hump day

happy hump day.

i found myself nibbling on two of these at work. and a container of fresh pineapple chunks. that's a lot of pineapple LOL.

busy day at work. so busy that i managed to send out two erroneous versions of forecasts by noon and a third/final version shortly after. left the office at 3:30 to make the annual S&P advisory panel meeting down on water street and then back up to midtown for a client dinner which was surprisingly easy going and interesting. home around 930 zzz ... not much fun to write about today!

best: clients who tell your boss and colleagues that you are invaluable and the reason they will trade with your firm. thanks, mike!

worst: industry small talk. bleghh that's why i'm in a research role i guess!

smile: arriving home with a huge smile on my face because the most stressful part of my week was over and have been making some progress on the work-catch up front. also was a little tipsy from dinner. thank goodness.

smirk: dinner for four at a typical $20 entree times square restaurant included 3 apps, 4 entrees, and 2 bottles of wine (ordered by the sales guy). total bill excluding gratuity +$600. must have been some fancy wine.

baby rimowas

kevin arrived back at the apt late on wednesday night and the first things he does is bust out all the gifts he brought back! :) he's usually pretty calm and collected, so it's sweet to watch him get excited to show me all the cool stuff he's picked up.

this time, he brought back a HUGE box of pineapple cakes and chestnut biscuits from wu pao chun, the bakery at the songshan culture park which won the 2010 masters de la boulangerie in the european style breads category; a brown cotten canvas bag from guang fu hao, the taiwanese brand that his uncle introduced to us last year; and two baby rimowas!!! haha ... our first rimowas, courtesy of eva air :)

best: walking on the trading floor in a super happy high mood and cracking jokes all day long without much effort. i think it's because kevin's back :)

worst: 37F + rainy. it's getting to that time of year again when it's cold, wet and miserable out. noooo ... i won't be able to wear my birkenstocks soon.

smile: baked the first batch of granola in the new oven! they will supplement our 4 dozen greek yogurts nicely.