Football season here we come

Today was a day to do my research on my NFL fantasy football leagues. I had to do some studying, set-up my draft priority list, and even think up my team name. I never win in FF but I still have fun doing it, one day I will win...just once.

I know I'm supposed to be doing other things today but right now, that's on my mind. Mariners are done, so now Husky and Seahawk football will occupy my life for the next 4-5 months. Hayley will have to love me anyways.

Aha Shake

Summer has finally kicked off here in the Seattle area but at least it’s not too hot. My apartment last year was so freakin’ hot but this year, not so much which is good. I can still hang out in my house and wear a hoodie in the middle of summer, that’s alright with me.

Just began to swim again, looking forward to moving soon, awaiting word from Seattle University, and oh yeah that whole wedding thing coming down the pipe soon. Lots on my plate but lucky I’m a fat body so I can make room for it.

I also found out how anti-Twitter my fiancée is, and I believe that means I’m on the right track. She is excited and began boiling up ideas for our future apartment together because she gets to decorate. Pantry, here she comes. I just want my W&D, and my own bathroom.

Did have a good weekend out and about but I was really truly wanting to go to Kings of Leon @ the Gorge this weekend. After seeing some video clips on YouTube I did miss a good show but we’ll catch again next time.

Knockin' em down

World Cup has come, halfway there and the US is already gone. They gave their best efforts but giving up too many early goals finally caught up with them. On that note, I get to focus on finding a new place to live with Hayley, let’s just say no arguments have ever came out of it…I swear.

Time has flown by for the wedding, we are getting down to just over 90 days until the wedding....it’s the final countdown (enter synthesizer solo by the band “Europe”). We have all the big things planned, now we have to finalize the little details and somehow come up with money to do so. We are feeling the crunch because all of this money is coming down to the last minute, it sucks.

I will miss Magnolia and look forward to the commute change, who knows if it will work or not. This week I will be submitting my application for Seattle University. Since my GMAT put me in the category of learning disability, I have to make sure my essay and resume are just right. It has been given lots of opportunities to be read so keep your fingers crossed on this one.

I did it like this, I did it like that...

May is coming to a close and hopefully it ends well. Right now my spare time is used to study for the GMAT or find ways to spend money on my car or wedding (both guaranteed). I can’t wait to read something else besides how to remember high school math once again. I used to think this stuff was so easy as a kid, what happened?

We have a wedding website up and running so now it is out there for all eyes to see. Now we know the potential population who will indeed bring a ironing board to the wedding, we should start taking bets. More expenses keep coming in which we can thank Hayley for and all of her wonderful ideas, so if it looks like I am walking funny it’s because a Visa card is being maxed out.

I can’t talk about sports because it is depressing for the WA sports…done sir done.

May oh My

April was a busy month with lots of ups and downs. The down for me was not being chosen for the Sr. Accountant job that I applied for and it took 29 days from the last interview to find that out. More frustrating about it was I didn't find out why as far as you didn't have these skills or not strong enough in that. I was told by the recruiter "I can't tell you that" but I can only figure that this Sr. job wasn't a true senior job and my job is more complicated. All of this is speculation so I'll take it as that.

Hayley and I took our engagement pictures and registered the same day, including doing a family function that night. I was spent by the end but turned out to be a productive day, but wish it could have been spread out over another day. Now we are getting into the final stretch of wedding plans and looking forward to a move in August. I am starting to see why people never get out of debt on weddings, luckily for me I have a realistic fiancee or it would be trouble.

Baseball Season Underway

It is that time of year again where baseball (specifically the Mariners) season is just getting underway. The Mariners are finally above .500 after a slow start but the season is still young. NHL playoffs, NBA playoffs, final games of the EPL, World Cup in July, and MLS season just starting too. I starting to realize that studying for the GMAT is going to be tough but as long as I have my DVR I should be fine.

I finally registered for my GMAT date, $250 to take the darn test!!

Hayley and I just took engagement photos last Friday plus did some registering...we are going to have a lot of bowls in our kitchen. I think we did pretty good, all those "discussions" paid off in the long run. All the pictures were in Post Alley/Pike's Place in downtown during lunch hour, slightly embarassing but who cares. The weather was nice and we had $6 grilled cheese sandwiches.

Updates for Everything

Just got back into the office today after a relaxing and busy weekend. Had my interview Friday afternoon and figured this was the last one. Just found out today that if I make the final cut there will be one more interview in person. I guess 4 is the lucky number when it comes to interviews for this job. I am excited for this job and I hope I get it so wish me luck.

I drove a few miles this weekend, over 600 not to be too exact. Hayley and I met up with Chuck & Diane in Packwood Friday night. Had fun with them eating, playing games, golfing, and eating once again. They had to leave on Sunday night because they had to go visit family during their spring break. Hayley and I decided to stay one more night. Plan was to leave first thing in the morning but we ended up sleeping in, had a quick breakfast, and tidied up the house for the next guests. No cell phone service so that could be good or bad. Downside, didn’t know who was in the final four until Monday, missed all those games.

Got on the road at noon towards White Pass, traveled for a little bit before we got the snow became too much. It ended up being a blessing in disguise that we had to stop because I feel it would have put us in more danger if we traveled any farther. So we turned around and made our way back the same way we came on Friday. We had to backtrack all the way to Puyallup and cross thru Auburn/Tacoma and joined I-90. A 90-minute drive ended up being 360 minutes. The rest of the night was moving boxes for Hayley, me going to the storage unit to look for pictures and make sure we got room for all of Hayley’s decorations and books. Overall I think we got this done pretty quickly for what the job originally looked like. The only thing we did that was not good was our food intake. We had Sonic, McDonalds, and Kings Row in two days, our bodies didn’t like it.

Arrival time: 5 PM
Miles drove: 624 miles
Tanks of gas: 1.50
Weather endured: Snow, wind, rain, some sunshine

And now I am back at work…..