As some of you know, I’ve been sick since Thursday. I had a sore throat, cough, runny sinuses and a small head cold. I’m feeling better now, but I still have a slightly runny nose, and I have a tight chest. Other than that, I feel fine!
As many people know, I’ve been really busy at work recently. It hasn’t been uncommon for me to work 60+ hours per week slaving away trying to get our product released…
When working for that many hours, I’ve become unmotivated to buy much. I just don’t have the time or energy. The good news means that I get to save lots of money…
Well, I just spent a chunk of that money. Recently, Dell Home had a 15% off coupon for anything. My DVD player here at home died, recently, and I thought I’d try and pick up a cheap DVD player. Well, I decided instead to buy a PS3 to be my DVD player. Now I just need to get some games for it. (GT5 is a must)
Today is the Superbowl! I’m not really rooting for either team, but I hope it’s a good game. I’m not doing anything too exciting, except for eating lots of Chicken Wings and Guacamole 🙂 I can smell the wings cooking right now…and I’m hungry!
I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas! I certainly did! My brother Dave picked me up at my house at around 12:30PM on the 24th of December. We braved a bit a traffic on our way to our parents house in La Crescenta.
We arrived after Sally & Roger did, so Dave & I needed to take a few breaks before secretly wrapping our gifts without the little girls finding out what they have received!
We enjoyed a tasty dinner of burritos and tamales, but not before stuffing ourselves full of cookies 🙂 After dinner, we unwrapped presents. Leila made me an aluminum robot. It’s pretty cool. I’ve placed it in my room. We had a standard gift exchange, and Jenny‘s boyfriend, Gavin, bought me an iTunes gift card, which is always very useful!
We also had a joke-gift white elephant exchange. I scored with a handheld 100 vs one electronic handheld game. The best present was brought by Sally, and it was a football which held snacks. Each time the football was opened, it played an NFL-themed song. Leila was happiest with her gift of a 5 pound chocolate Easter Bunny. She wouldn’t let anyone get near it. Keana was able to open up more presents than anyone else!
I bought a few books for Keana and Leila, and I also bought them some Remote Controlled Helicopters. I thought that they would really like them, but they both weren’t too excited about that gift when they opened them. Sally was amazed, and she was pretty stoked, so hopefully they enjoy those presents!
On Christmas Morning I woke up and opened up our stockings. We were given the standard stuff (toothpaste, shampoo, etc). I also found out my parents gave me some new lock cores for my Yakima rack, and some random binoculars. (4×30)
Later, we opened presents. My parents also bought me an iPod Nano (to give me something to ski/run with) and a really cool Coleman Fishing Pen. My brother also bought me an iPod Nano (4G), but I took it back to Fry’s and bought an Airport Extreme Base Station instead.
I bought Dave some Tahitian beer and a bottle of Scotch. Dave & I pooled our money together to get some ceiling speakers for my parents. They weren’t really sure what they wanted, so we owe them a rain-check.
Needless to say, I’m lucky to have a great family!
I love reading articles on the Big Lebowski. Someday, I too will attend a Lebowski Fest!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
This year, I’m thankful for quite a few things:
I hope that everybody has a nice, safe Thanksgiving!
I’ve spent the past few days hanging around with some friends, and not having to work. It’s been nice having the time off, but I’m ready to return. This afternoon has us scheduled to go kayaking at the La Jolla Shores, then off to pizza port for dinner.
Update: Well, now that I’m back at work, I remember why I needed some time off
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