JCB called a few times. K. has been obsessed with redecorating my house - she has some interesting ideas about painting and rearranging some of the furniture. We went to Home Depot twice this weekend to buy stuff to redo the lighting and light switches at my house. I feel bloated and tired. I skipped working out in the morning again this morning so I could get to work early and leave early for this dentist appointment. I'm doing my weekly review right now, I haven't done much studying for my certification, it's ok I guess, I've been studying a lot lately and it was a holiday weekend. No shorts today for the first time in months - no shorts after Labor Day. Summer's over. K. even goes back to work today. This was a really good summer, a lot of good things happened, that Washington DC trip was so awesome, I'm always going to remember that.