Long Time No Post

Well it certainly has been a while since I have a had a few clear moments to actually write something down.

I feel I need to explain myself. Well I've decided not to do that, but rather just catch up any readers that are actually still out there on what has happened.

The first week of June, Shaan's namesake came into town with his lady friend. Now this namesake isn't the same as Nikolai Gogol (Ganguli) or anything, but rather one of my best friends, who has the Irish spelling of the name - Sean. Upon informing him that another one of our college friends knocked up his wife (more on that later) and I told him he better hurry and poke some holes in his condoms, cause he doesn't want to be the last one to prove that his boys can swim, he replied that having a kid out there in the universe named after him was good enough. I stand by his decision to not have children, but its too bad, because he would make a really good father.

The second week of June, I don't think much happened. I may have drank a lot and passed out. Which would incidentally also explain my lack of being able to remember. Good times. Good good times.

The third weekend of June, I had a conference in a mountain resort near where I live. The place was awesome and lonely as shit. It would have been great for the family, but these days getting around with the little one is more than a bit of a hassle. Going somewhere overnight, involves a lot of packing:medications, different tiny outfits, thermometer, nasal aspirators, toys, car seats - well you get the point. This was one of those events, where you have to smile, schmooze, drink, eat a lot of food that is made for large groups and generally talk about work.
Barring the smiling and drinking part, its not really my affair, no matter how good I am at it. In adding something to the "never thought I would write this" category of my life, I did look forward to getting home and just going to the mall for the afternoon. Just me, the wife, the kid and a mall. A bit of a disturbing view of Americana. But i just needed something relaxing and that is what is was.

In between these weekends, work and the bar exam have been kicking my ass. Not just a mere ass kicking, more of a human stepping on an ant kind of trampling and leaving for dead sort of thing.

But there was solace in all of that. From June 21-25, I went home to LA. I got to see my nephew for the first time in the 6 months of his life. What a fucking treat that trip was. My wife, my brother's wife and my wife's sister, gave all of their respective husband a hall pass for Friday night. So we went to Vegas.

There are as few things in this world as glorious as Las Vegas. Open all night, drink all you can, general and specialized debauchery. It is perfection. A lot of things had to work out right for that trip, and everything came together perfectly. We had friends from the area that took time off and went with us. A stop over at In n Out on the road there. A fantastic steak dinner, courtesey of casino funny money. Lots of gambling (oh how I love you pai gow poker). Lots and lots of drinking (all the Grey Goose and tonics you can drink, just for gambling hundreds of dollars away - sign me up). A very nice boys trip overall. And the best part, we all came back even or up. Very good times.

The rest of the LA trip was great. My parents had a party to have everyone come over and meet the babies - which was so much nicer than the attempt to see everyone and travel around. Saw some old friends. It was lovely.

Since then, its been work and bar exam. Oh yeah, there was the bout with a wicked stomach flu.

I think for those that cared, you may be all caught up. Incidently, thanks for checking in. I have been so distracted that I haven't been onto some of my favorite bloggers pages to check out what they are up to.

Time to hit the 'publish post' button and start commenting.