Wednesday already...

The weeks are just flying by. I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week. I feel like it was just Halloween. Christmas will be here before we even realize it.

This past weekend we had really bad fires near where I lived and the smoke and ash was swarming our apartment on Saturday. We decided to get out for a little while on Saturday to go see the New James Bond flix "Quantum of Solace." Daniel Criag is definitely my favorite James Bond. He's just so much more physical then any of the other Bonds were. That night Erik and I drove out to North Hollywood for our friend John and his buddy Greg's combined birthday party. We had cake, Rock Band, and a rotating game of Load Questions. We got there about 9pm and left around 2.. I practically played 5 hours of Loaded Questions and mostly with people I didn't know at all. It was a lot of fun.

Surprisingly, I didn't have any kind of hangover on Sunday. I guess I'd stopped drinking soon enough and had enough water. Erik and I were fairly lazy and played City of Heroes and the only productive thing I did was laundry.

It looks like Mick will be moving out over the next 2 months. I will miss having someone else to talk to but it will be nice to have an apartment for just Erik and I again.

I've been having some great news at work lately. Last week, I finally submitted my California 30-day Substitute credential. It's the credential you need to qualify as a substitute teacher. With it at my current job I will get a $2 an hour pay raise and qualify to help out when they have bonus opportunites for certificated staff. And one of those just started this week. I'll be starting next week and for 8 weeks, I'll be getting a pretty nice bonus. The only thing that sucks is I will have to add 5 hours to my work week, but it's an extra $350 a week and I just can't pass that up. My work is also allowing us to cash in any PTO accumulated that is over our mandatory banking about of 120 and we'll get that check before the holidays. Even with Mick moving out, we'll do just fine without the extra rent help.

I've also been getting my workouts in for the Half-marathon. I still do not like running on the crowded streets outside by myself. I wish I had a park close by or Erik had time to run with me, so I've been mostly doing cross training inside.. It won't prepare me as well as just running will, but it's something. I'm thinking of buying a treadmill or an elipitcal with some of the extra funds coming in over the next couple of months. Or an membership to the gym that is just down the street from me. I really enjoyed working out in the gym in the past. Hmmmm.. maybe that's what I'll do.

And a last note, I gave in and picked up the book Twilight last night. I haven't opened it yet because I'm finishing another book, but I know once I do open it, I won't be able to put it down. I'm planning on seeing the movie on Saturday and friends are pushing me to read the book first.. we'll see.