Flying High

it’s been a while since i’ve blogged (isn’t this how all my blogs start out these days?) so i figure i’m due for another update and it looks like things are on the up and up. the last time you heard from me i was stressing about the cpa exam and was just about to spend xmas vacation back home in san diego. since then i’m happy to report that i haven’t deterred from my cpa goal and while i am still in the process of taking my exams, the end is somewhat in sight and i am actually feeling for the first time that this is my year and i’m going to get it. sure my motivation has come and gone but overall i haven’t lost sight of my goal and have had much help and encouragement along the way. ideally i would like to say that i’ve passed everything by the time my birthday rolls around but if not, then definitely by the time i ring in the new year.

another big reason for my positive outlook is that i’ve come to really grow to love my condo and neighborhood and it’s almost silly to say but i never really realized how much of an impact the sun can have on you. my place now gets tons of sun throughout the day and something about that and just looking out and seeing the city and the bridge with the sailboats just makes me feel happy and content. i really don’t have much to complain about there. i’m also just wrapping up a one week visit from my mom and over the years, our relationship has gotten closer to where i really value her opinions and don’t really feel like there is anything that i couldn’t discuss with her good or bad. i’m also constantly amazed by her many talents (barf i know) and kind of wish some of that had rubbed off on me. i mean since her time here she’s been working on an oil painting to hang above my couch, completely redid my flower arrangements and cleaned/tidied up my place like only a mom could and even cooked for a little dinner party i had with some friends while we watched the nba finals and didn’t complain about it one bit.

since my mom has been in town we’ve been having dinner with my aunts and uncles and it’s been pretty interesting to hear them talk about our generation and try to get a better understanding of how we think. the topic of dating came up and i spent a good amount of time trying to explain that when someone “dates” it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re dating with the goal of getting married and that by agreeing to date it really just means that you’re becoming more exclusive and willing to give it a try. all my cousins on my dad’s side (at least the ones we have met and know of anyways) are all girls and as i’m the oldest i’ve somehow become the de facto role model for being an adult. lots of questions were asked of me about what i thought of roommates after college, how my perspective on dating has changed over the years and as i was talking i felt that I had grown a little older and wiser and actually had some life experience to share…that is until i remembered that i had just puked all over my car this past weekend and was brought back down to reality.