I think I'm in love

Just kidding, wanted to an excuse to work Eddie Money into my blog

Not sure if the roommate thing is still going to happen, so yes Kimberly, the pros to living alone outweighed the cons to having a roommate. Looks like I'll be by myself for the foreseeable future. Alright, it's been a very busy past 10 days. I've been to IU, Colts opener, Matt's housewarming party coupled w/ ND/Mich game, saw Who's Bad (michael jackson cover band), Pittsburgh for 3 days, oh, and my firm kinda split, got a raise, made final table of an online poker tourney, dominated both fantasy football leagues in week 1....whew, just a typical 10 days!

Let's see, Colts home opener. Adam was in town for like 4 days last week, topped off by the Colts hanging on against the Jags 14-12. sole possession of 1st place in the division already...chalk it up, another division title is imminent. Adam's tailgaiting grill didn't work, so we made some friends quickly as we needed to gank their grill.

Gambling - well, i didn't get off to the start I was hoping for, losing both of my games last week. So 0-2 to start the year, but that's alright. Gotta love the spread as I went 13-3 in picking straight up winners, but 0-2 against spread. Oh well. I started off 1-3 last year in route to my 28-17 finish a year ago, so i'm not too concerned. Week 1 is always tough. Diddy accepted my challenge and he went 1-1, so he has an early advantage. On a positive note, i'm 1-0 in both of my fantasy leagues, and see no reason why I won't be 2-0 after this week.

Pittsburgh - I was there for a leadership/management training course, so it's obvious i'm bringing this trip up for another reason. The exciting part was that I got to see a blast from my past who just moved out there. She made a great tour guide and by the end of the night, I was drinking a beer w/ Hines Ward....right place at the right time. I had two different friends text me to say something to him about his fumble in the NFL opener...i passed on that opportunity. He's a stocky man plus had just bought me a beer, so I made the safe move and kept my mouth shut. So some good stories from that trip...definitely one of my better work related training trips.

Speaking of work, it's no secret anymore, so I feel like I can mention it here. One month ago we had close to 60 employees....today we have around 45. Quite a big change for a firm that has had less than 10% turnover since I started working there 6 years ago. One of our senior partners, whose name is part of the firm name, decided to take his practice elsewhere and start a new firm. Some good people and friends of mine followed him. Obviously we lost some clients as well, but nothing that's going to cripple my firm. anyway, it's been a hectic and challenging past 4 weeks at the firm as all of this has unfolded. I wish my prior coworkers well in their new endeavor.

For my faithful readers, you may remember that I had a possible hookup to play Oakmont Country Club this year (which is related to my Pittsburgh training), but unfortunately it fell through for this year. However, since i'm the luckiest guy I know, MAY 18, 2010, I have a tee time to play the course that has hosted eight US Open's, most recently in 2007. I'm not exactly sure yet if i'm playing in a foursome and if i'm allowed to take anyone, but if so, maybe one of my lucky friends may get to make the trip to Pittsburgh w/ me to play it.

I'm throwing this out there...i want some people to go to Vegas w/ me the 2nd week of November as i'm on vacation that week. Let me know if interested...i can get a room for free at some of the hotels on the strip, so let me know!

Marko sent me this video, i thought it was good...enjoy! Speaking of the Croatian, him and Jenny and their first child 2 weeks ago, congrats!