Let’s see where do I begin?! Since even Nicky is posting more than we are. 😉
Wednesday I had my advising appointment with the people at CSU. I’m guaranteed admision for the spring semester it’s just this requirement to see if you are able to handle taking classes online, etc. I found out that for the program I’m going to be taking I have to take 3 additional undergraduate general classes (not CORE but for this particular program) so it works out that I can take them online through the Colorado Community College Online system this semester (starting yesterday) and I won’t default on my loans and get these out of the way. I’m going to school 3/4 time right now which is cake considering my 21 credits last fall, even though these classes won’t be as much fun. I’m taking HIS 202 (post Civil War to present), Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. Eck. But soon I’ll have a degree, well another one. I’m just glad I found an online degree program.
Saturday we had a BBQ at our house which was a lot of fun since our grill was finally working. Megan, Jason, Amanda and Mocha (they’re Megan’s friends) came over and we grilled out on the roof and drank a lot of beer in the sun before driving down to the Dave Matthews concert. We tailgated (aka stood in the parking lot around our cars drinking beer, there was no tailgate) while Jem (not the cartoon) was on but made it inside to see Ben Harper who was actually really good and I’m surprised I’d only heard one song by him before. Dave Matthews was great as I suspected he would be. I was disappointed that he played mostly stuff off of his new album (aka all the tracks off of that album that I don’t know) and the old stuff didn’t include two of my favorites (Crush and One Sweet World). Great concert, great friends, good times. (I’ll let Casey elaborate on after the concert if he feels so inclined.
Sunday we sat around the apartment and watched Nip/Tuck season 1. We still have 4 episodes left but didn’t have those downloaded. It’s actually a really good show, I wasn’t expecting it to be so graphic or encompass so much in an episode but it’s very enjoyable.
Yesterday was Jen’s last day in L.A. so we went to the cafe at Fred Segal for lunch. She was hoping for a star sighting before returning to North Carolina but no such luck. I took her to the beach and Third Street since she had never gone to Third Street and hadn’t been to the beach this year at all. We had a nice afternoon and I’m sad to see her go back home. I’ve lost my shopping buddy. Ahem, message to Megan – you’re now in line to fill this role! 😉
I got my new Dyson vacuum in the mail yesterday. It’s the yellow and chrome one, I’m sure you guys have seen the commercial or the episode of Friends (10th season) where Monica is vacuuming off her Dyson with one of the attachments. I got a really good deal on it because I bought it refurbished (still with warranty) from Amazon. It arrived but one of the main pieces was bent so I called Dyson and I must say they have great customer service – they’re sending out a new piece tomorrow, no questions asked. I’m such a geek – I can’t wait to vacuum.
Last night, Megan and Jason came over to hang out. Megan and I sat around, drank wine and talked while watching Casey and Jason play XBox. I have the suspicion that Jason wanted to sleepover. 😉
The owner of our buildings’ assistant, Monica, called called to ask if I would be interested in being the building manager and making the appropriate calls if things needed to be fixed (calling people, not doing it myself) and little things that needed to be done like making sure the door was locked or fielding minor complaints. Easy job and they’re gonna just deduct money from our rent so it should be a pretty cool job.
I’ll post pictures (if any of them turned out) later. Stay tuned.