...and now...

I JUST accepted an offer from McKesson Corp.! Hooray for no longer being unemployed!!!

Well, there's always that...

Things in the interview process SEEM to moving along quite nicely, but if they should not work out for some reason, I guess I could always use my acquired Craigslist skills for other things. Like bank robbery apparently. I may have to pick me up one of those inner tubes.

On my way to starbucks today to work on more small group stuff (no picture of it today because I am wearing virtually the same thing as yesterday, and don't want documentation of it), I was waiting at the stoplight in front of a KFC (the one with the giant bucket hanging over the street) to cross the street, and a HUGE wet loogie landed about an inch in front of me. As in, I saw it whiz past my face and hit the ground. If I had leaned forward a bit it would have been all over. I looked all around to see if there were people or cars around me, and (surprisingly) there were not, for like the FIRST TIME in my san francisco history. Too bad I couldn't enjoy the personal space because of the LOOGIE that almost pelted my face. Unless some guy was perched inside the giant KFC bucket swinging over my head, cackling to himself at what he thought was a victorious shot, I have no idea where it came from. Creepy. I googled "KFC bucket" to get you a visual, and after finding this delicious little morsel from our friends at PETA, I thought it would do, although not exactly what I had in mind originally.

Thanks, PETA.

Tonight we are having dinner with an old coworker and his wife and their friends, and then my parents arrive! So don't worry Mom, I'll have time between now and then to run to the store and stock up on some Coke for you.

Happy Weekend!

Don't judge me for actually doing this.

Hhhh.

25 Things:

1. From 9th grade to junior year in college, I signed my name with an accent over the second "e". I said it was so people would pronounce my name right but we all know it was because I thought it was cool and exotic.
2. I cried in high school (often) when I had to go to youth group.
3. Two of Nolan and I's biggest fights have been over: a sconce, and "who carries the most groceries in after going to the store." I KNOW.
4. I have 6 friends named Ashley that I communicate with often. I have probably 12 more that I don't really talk to.
5. I have a scar on my left kneecap, that someone told me was from when I was bit by a cobra when I was little. I have never even seen a real cobra. I believed this until I realized the latter about 2 years ago. No idea what the scar is.
6. I used to love eggs, until my dad described in detail where they came from, and to this day they make me vomit.
7. I recently learned how to blowdry my hair.
8. I took my driver's license test in a minivan.
9. I really want to learn Arabic.
10. I still want to work for the CIA.
11. I was hypnotized at sober grad night and performed Shania Twain's "Man, I Feel Like A Woman" in front of my entire graduating class. No wonder many don't talk to me anymore.
12. I once built a wood fire to roast a sausage over...under my parents house.
13. If I were in a musical version of "The Little Mermaid", I would want to be Ursula. Seriously I know every word of "Poor Unfortunate Souls" and regularly listen to the Jonas Brothers remake of it.
14. The last album I downloaded was Radiohead's "In Rainbows".
15. I have a totally irrational fear of wearing flipflops downtown, because someone might step on my toe and therefore break my toenail and bend it all the way back. I can barely write that without freaking out.
16. I learned my first second-language at age 6 (melanesian pidgin). I still speak it (kind of).
17. I only applied to one university. God knows what would have happened if I didn't get in. Phew.
18. Since growing up near Australia, I still spell many things "wrong", but you know, "color" and favorite" and "neighbor" just don't look right to me without the "u"s.
19. 14 hours after getting engaged, I had a german midterm. I failed it because I was staring at my left hand. However I still remember it was a test mostly about the works of Bertolt Brecht.
20. This one is kind of embarrassing, but hey, I'm married, so there is nothing wrong with saying it: after sex, I almost ALWAYS crave a huge bowl of cocoa crispies.
21. I have had hepatitis a, a staph infection, and a tick. Yet I have never broken a bone. Weird.
22. Along those lines, I LOVE giving blood and I LOVE shots. Long story.
23. I got my first unemployment check today. Hah, thanks California (where is this money coming from...).
24. Pride and Prejudice will never leave the confines of my heart. Jane Austen is probably my favourite author, along with William Blake (the poet). I am also totally convinced that she and I would be bffs if she was alive today. We'd bond over our wittiness, I'm sure.
25. I have the tiniest, almost nonexistent toenail on my littlest toe. It always gives the Vietnamese mani/pedi women something to giggle over (LOUDLY).

and seriously...I am not tagging anyone. practically everyone and their mothers has done this on facebook already.

Crazy Like The Horse

This is where I am right now...I have no reason for taking that picture, other than that I revel in having a camera on my computer. Ahhhh. Though I think the guy next to me was I think wondering why I was posing with my drink in my chair.

The weather here has been SO nice that it makes me want to stay home all the time and never work again (hah just kidding Nolan). I went for a run through the park this morning, which made me want to do it again tomorrow, and I drove around Lake Merced on my way to the mall, and then did it again just because it is SO NICE outside. And Lake Merced is pretty.

I am doing a pretty good job of stretching out things to do lately, and spending a few hours a day out of the house working on stuff online has been entertaining enough. Nolan and I have recently decided that in the interest of our friendship, we should from now on be on the same team in AoM, since that way we both win and lose together. So far it's been a good partnership and merger of powers, heh. Ash U. had the intense pleasure of witnessing this last night, and the first victory of team caldwell.

Nolan has been working SO hard studying for boards and keeping up with classes and speaking at UCSF events to boot, and I am so proud of him. I only feel bad that I have been sleeping in 'til 10am (and it's freaking WONderful). I try and make up for this by staying up late with him watching American Idol and occasionally dragging myself out of bed before the day is wasted and driving him to class. Last night we watched the San Francisco tour of American Idol and...man, there are some crazy people in this city. But we already knew that, right? My parents are coming this weekend to experience the craziness for themselves (just kidding. that is like, the WORST part of visiting us). I got tagged in ylehsa's stupid "25 things" blog, so I guess I have to do that now. Ugh.

stickies

After having a total meltdown yesterday based on my laziness and worthlessness as the breadwinner for our family, I am back in full swing, using my Mac's "stickies" function to keep me alive and feeling/actually being productive. Granted, I have not been lazy, but it's pretty hard not to feel like that when you are wandering around the house begging the Fates to please give you at least something else to clean besides the toilet of doom. Even Milo was all pissed off yesterday (what's new though I guess) because there was an empty chowder can in the recyclables bag o' trash, and he NEEDED to go through it, but I hid it from him. The rest of the day he puttered around, casting longing gazes at the cupboard where his garbage heap was rotting. I learned my lesson though: if I let him even sniff the garbage, he plays in it when I'm not looking, and then when he crawls into bed with us, I kiss the top of his little white head and smell trash/feces/the most disgusting smell you can think of. Sweet little child.

I forgot how much I love the movie "Love Actually". I think any movie that has Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, and co., and refers to Margaret Thatcher as a "saucy minx" has my unswerving devotion.

My new task, until I am no longer a lazy housewife, hah, is to find a free bookshelf and paint it some warm colour for our living room. This could end up being one of those dead-end tasks that I never even come close to doing, but for now, it's on my sticky. As of 2 minutes ago, I finally have the Twilight score on my computer (I know, you thought you were done hearing about Twilight--what can I say?), and am obsessively listening to it as I work on my small group lesson for this Sunday night. I know. Super spiritual. Though my lesson in itself is something I am super excited about, but I can see how it could be boring for others, so I am bringing props. Listeners, you have been warned.

Another cool thing I have been exploring on my Mac is the GarageBand feature...almost all the perks of Sony Acid Pro, but free (which, in my humble opinion, is the best perk of all)! So maybe someday if I am not too embarrassed I will post on here some of my stuff. I'm embarrassed just thinking about it...

Well. This has been the most pointless post EVAR. See you manana.

Procrastination

I finally feel that old familiar feeling of being in college again, waiting to write my term paper, waiting...until 2 hours before its due, and then cranking it out and then feeling powerful because I finished it in the nick of time (don't ruin this for me, I enjoyed that feeling). I promised Nolan I would write up a review for a restaurant we went to by (yesterday) sometime, and he has given me a day extension in honour of me FOR THE FIRST TIME picking a watchable movie last night (Ash M., I think you can appreciate the gravity of this statement. There was no singing jewelry!). My track record is amazing, but finally instead of suffering through something for an hour and a half that LOOKED good on the shelves of Blockbuster, we were glued to the screen watching De Niro, Hoffman, Pitt, and crew for two and a half hours. Sleepers, my friends. I never even knew this existed! Never noticed it on Pitt's IMDB! Hhhhh, but I digress. So I still owe him his review. Why? Because UCSF pays for the meal if you review it for the paper. So this is a weekly habit. He is busy with boards, and I was caught mid-wander around the house, and he pinned it on me. Anyway, yet here I sit, writing plentiful words here and none on my review. Also pending: my bible study hot topic notes/research/anything. I am teaching this Sunday at small group, and have the topic...in my head. So it has to somehow make it onto paper by then. My goal is today, but we all know how that goes.

I haven't been sleeping well the past few nights and couldn't figure out why. Was I cold? Was Nolan kicking me? Was Milo hogging my side? No it was probably because I have to have this stupid thing JAMMED IN MY MOUTH FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY.

According to my dentist, I am a teeth-grinder. Hence the lack of enamel on my molars. You cannot even imagine the delight Nolan has in watching me try to talk with this.

Speaking of ridiculousness, we have been looking for a bookshelf for awhile. Ahem, I mean, a free one. Haha. So yesterday I look out the window, and lo and behold, there is a free bookshelf right across the street! Sweet Providence! So I asked Nolan to help me carry it. "Sure" quietly emanates from the office bowels somewhere. 15 minutes later I remind him that someone might take it. 15 minutes after that I tell him I'll make him a tasty dinner if he gets it. All the while he keeps saying he is going to go get it "right now". 10 minutes later I look out the window, and two Jewish boys are loading it into their sedan! NO! Because I am a graceful neighbour, I didn't hang out the window and bellow at them and make gestures, but let them run off with OUR FURNITURE quietly. I'm sure you can imagine the horror-struck look on Nolan's face when I informed him of his impending doom. He then calmly suggested that we play a game of AoM to soothe my soul. Because "of course! That is a GREAT idea! Why wouldn't my wife accept a joint computer game in return for a piece of furniture she set her heart on and then promptly was disappointed by!" And because I am immature, I sat down and played with him.

Maus!

After spending a few hours wandering around the house this morning, Nolan advised me that in the interest of his boards score/future career/our future security, it would be best that I do something with my life. So, I went to the Apple store and bought a mouse and a mouse pad. Not that this is interesting in any way, but the mouse itself is really odd. It said "small" which, I thought to myself, would be awesome since apparently the only pair of hands left in the stockhouse when I was created was of the "midget" variety. Cool with me, I'm just sayin. But apparently "small" to the Kensington company, means "not tall". It's almost too long for my hand, but super thin. Cool in a phone, not so cool in a mouse. So we'll see if I can adjust or not. Also, at first test, the loud and solid-sounding "clicks" were great, but now they're just more reminiscent of my 4th grade piano-teacher's oversized Metronome, which brings back nightmarish memories of its own kind. To boot, the mouse pad is reflective (I couldn't tell in the store), so the laser on the mouse doesn't work with it. So I have it covered with a book right now. $3 down the drain, heh. Anyone want it? It's yours.


As I steadily run out of things to do, I find myself being more and more creative with my time. For example, today I am pre-making "freezer rolls" for this weekend for when my parents and brother come to visit. Make the rolls, freeze 'em, then throw 'em in the oven for 20 min when you are ready to eat them! What a deal! Also, I have considered writing a review on here for my favourite new broom, but then I realized how stupid that would be and how I would probably never read someone's blog again if they started reviewing brooms. (but let me just say that the "'O' Cedar 'Angler'" model broom is fantastic.)

Something I WILL review because I know some of you have cats: I got Milo a new litterbox...but wait! Read on! Don't leave! It's called the "Booda Dome", haha, which is part of the reason I bought it. Okay not really, but it is covered, which means no more nasty germs floating around. I have been freaked out since Nolan warned me that all the germs from that box were going to settle on our dishes, eventually our food, and give us diseases we would slowly die from. So: I bought a covered box. Milo was a little bit...freaked out at first, but now he likes his privacy so much that he sniffs at me to please go away if I try to catch him going inside. See how hilarious this is:


Perhaps my blogging has sunk to a new low.

pwned!...almost

After spending most of yesterday afternoon setting up my LOVELY new computer, Nolan decided that last night we should finally play Age of Mythology. Together. Against each other. So maybe I'm not the most mature person ever, and still like computer games involving magical creatures and secret powers and battles for world domination and PWNING your neighbour (breath)...but: I have to say it was one of the best-spent Fridays in awhile. Nothing says romance like typing "i love u but u suck at this game" to your spouse while wiping out their hard-earned army of Nemean Lions, Colossi, and Medusas and torching their Town Center. Of course I whooped Nolan at it...almost. His computer "backed out" (or so he claims) as I was about to deliver the final blow, so the world will never actually know.

Cats have this odd quality of liking their own space, in every possible sense of the phrase. Many times when we can't find Milo, it's because he is watching us look for him from atop his perch on my armoire, crouching between the top and the ceiling.

Sometimes he'll hop up on the shorter wardrobe while we're asleep, and tell us to wake up and feed him by turning on the lamp (it's a touch lamp, so he just licks it. who knows how he discovered that one), which is NOT OUR FAVOURITE GAME.

And then of course he wants to watch me cook/slyly wait for scraps to pounce on, so he's decided that the spice cubby is the best possible place to plot his attack. Obviously the best place is wedged riiiiight between the Crisco spray and Nolan's beer stein.

He most definitely does not like me following him around all day with the camera, so for Milo's sake, let's hope I get a job soon.

my little story...

I had an interview downtown this morning, so I got home around noon, to change and then go meet a friend for lunch in Cole Valley at 1pm. While home, someone buzzes our door. Now recently, someone from another apartment has been buzzing us to let them in instead of just bringing their keys. Annoying, right? So I sent Nolan down to see who it was and tell them to please NOT buzz us anymore. Apparently it was the UPS guy, who brought us two HUGE packages. One was a printer, and another an unknown...both addressed to ME! So we open them up, and the unknown was a MacBook Pro...SUPER nice computer.

What...The...Heck....

Then we look at the address and HHHHH it is from Oregon and WE KNOW THAT ZIP CODE. My sneaky in-laws (I know you are reading this Anna!) decided to buy me a computer and printer, and really uber nice ones, at that! We called them and tried to tell them it was too much and they should probably use it themselves, but no they already got themselves one. FINE. So now I am just the most spoiled daughter-in-law on the planet, who has her own computer and therefore is fully functional again!!! If I can just say again THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MY COMPUTER I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Oh Em Gee.

Obviously I need some practice with the photobooth (no comments, ylehsa), but here she is:

AOM

I have been waiting for days, and it finally seems like...*gasp*...Nolan has my game installed and ready to play! Age of Mythology: Titans Expansion, here I come!

I have my dentist appt today, and ordered my contacts yesterday, and am now all ready to go without my dental and vision insurance until I am employed again (which I am hoping is pretty soon, because I am getting tired of playing with Milo all day, and I'm pretty sure there is nothing else to clean in this house...unless I organize the closet SIGH).

Yesterday I went downtown to have lunch with Sarah and say hi at Magley, and ended up printing stuff up and using their computers and fax machine, haha. It was nice to see everyone and say hello! Makes me wish working...boo.

I am also in the process of finding pictures to print. Finally. We have a million frames sitting around here, but no pictures. Conveniently, we also have a blank wall that needs pictures. A match made in heaven? I think so. We just need to sit down and actually pick them.

I guess that is all for today. Off to the dentist.

I know...

Unemployed = more blog posts, right? Makes perfect sense. Stupid Dell that died. Sorry.

Not to steal Sarah's idea or anything, but I MUST tell you in a few sentences about this fantastic lip stuff I just got. I ordered some stuff from Amazon the other day, and of course needed to spend 2 more dollars to get free shipping. So I browsed for awhile, found some random lip stuff, and OH EM GEE it came in the mail yesterday and I AM IN LOVE. It's called "Hollywood Lips" and there is a sugar lip scrub and coconut plumping lip balm. Not ONLY does it make my lips smooth and citrusy-smelling, but shiny, NOT sticky, and plump looking for hours and hours. Not even exaggerating. I had it on all day yesterday, through food, coffee, walking around and it didn't come off until...some, uh... "intense activity" later, heh ;) But anyway it is so. wonderful. So I HIGHLY recommend it. Here is the link to see the products! If you go to the home page, you can see what my lips look like! Excepet you know, not so...pink. Hah.

I have several interviews going on at the present, and in-between I have been working out like a fiend and doing errands. My body AND house look awesome ;)

Speaking of awesome, how much so was our new president's speech yesterday?! I am so thrilled about this exciting and challenging time, and am anxious to see how President (!) Obama will go about turning this country around.

I have absolutely nothing exciting to blog about other than that, without my muni and office. How sad. Hopefully I will be able to stay on top of this from now on. Wish me luck!!!

Also: today we have been married 1.5 years, and HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY RORY (not like you will read this, but hey)!

This is it...

This is how I like my evenings: tasty meal, warm house, comfy clothes, a big hot mug of pumpkin spice tea, and yoga.

To my friends who have been severely neglected due to my lack of internet/computer lately: sorry. I hope it will get better soon?

Get Used To It

It's sad but true: I blog less often when entertained at home. I offer no apologies. The bad part is that I feel like I forget "blog-worthy" material in the time between posts.

I had my first interview yesterday, and it went really well. It's in Alameda...so yeah. I would have to reconcile myself to driving 40 minutes there and back each day, but I figure it takes me an hour when I took the Muni, so I guess this way is better. We'll see what happens! I should hear back about another interview soon. I just like wearing my new suit I think. I feel all professional and fancy. Heh.

I have been using my time diligently, so other than exercising more and literally getting on my knees to scrub the floors, I have been practicing the culinary arts. Last night I made a surprisingly delicious (considering I hate fish and therefore have never fixed it before) meal, of Sole Meuniere, Roasted Potatoes, Wilted, Spiced Spinach and Tomatoes, and Berry Fool, WHICH is still sitting in the fridge half-eaten, because it is probably pretty bad for you, and we ate too much as it is. See:


A friend asked me to send her a picture of my wedding bouquet because she liked the way mine was done, and is planning her upcoming wedding. So after looking at the pics again, let me just say again that my florist was amazing and did EXACTLY what I wanted...anyone need a florist? I know a good one.

...or maybe I just wanted a picture of Noemma in here with me ;) (haha i do what i want!

Blame it on my Dell

My computer (RIP) lasted me the better part of 6 years, but finally has breathed it's last. We transferred all my crap to Nolan's computer, and now (I'm sure to his chagrin), are sharing his Mac while I job-hunt. Hence the lack of posts. So, here I sit on a Monday, trying to get everything done on here before Nolan exiles me to "somewhere not here" while he works on his paper for a few hours. Ah well. I'm thinking Daly City or Novato to burn some time looking around at wine and cat accessories. I know, even my shopping list is already more housewife-y. The good news is that I needed some excuse to drive around looking for a Salvation Army anyway, because I haven't gone through my closet in FOREVER and I need to get rid of some serious amounts of shirts, because my closet is clogged up and sometimes when I reach in to grab a shirt of any sort, my hand gets stuck (like sticking it in a sea anemone). Time to clean it out. Anyone want free clothes?

The job search is going well--I think I have submitted my resume to every open position in the city, haha. So we'll see what happens as people start receiving it.

Nolan and I are both getting really into working out and eating right. I know what you're thinking, but it really isn't a transient thing. We are trying to set good habits for farther down the road when our metabolisms aren't as fry-friendly. So we've been eating a lot of steamed and fresh things, whole grains, water...and doing yoga in our living room, which I LOVE! I can already see my abs again so that makes me extra excited. Goal: get my thighs toned for the first time in too long. Last time was at Davis from riding my bike, but it was like, muscly, and I don't want that. I just want long and lean toned muscles. C'mon Wii fit, is that really too much to ask?

Yesterday while driving to church, we saw a guy on the corner of Cole and Carl, waiting for a muni, and it turned out to be my muni-friend! And by "friend", I mean the loosest possible definition, because we have never spoken. I have been telling Nolan about this guy for awhile because EVERY SINGLE DAY we have gotten off of the same Muni (even when I am running late!), and walked almost all the way to our respective works together, not speaking, but fully acknowledging each other. It's kind of awkward, but like a little interesting piece of the work day. In my mind his name is Frodo Baggins because he is distinctly hobbit-looking. So, my little awkward hobbit-muni-friend, farewell until I ride with you again.

Thanks, Sarah for sending me this:

Good thing I'm an optimist...

Today I was laid off from my job. Yes, I will be sad to leave my wonderful coworkers and everything that is Magley & Associates, but I am trying to see this as a new adventure. I had a great run there and learned a TON, and am now ready to take the next step, whatever that may be. We laid off almost a third of our workers, and so those of us who left, went out at noon, ready to take on the world. I then spent the next hour of my life putting my business cards to good use with Nolan:


I then set about finally getting some Christmas pics on here...
This was what happened when Nolan was WAY too into Twilight and tried to "suck my blood" right over my vein -- can we say hematoma?


Here is my Opa reading up on the finer workings of the opposite sex:


And here are the men of the day, doing what I would assume to be man things outside.


There are more, but I am going to have to close here, as I'm playing settlers with Ross and Jennie. Questions about my unemployed status? Open for comments.

candiessss

Reason #57 Why I love Cornerstone: The women's bathroom smells like cotton candy.

knoedeling

Last night we went to my aunt's house in Livermore to visit their family and Oma, who is still visiting from the East Coast. She made a delicious all-German dinner, complete with Knoedels and Gluehwein! Nolan was broken in to delicious German food and drink, and we fought over the last Knoedel, which is a sort of potato dumpling that you MUST eat with gravy or it's a little...well, look:

Apparently my dad calls them "sinkers" because they sink right to the bottom of your stomach, haha!
And the Gluehwein was fantastic too! Hot mulled wine is a tradition at Christmas in Germany. Literally translated it means "glowing (as in heat) wine", and it is delicious!

And apparently in the shop windows you see this flashing instead of "hot coffee" or whatever we have here:


(it blinks if you click on it!)






Also while browsing around I found this and you know I can't resist anything Twilight!


There is this phenomenon on sidewalks and escalators here, where you walk in a certain direction. I know this isn't a shock for any of you fellow city-dwellers, but on sidewalks: you walk on the same side you would drive on. On escalators: if you want to just stand there, you stand all the way to the right so that people can pass you on the left. Like on the freeway. Common sense. I mean I guess it isn't if you don't drive, but it seems to be ingrained. So it's always a little bit of a shock when a.) someone barrels into me on the street and I am tempted to yell "stay out of my lane!" or b.) random chick on the HUGE bart/muni escalator is looking around blankly while standing on the LEFT side and blocking traffic and people behind me are like, flipping ME the bird for not moving. Sweet.

I guess that is all for today. Still no pics. I actually HAD the camera in my hand this weekend while I was sitting AT the computer. But alas, no cable to be found. Sad, too, because we have an EXCELLENT video of my dad hula hooping on the wii fit. So close, yet so far...

Also, I am just about done with this cold weather. For Christmas, Nolan got a Brookstone alarm clock that does all sorts of things, from my dad, whose name is Bob. Normally that has nothing to do with anything, except the alarm clock is also called the "Bob". See for yourself here. His reasoning would be so that now, Nolan can take Bob everywhere with him. Bob will wake him up in the mornings. Bob will sit in his office with him. They both thought that was pretty hilarious. ANYway, so we check Bob every day to see how cold it is in our house. Yesterday when we woke up, it was 46 DEGREES. INSIDE. I KNOW.

Hopefully...

...I will get the pictures this weekend. I KNOW. Sorry. This isn't the only blog waiting for that kind of update :-P

We got out of work early today, like Wednesday, so really I have only worked 2 full days this week. w00t. and thank goodness because it was SO SLOW. New Years was fun--I think I went to bed at 9:30 or so. I went out for New Years once and it was a total bust (other than my midnight kiss, heh ;) ), so I am convinced that it is just an excuse for prices to go up, clubs to all of a sudden have a cover, and a bunch of skeazy drunk guys to try and cop a feel. So. I haven't gone out since. Afterall, it's just another day. I stayed here with Nolan and Josh B. who was visiting, and we played Wii until I broke it, and then had pudding and went to bed. Just another night. Also I was so.sad....that I broke the Wii. Don't panic Mom, I just THOUGHT it was broken. I was adjusting the power strip, hit the power button on accident and blew the circuit in the adaptor. But for about 24 hours until the boys went out and got me a new adaptor, I thought I had blown my precious Wii. What trauma.

Since I am off work early, I think we are going to get to go to dinner with my Aunt and her family...definitely beats working, and they're in the city anyway at the Academy of Sciences. Okay I'm off to go Wii it up!