Sick. Better.

Jennifer, myself, Mom, Skip and Julie all celebrated Grandma's birthday (she's 88!) last Saturday. We ate at a vegetarian restaurant called the Green Sprout, which was quite nice. We then went to Mom and Skip's house and watched 'Underdog' which is moderately cute, but awesomeness if you're a dog fan (like other members of the family and Jennifer.)

I was sick most of Friday. I was better by the time Saturday came around but I wasn't really back up to full mental capacity until Sunday. This class will indeed be a challenge. 1000 page text bok and about 150 pages of online lecture notes for the final in 3 1/2 weeks. The secret here is going to be figuring out what to study, because cramming all of it into my brain in that amount of time ON TOP of the class work load is essentially impossible.

Otherwise, things go well.

Murder Most Foul

We're finally going to have a Murder Mystery night with a murder mystery we bought at the beginning of the year. It involves 8 people and coordinating the schedules of 4 couples can be a bit of a challenge. Should be fun though. Jennifer is mailing the invitations this morning.

We've got a lot of preparations to do still in the house. We took down some mirrors that the previous renters had left up that we finally are got around to taking down. We're going to paint the walls. We're also doing a major cleaning job this weekend. The murder mystery will be the weekend after the next.

Played Civilization last night with Greg and Jason (someone Greg works with who lives in Houston). Was quite fun. I used to play Eve Online a lot, but stopped because I was paying the monthly fee but never really playing the game.

School looks like it will be a challenge. We need to do an entire web page with thirty sub pages (as a team) in 3 weeks. They're grading in a very miserly fashion too. Looks like this one will be one of the tough ones. Of course, the last two involve finance and a great deal of mind numbing math. Best for last, as it were. :)

Life in Motion

Movies Watched this Weekend:

Roshomon-Multiple points of view by Kurasawa. Very cool. Not for children despite being really old.

The Cat Returns: Done by the people that did "Whispers of the Heart" and "Spirited Away." Absolutely excellent. Children friendly.

Dr. Who: The Hand of Fear. Very good stuff. I don't know if I'd seen that one young either.

Torchwood Season 2: We're on disk 2. Very interesting.

Random Boliwood movie: Jennifer thought it was OK but not as good as some of the other one's she's watched. I didn't watch it.

I've just finished reading "River of the Dancing Gods" trilogy by Jack Chalker. It isn't as good as his "well of souls" series, but it made for suitable mind candy. The next thing I read will be more substantive.

My current school class is E-Commerce. Its moderately interesting and not as insane homework wise as my last class. One assignment is a blog. I didn't want to give my blog out to random people, plus this one must be more visually flashy than my main blog but if anyone really wants the link, comment here and I'll email you the link. Don't expect it to last long though.

Baby Broke Now

You have probably all seen these commercials with the talking Stock Broker Baby.

So Jennifer is walking by the television and casually says, "Baby Broke Now!"

At which point we both spent the next two minutes laughing. I, being the evil person I am, wait until she's about to get back up and say "Baby Broke Now!" again just as she's standing up so we both laugh for another minute.

:)

Weekend

We had a pretty low key weekend. We saw Torchwood Season 2 at home as well as Dr. Who. We watched a few shows but generally relaxed. Did a few chores etc.

Jennifer has been working like mad on a sleep pad for work so she can take 'nap breaks' which helps make the narcolepsy more palatable. She has also recently completed a rather cool coat and scarf.

The Happenings

Well, our yard sign was stolen. We filed a police report about it, but I don't expect to see much more than that. We've got a back up but tomorrow we're going to Home Depot and buying enough material for 10-20 signs.

Tomorrow is my final for my 8th class out of 12. If all goes well I graduate in May. It is not immediately apparent if I'll be able to use my Masters to get more money at this point, since new careers of any kind are likely to be on hold for...a while, but things are going moderately well at my current job so that's OK. Still, I need to pass an exam called the PMP, which is like the bar for lawyers or certification for Accountants. It's basically one you need to pass if you're going to work in that field. I plan to start studying in November and hopefully take it in March.

We plan to start trying for children in about two weeks. Right now I'm driving Jennifer to the MARTA station for work every day and picking her up on the way home. We've been doing it for 6 weeks or so and it seems to be working well.

Played Axis and Allies with some friends on Wednesday. It was the new version, much more balanced. I (and my partner) got Crushed. Jennifer and the other two wives present played Settlers of Catan and had a much nicer time.

We saw "City of Ember" last week. We had a free movie ticket from their frequent pass thing. It is pretty good, but probably better for DVD. We liked it though. We saw "Burn After Reading" the week before that. Not exactly family friendly that one.

Short synopsis

Good thing I kept a vacation day. Between Ireland and the Family reunion, I was just about out of them. However, I think my sister's wedding is a cause well spent. Even if I don't get the day off I'll do the overnight drive thing. It will be nice to be able to go to it.

We got rid of a futon to a friend of Jennifer's. It had been supposed to leave our house in June. But she had trouble getting a place. We took it to her house at the same time (per her request) she was having her Open House party. She (Jennifer's friend) got a few of the party goers to help bring said futon up the stairs.