ATLX is coming!

This week began with a trip to Augusta area for a project. it is ending with crunch time in the office. This weekend is ATLX, which is the Atlanta Lindy Exchange. I am hosting 8 - yes, you read right - people at my house this weekend for the event, and I will probably get no sleep all weekend. It better be fun. Last night I went to Kenny's for dinner, and that was fun, but unfortunately I had to leave really early to get back to my house before matthew came over. He is in town from Austin. We hung out for a bit, and then he convinced me to go out dancing last night. I remember why I stopped going on wednesdays -besides the many other reasons that I won't get into here, it is LATE. I am tired now. Tonight I even have a few things to do, like teach a dance class 9-11, and so I won't catch up tonight either, so this weekend will be shot.

If anyone wants to do something fun saturday, go to Centennial park and you'll see a bunch of really good swing dancers (and me). It should prove to be a nice day if the impending rain doesn't appear, and it'll be warm!

New Website for E2M

My company's new and way improved NEW WEBSITE went live today!

See what we do at E2M here! and now you can stop asking me what I do, and read it for yourself =)

My Favoritest.

Joshua Greer is my favoritest marine in the whole wide world.

(ok, my favorite MALE marine, Leah)

READ THIS...

Wow. Read this whole article about your credit card applications...

you might fall out of your chair. In disbelief.

Walk to Shul...and Yente.

I decided this weekend that it'd be a good idea to walk to Shul since there is an orthodox one right near my house. I got up early and walked about 2 miles to get there, and it was relatively nice. I hadn't been to this one in a long time, probably since high school. But I ran into (of course ;-) ) a million people I know, including my favorite rabbi from High School, my Third Grade teacher, my friend Sara and her husband who actually live in NYC, and my friend Heather's Parents. The Rabbi of the Shul's wife, the rebbetzin, invited me to go to their house to lunch (another .5 miles farther than the shul from my house). It was nice, but took a very long time, so I didn't actually make it back to my house until 5:30 pm.


While at the Rabbi's, Sara was there with her parents, two brothers, and husband. She has a younger brother, David, who is about a year younger than me, and ever since Sara got married last year, her mom has been pushing me to marry David. Apparently, in Judaism, dating is not an end goal for mothers. It's never "...my son is fantastic, you should date him!" it is "...my son is fantastic, you should marry him!". I am not sure why, but my mom is the same way. I guess they care less who we date, and more who we marry. Either way, I think if my mom is a 7 on the scale of "1 to Pushy", Sara's mom is a Pushy +1. She was relentless with dumping David on me. The funny thing, was that David was around for most every conversation she was having with me about marrying him. and of course, the only empty seat at the table was the one next to David. At one point, when David was out of earshot, she said "not only is he smart, good looking, and funny, but he'll make a great Dad!" Whoa buddy! hold up there! I am not looking for that this very instant. I'd like to make my own decision about who I want to date and especially who i'd like to marry. Either way, it was pretty funny, but probably equally as embarrassing.

Don't read if you have a weak stomach =)

For the past two weeks, I hadn't been to the JCC because I couldn't find my membership card, and I didn't want to have to get a new one. So I have been running a 3.3 mile loop around my neighborhood, and it's actually a really good run.

Well, yesterday I went to the J because I had found my card (in my car - for all those on the edge of their seats), and after running for just about 10 minutes, the back of my ankles started to hurt because my new sneakers were rubbing against my foot. I decided to tough it out because the treadmill that I like using has no "pause" button. Only stop. So if I want to stop for a second in the middle of a run to tie a shoe or in this case, pull up my sock to stop the rubbing, it's impossible unless I want it to forget all my workout stats thus far. So I decided to tough it out and keep running. Around 2.5 miles, it was really hurting, but I figured, it's already hurting this much, I can finish 3. At the end of three miles, I got off and looked at my feet. The backs of both ankles had not only gotten blisters, but the blisters had popped. So needless to say, the backs of my feet were (and very much still are) very raw. I couldn't do the rest of my "on my feet" workout, so I did a few machines, some ab workouts, and then went home.

Now my feet still hurt, and I am not sure when I'll be able to wear my sneakers again so they don't hurt.

Google Calendar

Back to my Google Raves. I love google.
I can't wait until this goes public and I get to use it. yay!

the only catch on something like this is that it works exponentially better with the more people who use it.

Google Calendar

Graham Crackers

I looked on the side of the box of graham crackers today, and it said "serving size: 8 crackers".
I thought , cool! I love graham crackers, and apparently, they're not that bad for you.

I was wrong. One "cracker" is actually when you divide the rectangular cracker along the perforations. so really, serving size is 2 crackers. they want you to divide it up. what a hoax!

Wasting Air

My office is SOOOO cold. everyone runs around wearing jackets and have space heaters under their desks. The coffee goes like hotcakes because people just want something warm to hold. There is going to be a rebellion soon. You heard it first from me. Unless of course, we freeze in our seats before we can rebel.

Pi Day

I am on a roll today. I just feel like posting all day!

I almost forgot, today is Pi day! (3.14)
Happy nerdiest day of the year everyone!!!!!

Laundry

I am anal about my laundry. I do some weird stuff with my clothes.

One: I keep my closet in color order. that way, when I pick a pair of pants or a skirt I want to wear, I can go immediately to the matching color top section to find something to go with it. Either I have too many clothes, or I am anal.

Two: I pin my sock when I take them off. I pin the toes together with a safety pin before I put them in the laundry. That way, I'm already handling them, and when they come out of the wash, not only am I NEVER missing a match, but I don't have to match my socks! they're already matched. My dad takes this one step further by using baby diaper pins on his socks. They have a football or a duck or whatever on them, and the decor says something about his socks. When we were younger, he would get up before my mom in the morning and get ready for work, but didn't want to turn on the light to wake her. But the problem is that black, brown, and Navy look the same in the dark. So he knew if the pin had a football on it, the socks were brown. If it had a blue duck on it, the socks were blue, and if it had a soccer ball on it, they were black.

Three: I keep multiple baskets in my closet so that when I throw clothes to be washed, I sort them immediately. That way, I know exactly when I need to do a load of darks or lights, because they're already separated.

People think it's because I have OCD, but really I think it's because I am an engineer, and I want things to always be as efficient as possible.

Housewarming

This weekend, I fumbled around for a day and a half, trying to get all my pictures situated on the walls, fixing things that were broken, mopping, vacuuming, and washing, because Saturday night I had a housewarming party! It was a lot of fun, and a bunch of my friends came over and helped celebrate with me. I am only upset that I didn't get to spend too much time socializing with anyone, and I didn't take pictures! The cleaning was useless though, because right after the party, I had to do it all over again. Oh well. Now at least, I have broken in my house, and everyone knows where I live, so I expect you all to come by more often and hang out on my side of town =)

Jews on TV...or something like that.

I was watching TV the other day, and there was a Netflix commercial where the woman comes home and the characters from the movies are in her house. You've probably seen the commercials. What you may not have noticed, but caught my attention immediately, was that on her door, there was a Mezuzah! How about that!

I got a table.

I went this weekend to the outlet malls up 400, and though I didn't get too much, it was nice to spend a day away from reality. Sebastian came up to keep me company, and probably against all hopes, even ended up buying himself some clothes. Saturday night we went to meet up with Amanda and some other Dukies to watch the Duke UNC game. I of course, rooted for UNC. At least I picked the better team. What you see here is the table I purchased for my dining room on Sunday. I have to go pick it up, but at least you can see it. What's cool about it is that the end is wide, so you could fit two people if you wanted to, and food will fit on the table while you eat too. nice and roomy =) I leave in the AM on a two day business trip, and then on Thursday, I am doing interviews on the GT campus. That should hopefully be fun! That's my latest and greatest, Have a super week!