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Gee golly Whitakers, I am a busy boy this week! How’s that, asks you? Well, allow me to exemplify. After working every day (at a somewhat frantic pace, so as to clear my schedule for next week), I will be doing the following:

Tonight: I and a certain lady-friend of mine will be taking in an Iowa Stars game after work and, hopefully, dinner. I believe this will be my 5th Stars game this season. I have yet to see them win. I haven’t yet had the heart to look up their overall statistics online, because either they aren’t doing so hot in general, or I’m acting as a mighty powerful bad luck charm. At that point, I’d just as soon not know.

Wednesday: A bunch of friends (it’s looking like 8 - 10 of us) from various workplaces will be heading to Appare after work. For those not in the know (which included me until about an hour before I sent out the invites), Appare is a new Japanese sushi/steakhouse in Urbandale (located here, for those curious). I’ve heard they have the best sushi in town, and Wednesday is their $4.50 martini night, so we’re going to go check ‘em out.

Thursday: After work, a few of us are taking a tour of the new Gateway Lofts in downtown Des Moines as part of an event hosted by the Greater Des Moines Young Professionals Connection. I’m not currently a member of their lil’ club, but I’m thinking about joining. I figure this would be a good opportunity to check them out. Afterwards, I’m planning on going shopping for a few essentials (such as shampoo, 3.4 ounces at a time and new shirts) and starting to get my pack-on.

Friday: More social goodness. A group of us are going to a wine tasting, followed immediately thereafter by wine making. Sound cool? You bet it does. It’s at a place called Vines to Wines, and it should be a lot of fun. We’ll sample all of their wines, pick the one we like best, and make a batch of it. A couple of months from now, we’ll come back and bottle the stuff, and we’ll each get a couple of bottles of our very own wine. :)

Saturday: Goodness! More social. Friend Hannah will be hosting the Passover Seder at her place of residence. Technically, the Seder should be April 2nd or 3rd, but this Saturday worked better for everyone else, so there you go. Besides, Hannah’s only half-Jewish, and the rest of us aren’t Jewish at all, so really we’re going with the idea that it’s the thought that counts. It should be a cool chance to partake in an extra-cultural activity. Plus, I hear there’s a fair bit of wine involved. ;)

Sunday: I plan to wake up late, realize I’ve wasted the entire week being social, and frantically pack as fast as I can. I hope/plan to be at the airport by 2pm in order to catch my 3:40pm flight to San Diego (via Chicago). I’ll land in California around 8pm Pacific (10pm CDT) and hopefully be to the hotel shortly thereafter. Then I’ll spend the next four days attending a conference, eating at quaint restaurants, walking along the beach, sneaking in to (and hopefully out of) Tijuana, calling the ladyfriend, and trying not to think about the work I’ve left behind. I’ll fly back Friday afternoon and be in Des Moines again around 10pm CDT (8pm Pacific). And then I’m going to drink.

So! If I don’t blog again in the next ten days or so, well, at least I’ll have a better excuse then I did for the last ten days or so. ;)