Stutter stepping into Cincinnati

So, our closing is supposed to be tomorrow. Now, you might be thinking, “Hmm, that’s off that he said supposed to be.” I say that because, as of right now, it looks like we may have to be pushing it back. There were some issues with the title and some old liens, so now we’re kinda waiting with baited breath to see if we’re actually going to close tomorrow or not. This wouldn’t be as scary if not for two things: 1) Our lease here at our apartment in Indy is up at the end of the month; and 2) We leave for our vacation on Friday, the 22nd of May. So we’re kinda playing with a limited time frame here. And yes, as always, this leads Andy to mucho stress eating. Thank you, Chick-fil-A and Snickers.

Paging Dr. Heaton, Dr. Bauser-Heaton

As of Saturday at approx 11:00 a.m., I am officially married to a double-doc. Dr. Holly Bauser-Heaton, M.D., Ph.D. It’s actually pretty crazy to think about. After all these years of having to say, “Yeah, my wife’s a student” or “Holly’s a med-student”, now I just get to simply say, “My wife’s a doctor.” It’s pretty cool, actually. I’m just so amazingly proud of her, I can’t really describe it. We had a party for her, and afterwards, we put her diploma into her nice, new frame. We were just kinda silent as we stared at it and it all sunk in that she really was done.  Hopefully soon, she’ll get to say, “My husband’s a lawyer” and not, “My husbands a bum.” I KID!  . . . .  sorta.

Vacation

As I mentioned, we are scheduled to leave for our vacation/Holly’s Graduation Celebration on May 22nd. We are driving to Chicago, which we will then fly out of to head into London, England. From there, we will depart for a five-day cruise going from London to Dublin, Ireland, to Cork, Ireland, and then back to London. It’s going to be amazing! I’ve never gone on a cruise before, and this is pretty different from the usual cruise to the Bahamas. We’re both stoked!

Classes – When will the hurting stop, Mommy?

Last Thursday was my last final of the spring, an eight-hour juggernaut called Income Tax. It was nice to be done . . . until I started my summer classes on Monday. I am taking “International Competitive Strategy” for the MBA program on Mondays, and “Sex Discrimination” on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the JD program. Yup, class three nights a week, along with my full time work here at the law firm. Someone shoot me, please. I also had the horrible revelation that I was not as close to being done with the MBA program as I thought I was. I now have to take ONE MORE class in the fall to complete my requirements. I’m signed up for “Venture Strategy” at this time. December really can’t get here soon enough.

Ramblings at the closing bell

• Pistons bounced out in the first round – no shocker there. Tiger’s are hanging tough on top in the AL Central but aren’t impressing me. Wings have to get past a tough Ducks team in Game 7. Lions . . . well, yeah.
• I’m so frickin sick of hearing about Miss California. I hope this latest round of news about her is the end. Perez Hilton set her up with a highly controversial question. Other people get asked about world hunger, and he’s gonna throw gay marriage at her? Hey, why not at the Miss Universe pageant, we just ask all the women about their stances on abortion, huh? It’s just a bit much.
• Ok, I’m gonna go on a little tangent here. My wife and I are HUGE fans of “The Biggest Loser”. I mean, we are pretty religiously devoted to it, and have been since we watched an entire season of it on New Year’s Day back in January. So we’ve followed this season devotedly. So, this past week was the final. Up until now, my preference for winning was 1) Mike; 2) Helen; 3) Tara. I never took to Tara just from the fact that she was always a winner, and started getting freaked out about having to win. I thought her winning it all would just be too much. I identified a lot with Mike, thought he showed alot of heart walking that Marathon, and that he had gotten alot of his emotional baggage out during the season. Helen I like just because I thought, he, this lady is older, I appreciate that she’s hung in there and is really looking good. FAST FORWARD to the finale. After all the contestants came out, Helen was asked, “What do you think your chances are?” She looked at the other two and said, “I think they are pretty good!” SERIOUSLY? You choose the finale to get cocky. She was way to confident, especially when both Mike and Tara looker great! I instantly hated her at that point. So what happens? Of course, she wins. But damn if Mike and Tara weren’t CLOSE. I think Mike was only three pounds away from beating her, and he had to have lost 210 lbs. He has such a harder road than her. Tara actually won me over as well, and I started to think that maybe her winning streak deserved final validation.
• All that to say, Helen, you suck. Mike, keep it up. Tara, you deserved it.

That’s all for now. One love. Holla.