I caught Chris on MSN Messenger Sunday afternoon. I asked him how Alaska was. He said it sucked. He was logged in at a motel in Seattle. He got fired from the school in Alaska. They gave him the boot and 4000 dollars severance pay. He's driving back to Pittsburgh right now. What a shitty year for him ( Read more... )

My project team is being combined with another one. Hmm. That doesn't sound too good. The client is trying to consolidate costs. This deal gets worse and worse.

The ski trip was a blast. I flew to Hayden, Colorado Saturday morning and waited for the rest of the group to arrive. It took a while for everybody to get there. Since I was using an award ticket, the only flight available for me arrived at 11:30am. Sally arrived at 1:30 and the rest of the crew got there at 4:30. Hayden airport is very small. It ( Read more... )

I'm in St Croix until Saturday. Emily flew back on Tuesday. It's my 32nd birthday today. I feel old. More later.

Saturday night Kimani and I went to Karin's house for a dinner party. Karin was one of Kimani's roommates. She's moving to Pittsburgh in two months. Her boyfriend went to CMU and bought a house near Ellsworth Ave. Karin wants to get an apartment in Shadyside by Walnut Street. She's trying to get a job at Pitt so she can go to graduate school for ( Read more... )

Friday night I watched Master and Commander with Victoria. The movie was good. I don't think I could be a sailor back then. Living with 50 guys on a ship without bathing would be disgusting. Yuck. Afterward we hung out at B&N and looked at magazines ( Read more... )

I passed the Insurance exam on Saturday. It was a joke. I finished before everybody else. Now I can act like a used car salesman and sell insurance. I'm going to study for the series 6 exam next. I'm more excited about getting a securities license. Saturday night I went to Allie and Steves' house to watch the eclipse. It was really neat. I've never ( Read more... )

I have more insurance class this weekend. Friday until 10pm and tomorrow 12 to 9. Grrr. Hopefully these will be the last classes I take for a long time. The licensing exam is on November 8th. I have two weeks to study ( Read more... )

Nothing going on this weekend. I'm probably just going to study my insurance book. I have 13 more chapters to read before class next Friday. Sigh. I'm insuranced out ( Read more... )

I went to dinner with Emily, Dan and Liza last night. We met at a tapas restaurant in Old Town. It was really good. Dan said there are flamenco dancers there on certain nights. Unfortunately they were off last night. Dan is going back to Iraq as a civilian in January. He's going to help with security for six months while the oil rigs are ( Read more... )