Spring is here again....

I'm back from my winter hibernation. The sun is out, flowers in bloom and the girls are wearing shorter skirts ;). Ah...I love it!! So a quick recap of what i've been upto since my last post.

-studied hard and did well in my first semester of mba
-adjusted to the Hungarian winter (~8 degrees F was the coldest)
-started a new "job"...i'm a student worker :)
-found a new group of drinking buddies (dudes from the mba)
-and most importantly came back to San Diego for a short visit! :D

Our trip (Gabi and I) to SD was a hectic one. The flights were supposed to be from Bp to Milan to NYC to SD. We left at 7am on a saturday and were supposed to arrive in SD by 7pm PST. But we when we arrived in Milan, we were told that all flights leaving JFK were delayed by 2 hrs b/c of strong winds (50 mph!!). So we chilled at Malpensa (the airport) and finally left for NYC. By the time we got to JFK, b/c of the 2hr delay, we missed our connection to SD. The only available flight, b/c it apparently was a holiday weekend (passover, i think), was for the following morning AND we had to be redirected to LA and then SD. I'm like whatever...just give us a hotel to sleep in and our meal vouchers (which they did). I asked Gabi if she'd like to go into the city...perhaps I can call up some friends (Tony and Noi) and we can hang out for a little bit. We decided we'd wait until after we had our dinner and then see how we feel. After dinner, we just crashed. We didn't sleep the night before b/c we had to be at the airport so early and Gabi had work that day as well. So we sleep and wake up ready for the flight, but there's another delay. The plane had a broken part and they needed 2 hrs to fix it or find us a new plane. After an hour and a half they find us a new plane...and after another half hour they transfer the baggage from the broken plane to the new plane. Finally on our way to SD....or so we thought. When we get to LA, b/c of the delay in JFK, we miss our connection to SD and were once again delayed for another hour. SO...we finally get to SD and we wait for our luggage......apparently b/c of all the changes and delays, my bag (the one w/ all our clothes and gifts) was not put on the flight from LA to SD. I filed my claim (too tired to be pissed off) and waited for my parents to come pick us up. The bright side was, on the way home, we stopped off to get carne asada's....mmmm. It kinda made up for it. Anyways, I eventually got my luggage the next morning.

So our trip didn't start off the best but we made the most of it. I tried to see as many ppl as possible. In Vegas we spent one night w/ my old roommate, Michelle, and the cast of Lion King. She's a longtime cast member of the one in Broadway. We went to a club opening (ND's Fuego)...free bottle service and hors d'oeuvres.
At the party for nanay, many friends came by and I tried to catch up w/ everyone. Sorry if anyone felt neglected. The family and friends were there wishing nanay a happy birthday at the same time getting to know Gabi. It looked like everyone had fun.
Fulfilled my running streak bet by taking Mark out for a "nice steak dinner and never calling him again..." We managed to see the beach for one day and tan a little. Too bad the weather wasn't as I advertised for Gabi. Nonetheless, she had a good time and enjoyed. Got to see my god daughter Hailey along w/ all my other neices and nephews (Andrew....he's so cute!)

After the SD Trip I had my intensive week for MBA....OMG, I was so exhausted. We arrived back to Bp on a friday (the flight back was not better than the flight over there) and I missed classes that day, but went to class that saturday. I was like a zombie. Used the weekend to "recover" and prepare for the week. I had so much work to do, at the same time trying to fight the jet lag, all I wanted to do was survive. I managed to get through the week (semi-zombie) and used this last weekend to rest up even more. I'm back to full strength now. I started work again this week. I also started running again!!! No streak this time (maybe) but just to get back in shape. I brought back with me my Tanita Ironman scale...it measures your body fat %, BMR, muscle weight, etc. It keeps me in check...i'm a statistics nut (the mathematician in me).

Anyways, this week is all about work and finishing up some projects for school. No special plans. I'll get the pics up on picasa soon...lates.