Business Data Analysis...is a waste of my time

Not because the knowledge attempting to be transferred about the amazing coding abilities of "VBA" isn't important, but after 8 hours of work, NOT going to the gym and trying to halfway pay attention during the first 2 hours of this nonsense she's lost me.  And by the looks of everyone's computers around me,  she's lost everyone else too.  So secret blog stalkers I shall update you on what is happening.  #1 I'm taking a graduate level course called Business Data Analysis for which this is the textbook:


And for you other dummies out there who don't know what "VBA" is, it stands for Visual Basic A-something (application maybe?) and its that program where you create "macros."  For those of you that don't use Excel and prefer to get by with your pretty face and amazing personality this whole rant is irrelevant.

Ugh.

Signs of the apocalyse: I bought a house.

Alright, It's June and 100 bagillion degrees outside and I'm going to do a blog post today.  For those hypothetical readers that know me, I am a list maker.  To Do, Pros/Cons, Bucket, Timelines, you name it, I make it. 

So let's rewind about 5 years ago.  It's 2006, I've just completed my Junior year in college and I'm starting my internship at a Fortune 500 company downtown instead of my ussual summer "rock star tour."  So I'm sure I made a list that looked something like this for the next 5 years:

2007 - graduate, goof off as a cheer camp counselor for another summer, and start graduate school in the fall at a prestigious international business school
2009 - graduate from said international business school, and join the Peace Corps where I get sent to sunny South America, speak fluent Spanish and almost immediately meet and marry a tall, smart, God-fearing, Doctor without borders.
2011 - Me and my dashing Doctor husband would come back to Oklahoma, buy a house and I'd begin working at my high profile Internatinal Marketing career.

Well, that's not quite how it worked out, but I don't regret it, because I've gotten to do a lot of cool things since then and in the course of that time found out who I am, and what I want out of life.  And at the end, we still end up kind of in the same spot...buying a house.

First, I didn't get into graduate school right  so I started looking and panicing about finding a job simply so I wouldn't have to move back in with my mommy and daddy.

But, I got a job that eventually led me to developing a career that I enjoy and am good at.  And eventually DID get into graduate school with all expenses paid by my employer.

And while I haven't gotten to live abroad or get married; I've gotten to go to Japan, Ghana, and hopefully India (this year).  All the while, making some awesome friends, running a marathon, and accomplishing a lot of other things like becoming a CFP, CTFA, graduating from the LOYAL program and buying a house.  I've proven to myself that I can live on my own, take care of myself, and make my own decisions.

God is good.

Scary Things

In my everyday sheltered mundane life there are a few things that REALLY scare me.  No, not terrorist attacks, cancer, or spiders...but DRIVING ON ICE.

It straight up petrifies me.  To the degree that I stress about it for days.  Now, here's some context.  I live in Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.  Tornado sirens?  No problem.  Running a marathon against 40 mph wind? Well, that really sucked but not terrifying.  Fluke hail storm?  Annoying, but not really something to get tied in knots over. 

Oklahoma averages about 1-2 freezing rain and ice storms per year and during those annual occurances you can witness normal mild mannered Oklahomans LOSING THEIR MINDS.

Today is one of those days.  Saturday, it was 70+ degrees, and although I squandered it doing homework it was nice enough to be wearing shorts.  But today, Monday, it's another story...It reminds me of a skit from Bill Engvall:

"And oh, don't let it snow in Texas...SHUT THE STATE DOWN...You'd see Wally Weatherman:

'Up to an inch of snow is headed to your area. We urge you to steal food and horde gas. If you are an elderly American...you will not make it through this storm.'

So being a good Oklahoman I naturally filled up my gas tank, went to the grocery store to get food rations for at least a month, made sure the flashlights had batteries, and put blankets in the car yesterday.  I take it seriously y'all.



This is ACTUALLY what the weather gods (Gary England) is predicting to happen later today..

"Chances of ice on roadways could snarl traffic Tuesday. Rain and freezing drizzle is expected in the Oklahoma City area tonight.
Snow is not expected to start until about 9 tonight and continue Tuesday with gusts of wind as high as 34 mph and plummeting temperatures.
Power outages are possible."

SNARL TRAFFIC?!?!  panic Panic PANIC!!!!

I've cancelled all my meetings, and have all but refused to be present at work tommorrow and probably Wednesday too. 

Safety First.