Friday May 9, 2008
Hooray for Friday
So yay, it’s Friday yet again! Ben was gone on a business trip this week, getting back yesterday. Last night he came over after hanging out with some friends, which was a nice surprise! :)
Speaking of surprises, looking at my checking account today I saw that my economic stimulus money showed up!! Hooray for being $600 richer (well, once the pending transaction clears anyway)! Although, sorry government, I’m not a crazy spender to begin with, so I’m afraid I’m not going to blow this money on frivolous things I didn’t need or want before I had the extra cash. Instead, I’m most likely going to do something even more exciting—invest in my future. That’s right, this money is probably going into my Roth IRA, woohoo!
So, while I might not be helping to give a false illusion of an economy on a comeback, I suppose I am still banking on the market in general. My IRA has recently come back into the black after being red (along with the rest of the market) since like December or something. It’s not ahead by much, but up is up and considering how long it’s been since that’s happened, I can’t complain—especially when I’m doing better than things like the Dow and NASDAQ.
Happy Friday, everyone! :)
(0)Tuesday May 6, 2008
The Win That Almost Was
OMG, last night was like the most awesome kickball game ever!! We played the #1 team in the league, and as I mentioned, I didn’t really expect to win. BUT, we came VERY VERY close!!
We were the first team to kick, and I was the leadoff kicker. I got out on a bunt that the catcher picked up and chased me down the field with. Oh well. By the time we were done kicking in the 4th inning, we were up 4-2!! We had some good plays, including a homerun. In addition, we did some awesome fielding that kept the other team from scoring—one guy kept making these amazing catches while practically doing flips and other crazy moves in an attempt to wrangle the ball. We were pretty much playing super awesome, and I think the other team must’ve been surprised and maybe even a little worried.
read more »Monday May 5, 2008
Cinco de Mayo 2008
Hola y bienvenidos!
Today is once again the 5th of May, which means, you guessed it: white people drinking lots of tequila and possibly donning sombreros.
I don’t have any real celebration plans, but tonight is kickball, and I think there will be margaritas involved. Some people might dress up, but I will not be among them, because I do not own any such attire and today is probably not the day to find any. We’re playing the undefeated team in the league tonight so I don’t expect any victories from us, although, how awesome would it be if this was the only game we won?? Maybe there is an correlation between margarita consumption and kickball performance? Guess we’ll find out!
Friday May 2, 2008
That Darn Gnat
I don’t know what it is, but lately I’ve been finding little tiny gnats (or gnat-like bugs) flying around my apartment. I don’t know where they are coming from, as I don’t recall having them here before, but I suppose it’s possible they could fit through the screen of my always open window. Also, with the weather being so warm lately, I’ve taken to leaivng my front door open, and although it opens into a hall, there is a window next to it that I have opened to allow a little cross ventilation.
So, it’s entirely possible they are just coming in the front door, but it’s still annoying. I mean, there aren’t like hundreds or enough to form a swarm or anything, more like the occasional one here and there, but when they decide to fly near your face (why, oh why do they insist on flying at my face??), even one is too many! I try to kill them when I can, clapping my hands together in the hopes of smooshing one (totally gross, but I try not to think about that, since they are tiny). I’ve caught a few in this way, but it always seems that shortly after, another is flying around to take its place.
Enough with the gnats!
on May 02, 11:50 PM Tuesday April 29, 2008
Kickball Week 5
Wow, who knew people would enjoy the kickball updates so much! It’s amazing the power kickball has over people—perhaps it’s the fact that everyone remembers playing it, and so it’s a part of our childhood nostalgia.
At any rate, we had another game last night. One of the girls brought some pregame margaritas for us, which were enjoyed in some lovely plastic flamingo glasses. We had to wait a bit to start our game because the refs weren’t present—which was odd considering that they had just finished playing their game, so where could they have gone?
Eventually the game started, and while we did have better fielding, we still lost (sigh). We didn’t score as many runs as in the last couple weeks, which was disappointing. Some of that can probably be blamed on the ball, though. The ball we were using was kinda flat, so it was substituted out—but that one was way bouncy and weird, and no one could throw or kick it properly. So, then it was swapped back out again, with the original ball, after it had some air added to it. The ball issue definitely had an impact on our game, but oh well.
Next week we are playing the #1 team in the division, so I don’t expect to be writing to you this time next week proclaiming our awesome victory. Although, if this is the one time we win, how awesome would that be?? Hopefully the weather won’t be too unbearable—last night it actually cooled off a lot right around 5pm, but if the game had been held on Sunday night, we would’ve been miserably hot! Time will tell!
