The Weekend

The weekend was started off by a great happy hour that lasted till 10:30 at a place called Cafe Metropolitan. It was actually this great bar - very European. High ceilings, lights on strings, sort of felt like it was on a patio, but indoors. I had a great time with all my co-workers, even HG and MR came out. I wasn't going to drink a lot but the beer I had was the best beer I've ever had! It's called Hoegaarden and it's sorta orangy-cinnamon flavored beer. Awesome. In fact, if the beer wouldn't have been so good, I wouldn't have gotten drunk. Famous last words, eh? Anyway - we had a blast, Dane finally met up with us and we made it to Nijo. Of course, by the time we got there, I was too wasted to enjoy my food. We made a decision right then and there that we would probably save more money by eating at Nijo w/ regular prices than we would staying at the bar till Nijo happy hour. Poor MR was feeling pretty buzzed too. And who got me cigarettes? I haven't touched those things since CO but somehow I was smoking. Weird. After Nijo, Dane poured me into the car and took me home. I promptly passed out but he stayed up since it was our third Olympia Film Fest All Freakin Night event on Saturday. By the time he came to bed at 5, I woke up and was just drunk enough to stay awake and be silly. Dane ignored me long enough that I finally fell back asleep but was up by 8. Needless to say, Dane was out cold so I got up and played on the internet, ate breakfast, sat in the hot tub, read my book, then got Dane up to take the kitties in to the Humane Society.

The kitties aren't ready to be adopted, so we'll keep them for another week, which is good because now we don't have to pay for Willy's vaccines. After that and lunch we watched more Nip Tuck S4 then took a nap. Headed out to Oly around 6:30, got our tickets, walked all over to find a grocery store since the one we knew was there was actually closed, got some pizza, then hung out in the truck for 2 hours till they let us in. This year was not as good as the prior years. I don't know why, but the smelliest people in the world go to this event. WHY don't they wear deodorant?! Anyway, it was fun but it wasn't like last year. I slept through 3 of the 5 movies. Last year I only slept through 1. After the fest we drove home and went to breakfast/lunch at Daman's. By noon Dane and I were in bed sleeping.

We woke up long enough to goof around, get some dinner, watch the rest of Nip Tuck, then poke around on the internet to look at vacations and stuff. We decided that we can't afford the Antartica trip next December (or at least for what we want to do) so we decided to hold off on that and do a different big trip or maybe we'll just save money and do something small then do the Antartic trip in December 2010 or something. We'll see. Right now we're waiting to see what travel plans our planner has in store, www.travelwithalan.com or http://travelwithalan.blogspot.com/, he has great deals that just can't be beat. We are anxious to see where he's going for his Independence Day trip (our 1 year anniversary) and next Cmas (our first "big trip"). We have some backup ideas for both if it doesn't work out. I want to go to Europe w/ Dane even if only for a week. I am going to see Amy in January for a 4 day weekend, so that will be cool. I've never really been to FL and I'm anxious to see her new dig.

School starts up in a month. Ugh. Just in time for a 2 week break for Cmas, why we couldn't just start AFTER Cmas, I don't know but whatever. I'm so done with school. It will take all I've got in my to finish this degree. Then I'll have to muster the willpower to take the CPA. After that I'm done. Done. Done. Done. People think that because someone else is doing their PhD that I'll want to. Not true. I've thought about it in the past, but because of what I've watched this person have to do to get their PhD and because my own priorities have shifted I can confidently say that I will NOT be getting my PhD any time in the near or distant future. Maybe when I'm in my 50's and bored I'll change my mind. But for now, I'm ready to start living and start traveling and I can't do that with a monkey (school) on my back. I should say that I am glad I am making myself do this. I will be very proud of my degree when I'm done and I have only me degree to thank for taking me as far as I've come to date. The degree and certification will solidify my position here and take me as far as I dare to go for now. Really at this point I need to get experience under my belt. After the Master's, my education will have taken me as far as I probably can go, in the accounting world at least. Ugh, just thinking about it makes me tired.