Nothing says Christmas like a little spending a little quality time baking. For our annual family shindig, that my sister is so graciously hosting this year, I am baking some yummy cookies. Now if I could just get out of this godforsaken office....

Long Night

I think we missed out on some serious REM sleep last night.

1:00 am Child #2 wakes up
2:30 am Child #1 wakes up throwing up
4:30 am Cat knocks over full glass of water on bedside table.

There's something special about a person who takes care of another when sick. I overheard the funniest conversation. Child #1 barely made it into the bathroom before her dinner presented itself everywhere. She then proceeded to tell her dad that he's gonna need to make sure that there's some soup for her to eat since she's now 'sick'.

I didn't go running last night. From the time I woke up to the time I got out of my car at home after work, walking was a challenge. For whatever reason, that initial jogging killed me. However, I do plan to go home this evening and jump on the treadmill again for sure.

No big plans this weekend. I think we're going to view a house for the 2nd time so we can make an offer soon. The house is in North Arlington and located a few feet outside of River Legacy Park. This is a great location for the two of us- central and local establishments we like- River Legacy, Piranha Sushi, Chipotle, Gap, Ann Taylor- the essentials.

It's also our weekend with the kiddos. Not much scheduled with them either. But they stay pretty entertained with a set of markers and a cardboard box.

I'm outta here.

The Results Are In

I got a B in my class. I think this calls for a Caremel deLite. Girl scout cookies are so great.

We started running again last night. I did a total of 3 miles, 2.5 running. I think he did about the same. It hurt me. We'll see how tonight goes.

Back in Action

Well, with the end of the year comes lots of time to Blog. I know its been a while. But I've been busy. Let's see, since my last posting I taken the best trip of my life to California, I started an intense groupwork course for the Fall semester, and I switched jobs.

The trip to California was awesome. I went to San Francisco, Napa Valley, Monterrey, Big Sur, and many, many more stops in the rental car. We sailed, hot air ballooned, jogged down the coast, and toured. I can't wait to go back and visit Napa. We joined a wine club- Beringer. This is not a new wine to me. I've drank Beringer since the old days when it was the only thing left after the beer store closed. But, we tasted some excellent products when visiting the vineyard. And we now have received our second shipment of new products to try. Our latest shipment contains a Leaning Oak Merlot and a Chardonnay (can't remember which one). The last Leaning Oak Chardonnay we received was Fabulous so I can't wait to try these!

As for the school, I had an interesting semester with my professor who often times sounded like the teacher from Southpark. "Mkay." Except mine was Asian. I spent the semester studying Accounting Information Systems. I feel like I really learned alot. I also worked on a group project doing a case study on my previous employer. Hopefully my final will allow me to get my standard 'B'.

Now, for the new job. Since my sweetie and I will be hearing wedding bells soon, we were no longer allowed to work together. Something about Accounting ethics, nepitism, corporate mumbo-jumbo. So, I switched to a higher end, smaller location. This particular location has exactly half of the customer base than my last job. So needless to say, I don't really have my work cut out for me. However, since my assistant chose to work elsewhere, I am now flying solo. It's kinda nice being by myself. Delegating was one of the toughest things I had to learn when excelling to a management position. Now I have all control and responsibility. Unfortunately, I will have to hire an assistant. I simply cannot bring myself to file paperwork.

And as for our wedding, I am finally getting started on some of the planning. I suppose its about time since the big day is 5 months away. I recently sent a request for my sisters to be my bridesmaids. I have only gotten one response but am hopeful I won't have any declines. Just kidding. I think I may have finally found an affordable photographer. Now I need to get started on finding an officiant. It's tough when you're traveling and don't really belong to one denomination. I think it would be great if my dad won his election so he could perform the ceremony- although that may be a little weird. I am sure we'll find the right fit.

Ta Ta for now. Must run to jump into traffic.