Sleeping with “T.B. Mary”

Before anyone calls the CDC in this environment of swine flu, don’t be alarmed. For awhile, we were somewhat worried that after months of being back from Africa, that Holly was going to finally get tested and come up positive for T.B.  I told her that I was going to flip if I’d caught it from being in the same house with "T.B. Mary". I which point she told me that it was "Typhoid Mary" and that I was an idiot. We were worried because one of the guys on the trip just got tested a month ago, and came up positive. Long story short, Holly found out Friday that she’s clear for T.B.

This is going to be a quick, random, and dirty post. I just wanted a break from all things "law" for a second. Plus, I haven’t posted since right after Match day, and much has happened. Here goes the randomness:

The Homeowner’s life for us

Shortly after we found out we were moving to Cincinnati, Holly began the house hunt. After six years in graduate school and apartments, Holly decided that her reward for all that work and having the guts to move ot a new city was a house of her very own. A compelling argument that I couldn’t argue with, so we began the search full force. In two weeks, we came up with a stellar prospects, and a few days later, we had a winning bid accepted. So, on May 15th, we will officially close on our new home at 3901 Kilbourne Ave, Cinicinnati OH, 45209. I’m already salivating at that new homeowner tax incentive next year. Cha-ching!

Law School and the MBA – Almost There

In just a little over seven months, I will officially be done  with my JD/MBA. I have only one more MBA class to take this summer, and I’ll officially be done with that aspect of it. Then in the Fall, it’s twenty hours of law classes, and Im officially outta here. I’d be lying to say I was super stoked, because while I enjoy the propsect of no more nights and weekends slaving over readings I don’t care about, i’m not looking forward to hopping into this job market. Hopefully it will tidy itself up a little bit before I put my toes in come January 2010.

The Mini-Marathon

This weekend, Holly and me will be running the Indy 500 Mini-Marathon, the country’s largets half-marathon, and one of the oldest. It’s a huge tradition here in Indianapolis, and it’s going to be the longest distance Holly has ever run. She signed up for it after getting a little "inspiration" while attending my participation in the Chicago Marathon. Since then, she has slowly transformed herself from someone who despised running into, well, an actual runner! This past weekend, she clocked the longest run of her life at 10 miles. I’m so proud of her! I know she’s going to do great, and I have no doubt she’ll finish. As for myself, I’m setting a goal of 1:45:00. Which leads me to the next point -

NEW GOAL – Boston Marathon 2011.

Last year, I was motivated all year by the desire to run a marathon. I picked Chicago, and I acheived my goal. After it was done, I was not filled with any intense desire to run it again. And any lingering desire to run Chicago again was killed when they released the entry price for this year as $120! No thanks. As the year has gone on, though, I have been filled with this intense desire to really reach for something lofty. Then, I was thinking about it while training for the Mini, and it hit me – I need to really be pushed to a point that seems impossible. That point I realized was to try and qualify for the Boston Marathon. To do that, I would have to run a qualified marathon course in a time of 3:10:00. To understand how far I am from that, and thus how much work I have in front of me, my Chicago time was 4:42:19. So I have to shave nearly an hour and a half off of my Chicago time!!! So I’m giving myself two years, and with the goal being to qualify for the 2011 Boston Marathon.

Thus, there will be many marathons and half-marathons in my future.

Odds and Ends

• I created a Pandora channel that combines Styx and Rush. Some of the gems it has kicked out include Boston, the Cars, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin. I don’t know what it delights me so much, but it does, Mr. Roboto.
• The Tigers are in first place – for now. Three game series with a middling Yankees team will be a test to see if we have the ability to get some distance frmo the pack or not.
• In approx. one and a half weeks, I will officially be married to a medical doctor. Pretty weird and wacky stuff.
• Cosa Nostra has chosen it’s Summit location for the summer of 2009. In July, Patty, Patrick, Buckley and myself will be heading to Boston. A series at Fenway against the Royals is in our future.
• Swine flu?!?!?! Really, SWINE FLU? Get the heck outta here. Just bring back Smallpox, like in the good ol’ days.
• There is nothing that goes on in anyone’s life that interesting enough to me that I need to be Twittered every twenty minutes about their awesome lunch or their sweet new kicks (is it ironic that I’m complaining on my blog about a mini-blog? Ehhh).

That’s all for now. More after finals! One love to you all.

PS – My Pandora channel just kicked out “Come Sail Away” It’s doesn’t get any better than that.