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Happy Friday everyone. Been a fun week with crappy weather here and now it’s all about trying to get rid of the ice. On my car. That I cannot remove. Seriously, I spent somewhere between 30 and 45 minutes today trying to get it off, and managed to remove about 1/4 of it and broke the ice scraper in the process. I am about ready to just go out and pour water all over it even though it would likely just result in more ice on the driveway, which wouldn’t exactly be optimal either. But dammit, I want a driveable car! Little bro is exceptionally generous in the lending of his auto whenever I need it, but still, I’d prefer to be on my own wheels, thankyouverymuch. (Of course, it just occured to me that I could move the car to the side of the street, which is already covered in ice anyway, and try the water trick there…)

But, the cold weather is perfect for Goulaschuppe and it will be ready to go here in about 15 minutes. I do love winter for the soup weather. :)

Been a nice week for the markets, some good consolidation days and some nice bumps with Bernake’s testimony on Wednesday and the some more flatness/consolidation going into the long weekend. I’d expected a little more of a bounce today with traditional short-covering, but you can’t argue too much with the week as a whole. Pays the tab for a few more rounds at GD’s and the tuition for a couple more classes.

Speaking of classes (nice segue, wasn’t it?), I’ve gotten off my arse and registered for my next one. (The classes roll monthly, so not starting anything at the beginning of February due to the questionable status of my laptop was no big deal - I knew I’d be back at it soon enough.) This one is “Introduction to Intelligence” - it’s a 16 week one, and I’d add another 16 week in core requirements if I could find one, but all the others at the moment are 8 week, which would be like 3 classes vs 2 classes and well, I’m a wuss and don’t want to make that jump until I see how I can fare with 2 classes at the same time. I’ve done one of the 8 week classes, and it was a little tight at times, but I was also still working, so it’s kind of hard to judge how it would be otherwise. But, there are a couple 16 week ones opening in April, so I’ll pick one of those up. Also got word that I comped out of the 4 other classes, 2 basic english & 2 basic history, so go me. (I’m essentially re-doing undergrad, I want a better basis in the area than the accounting degree I’ve got before I go attempting grad level work. Bonus is that I’ve comped out of all the “fluff” and am only doing the core/major classes.)