Sunday, July 5, 2009

Back At It Tomorrow

Fresh off my first test, I was able to have a pretty relaxing 4th of July weekend. I went home for a day and got some stuff I didn't bring down when I moved in, watched the Twins lose in 16 innings (although an enjoyable game to relax to), went to Rau's and spent the entire day outside on the river and playing cards waiting for the fireworks to start. I haven't been outside for that long since school got out and I got a little burnt, but it was great to get out of the city and back to a more rural setting.

Bad news though, my car broke down on the way back to my house. I'm not sure what's wrong with it yet, but it sounds like it might be the fuel pump. I'm not sure how much that will cost, but I think I'll find out tomorrow. I had a really good time looking at some cars with my dad and we seemed to come to an agreement as to what I should be looking for (I've been planning on getting a new car for a bit now). I was planning on giving my car to Charlie (it's the perfect car to have at college), so I'm hoping it will be alright for him to use. Charlie was nice enough to give me his car for the week, although I guess he really didn't have much of a choice!

I start my 3rd review course tomorrow: Auditing. This is only a 5 day review, but there is sure to be a lot of material covered as it's the longest of the 4 tests (4.5 hours!). I'm going to start getting into review mode for FAR tomorrow night after I finish all my auditing homework because I don't know if I'll be able to review everything unless I start tomorrow. FAR has been labeled "The Beast" by many aspiring and current CPA's and I'm going to treat it as such (seeing as it does have my two least favorite concepts: leases and pensions). I will be taking my FAR test on July 21st, so I've got 2 weeks starting Tuesday to get it down. I've been reading a lot online about other peoples' experiences online and some say they dedicate 3 months to study for it. I don't have that luxury. (Editor's note: Besides, who would want to do such a thing?).

Other than all that, my life is great. I'm comfortable where I'm at, all my first and second bills have been paid, my family is doing well, and I'm about 400 pages into The Pillars of the Earth. Vikings will be starting camp soon and we'll probably have a new QB. I'm not really sure who that will be though. Some guy they call Pharv.

There's another reason I need to finish all these tests now. Fantasy football. It's almost here, and I take it about as seriously as anyone I know. We've already got the divisions and draft order set. During football season, I don't do anything on Sundays. Especially if my team loses.

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