Studying again

OK, what's with all you people? No one has posted much on their blogs in the past month or so. Especially Claire. And after starting at a new job and having lots of time to kill during the first few days, since I'd already located the copier and the bathroom, I needed some blogs to read!
Well I will post on mine then, since I am also guilty of blog neglect.

In keeping with tradition, I have decided to post on my blog instead of study for my next CPA test. I think there has been an entry for each part I have taken, explaining how I'd rather write on my blog then study. And since I found out that I've passed the third part (yay me) I have decided to do everything exactly as I've done it before, to keep the luck rolling and the jinxing away.

So yes, I have passed three parts of the four part CPA exam! Woohoo! And all on the first try. I am very proud. And now the last part is this Thursday. It sort of snuck up on me, since I started a new job at the beginning of this month and then went on a trip to New York and DC for a week, only to return on Tuesday night to realize I had a 1,000+ page review book to learn like the back of my hand in just over a week. And I just HAD to watch all ten season finales of all my favorite shows that had been happily Tivo'd while I'd been gone. So there goes Wednesday night. Another few days of procrastinating and here I am on Sunday night of my three day weekend, only half way through the tortuous book. But I will forge ahead.

In more interesting news, my trip to NY and DC was fun! The boy came too, mostly because after I recently learned he has never been east of Arizona, I told him I couldn't date someone that unworldly and this needed to be remedied. So to New York we went. Some highlights were:

* a freak thunderstorm happened in New York on an 80 degree day, which was followed by a 55 degree day that left me looking foolish clad in only my flip flops and summer clothes that I'd packed

* I lost my favorite pair of flip flops somewhere between Grey's Papaya hot dogs on 72nd Street in Manhattan and the Marriott hotel in Washington DC. (If found, please leave a comment on their whereabouts.)

* Dan and I bickered about everything from which direction a metro train was going to how tall the guy was who sat next to us at the airport. But don't worry, we are still together.

OK so that's my blog post for the month. I'd better get back to studying, since this test, titled Financial Accounting & Reporting, appears to be a doosey.

Now you can all follow my lead and start posting again.