SOMEONE has not been keeping this place up.
So, where was I?
Oh, that test. The CFA Level II. Yeah, I took that. It was f'ing hard. Like quantum physics hard. Like Stephen Hawking in his tricked out wheel chair was sitting next to me in the exam room, and he was STRUGGLING hard.
In the middle of the exam, while I was wrestling with a particularly bitchy question about futures backwardation and its relationship to storage costs and interest rates, I decided to get up and take a bit of a wee wee to clear my head (or perhaps I just think better with my junk in my hand). Anyway, as I stood at the urinal, I realized that the gentleman standing at the urinal next to me was quietly SOBBING. Not a positive indication of his exam performance.
Also, after the exam, I saw a girl run out of the room and blow chunks in a large trash can.
So yeah, it was hard. Most importantly though, it's OVER. At least until August, when I get the results.
So what else is new? Buggins is awesome...she'll be 4 in Sept, if you can believe that. And TOB (That Other Baby) is due just 3 days before her birthday, so September is going to be a busy month.
M is doing ok, but pregnancy this time around is a different experience. For starters, she's 4 years older, and those 4 years are sort of important ones (if you catch my drift) so her body is definately not reveling in its current state.
But she's keeping her spirits up and Buggins is really looking forward to being a big sis. She talks to Tob every day, and when she's walking next to M, sometimes she'll walk with her hand on M's belly. When asked what she's doing, she replies that she's holding the new baby's hand. It's really the sweetest thing.
In my life, I can only remember crying out of happiness twice. The first time was when M told me she was pregnant with the buggins (although I was a little buzzed at the time). The second time was when we told buggins that we were having another baby. It was the sweetest, most rewarding experience I have ever been through. I hope all of you experience that kind of joy someday.
Anyway, I'm not sure how often I'm going to update this blog. I'll keep it up because I want to reserve the right to come back to it someday. But this is not going to be a daily journal, that's for sure. Just no stinkin time for that.
By the way, some of you left comments for me wishing me luck on exam day and I want you to know how happy that made me. Thank you. Even though I haven't posted in 2 months, the fact that I still get comments wishing me well is an amazing thing and I truly appreciate it. I wish all of you well also.
Until next time -