alas, my office with a view may come to an end. we're hiring way more people than we thought we were going to and we're running out of places to put them. there's no definite time line at this point but i'm cherishing every moment - haven't quite stopped since the first day i got here. thanks for the blessings, even if it won't last for a super long time. :-)

my power adapter for my little powerbook almost burned noel's finger off tonight. so scary! thank goodness i live five minutes from an apple store. not so happy that i had to pay for the stupid adapter because the genius bar was closed by the time i got there and no one was available to determine whether the little accident is covered under my extended apple care warranty. hint to all, ALWAYS PURCHASE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. there's a reason why apple stuff never goes on sale. you can usually get your items replaced w/o question with the warranty. i learend my lesson after the whole ipod situation. that's still not solved yet. booo.

A Myriad of Nuptials

We keep throwing around numbers as to how many weddings we really are attending this year and probably next year. Let this serve as something a bit more solid than the random countst that have been mentioned in the past couple of months.

2007
1. RV
2. PA
3. GE
4. Joe's cousin - somewhere in Orange County
5. JB ?
6. DJ
7. CC
8. DB ?
9. JJ - Maui, HAWAII!!!

OMG...kill me.

2008
1. K - Barcelona, SPAIN!!!
2. RR
3. PM - Milan, ITALY!!! -- please let this be next year!

No more people...puhleeeese! Wait until 2010. That should be plenty of time for The Joe's and my checkbooks to recover and it's the beginning of a new decade! Doesn't that sound like a wonderful year to get started on a new phase of your life? I implore you.

Annual Improvements

People tend to make their resolutions at the beginning of each year. Being the ingrained Catholic, I tend to do it closer to the Lenten Season. It's hard to break old habits as much as I'm not devout. I started this practice years ago instead of giving up something with the intention of taking it back on after the Lenten Season is over - like meat. I'm an omnivore for life so that's not an option.

There are tons of new challenges this year. One of them involves getting my mind back into the school mode. All of them involves writing down plans and following through. The more I verbalize them, the closer I'll be.

Positive thoughts all around.