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Since I know a few of you who read my blog actually do come to find out what I'm up to as opposed to what I'm watching, here's a Monday update post for you, for the first time in a while!

Let's see. The last time I updated was a month ago. Sorry about that.

Over the holiday weekend, Ric and I went out to AZ to see his brother's family. We had plenty of time to talk, played Mario Wii games, and even had an evening out at Peter Piper Pizza. It was so great to catch up. I love hanging out with all of my in-laws. The following weekend Ric and I were nervous about a dinner we were having with some people from his work. We weren't sure if it was about something serious, and when we found ourselves headed to a posh Pasadena neighborhood, we started worrying. It turned out Ric had forgotten that a lady from his work really wanted to try his home brew, and the whole dinner was planned around it. Haha. The weekend after that, I went with the Agadonis to help Jonathan celebrate his graduation out at the shoreline in Long Beach. It was a beautiful day, we met lots of nice folks, and good food and drink were had by all. My sister and I also made an excursion to Pasadena with Brendan to see Micmacs at the new Arclight theater in Pasadena, which was a treat in movie experiences. This past weekend, the Agadonis and I went to a movie night at Christopher's in Huntington Beach and had a chance to hang out some more with Jonathan while he's in the country. We all watched the Book of Eli in style and had some awesome dinner and dessert.

Oh yeah! Short Fridays are back here at work. I'm off the clock at 11:30 or 12, depending on when I come in to work. The first Friday, a bunch of us from work went to Disneyland together. The next, I explored the trails of Carbon Canyon Regional Park. The next, I went to the Getty Center. And the next, the Agadonis and I went to the La Brea Tar Pits together. I'm determined to make full use of the time off this summer, and so far it has been a blast. I am open to suggestions of places to go, by the way!

On the home front, Ric and I are back into re-organization mode. We bought a new desk so that we would no longer be restricted by the corner desk that we originally bought for the house we rented in uptown Whittier. We only used the desk uptown for three months, but have been stuck with it ever since, and it really has determined a lot of our home set up since then. So now that we don't have to use a corner, we've shifted around our bookshelves so that we have an awesome wall that is completely filled with books. I spent a long time re-organizing all of our books on Saturday. We ordered a kitty litter cabinet that looks like a sort of end table/cabinet, which will hopefully make the office look a bit nicer. Since we took a bookcase out of the living room, it's more roomy in there, and we're shoving around the couches trying to find the right set up (it'll mostly be the same, but it's a little less awkward). Meanwhile, we're planning on getting new flooring installed, but have been incredibly lazy about researching installer information.

Things at work have started slowing down. Summer classes are in full effect and registration is minimal. I'm plugging away on my monotonous, mountainous project of entering transfer school catalogs into our software system. I keep myself entertained by watching shows on Hulu. Thankfully, the World Cup came at the right time. Many of us in the office have each chosen a team to represent and root for, and we're all giving each other a hard time when our teams play against each other. I've got Spain, who are doing well enough for now! Our office hallway is decorated with flags and team colors. Oh yeah! I got an award for all of my monotonous work too. :) Our office leaders held a nice luncheon to thank those of us who worked on the big software conversion, and a few of us received Banner MVP awards. I was really touched by the descriptions the managers gave of my work.

Gosh, I'm sure there are plenty of other things to update about, but that's all I can think of for now. I hope that each of you is doing well and taking advantage of summer. I'm having a great one so far!