Two Things

First blog topic: Valentines Day.

As I've previously mentioned, I'm not a fan of Valentines Day for several reasons. The last memory I had of my grandpa, whom I love, was of him waving goodbye to me and my mom at his log house. We had made VD cookies and he helped (although I suspect he ate more then helped. Being so young my memory is a little foggy, but I remember him waving). He died the next day of a heart attack. I was 6 going on 7 at the time so this was truly my first memory of death. I got to see him in his coffin and I remember poking him. One trip that I took to visit his grave I gathered a jar of worms to put in the dirt so they would keep him company. I do believe I forgot the jar, but the sentiment was there.

The other incident came in grade 4 or 5 at Douglas Road Elementary School in Burnaby. In school we would make lovely pouches to tape at the end of our desks so kids could plop VD cards in them. When it came time to open the pouches, I had one BIG card. I was so thrilled that I got the biggest card in class. I was new to the school and didn't have a lot of friends so this pleased me. The whole class had signed it..... SMELL. I was so devastated. I cried and went home. I hated that school and I hate VD.

But this VD was awesome! Rob and I celebrated "We hate VD". I made Osso Buco with Saffron Risotto (Rob's favorite). We drank a bottle of wine, listened to music then after dinner we met up with our friend Steve that lives across the street. The three of us went to the Anza Club for drinks. Afterwards Robbie and I went back to my place and played Call of Duty and killed boys around the world until the weeeee hours. All and all, a perfect night.

Second: Moving the Office

OMG! I am overwhelmed. Moving the office is so much work. It's not just a matter of moving a phoneline or desks...... Addresses have to be changed, bills have to be changed or cancelled, insurance, business licenses, FICOM, investors, borrowers, selling office furniture, putting the files somewhere, shredding files, the list can go on and on and on. Dave is becoming a partner so we have to change the corporate structure of MCMC... And to top it all off, I still have to do my day to day broker stuff, it's year end for Masters, I'm closing Masters so there's a ton of work there, plus it's almost year end of MCMC. I'm going to have a heart attack. My neck is tense, my belly is tense....

But I run. Thank god. Running releases every ounce of "tense" for at least three hours of relief. But I think things will be better tomorrow as Dave and I are going to the new office to sign the lease. Once that's signed and squared away, I can really push forward and get this shit done. And do the year end. And the T5's. And broker. And change the company structure. And And And And And And...........