Emily and I have a new addition to our family! He is a little Sugar-glider named Mordechai (Morty for short). We got him yesterday, so he is still adjusting to us and his new surroundings. Sugar-gliders are nocturnal marsupials, so we can play with him at night. He gets upset if we wake him up during the day and makes a crazy growling noise at us. Tonight was the first time we really got to take him out to play. He liked running all over our arms, jumping between us, and pissing on Emily's arm!

Spent the weekend on a whirlwind tour of major life events. My Grandpa Arnold died last week, so Lindsey, Emily, my parents and I flew up for the funeral. The service was nice and my family members seemed to be coping. I have never been one to get very upset by death. It's unavoidable, so you really have to expect it. No one is immune. There were about 300 people at the service, not bad for a Tuesday afternoon. I had never been to a funeral before, so it was all pretty new. The traditions were nice and everyone spoke well of my grandpa.

The next morning, Abe and Dan drove Emily's car up to South Carolina. Lindsey, Emily and I took a plane and met them there. Friday night was the rehearsal dinner for my friend Tad's wedding. It was catered by Sonny's so the food was great. That night we all hung out at Tad's friend's apartment. The wedding was Saturday afternoon, outside in the ridiculous South Carolina heat. It was even hotter than Florida, and we were wearing wool jackets! I had a waterfall of sweat going down my back. Thankfully the service was short, but the photographer kept us there for an hour taking pictures. The reception was just as hot as the service. I don't think the hall was air conditioned. I asked them why they had an outside wedding in August. They couldn't answer why it was outside, but it was in August so there would be no conflict with the football season!

Sunday Lindsey, Emily and I drove home with a brief stop in Savannah, Georgia. I love that city. It is beautiful and not overrun with strip-malls.

I finally got around to redesigning the Big Picture DVD website. Check it out and tell me what you think... http://www.bpdvd.com

In other news, we started work on our College Park house. The outside has been painted and the central a/c will be going in soon. We put a for sale by owner sign in front and have been receiving calls about the house. I also put some classified ads in the local papers. We are hoping to have it sold before the work is even finished!

Abe, Lindsey, Emily and I spent the weekend at the beach. It was great! We just swam and sat around getting sunburnt all weekend. It was just what we needed after taking the mortgage broker course. Speaking of... the class was long and boring. Of course, we ended up getting the bad teacher. Emily and I will be taking the state test sometime next week. And I'm sure we'll be getting a lot of studying done at Tad's wedding this weekend.

In a couple weeks I'm going to a Hospice Gala. I will be one of those fancy events where you have to dress up act well behaved. The dressing up part has always been a problem, because I have not had a suit that fit since my Bar Mitzvah. They just don't seem to make suits in my size! Emily and I visited all the local places including Men's Warehouse and the mall department stores. No luck. So I went online and found this place called Baron's Boutique in Nepal. Yeah, the far away Nepal, not some city in the US. They make custom clothing for cheap! All you have to do is enter your measurements in their online form and send them money (the one I chose cost $299 including shipping). I decided to take a chance and buy from them. Abe took the measurements (so that if it didn't fit, I could blame it on him).

It took about a week for them to make the suit and a week for it to arrive from Nepal. I tracked it all the way through Bangkok, Thailand and Ohio to here. The box was basically wrecked when it finally got here, but the suit looked like it was in good shape. So I tried it on and it fit like a glove! I've never had clothing actually made for my body, but it sure is nice. Now I have to share the site with everyone else (they make woman's clothes too). http://www.baronboutique.com/

As you may or may not know, Abe, Emily and I have been trying to buy an investment property for months. We finally found a couple. Well, we didn't find them. We got them from wholesalers - people why buy investment properties for very little money, then sell it for a few thousand more to another investor. The first house we will be closing on is a 3/1 in College Park (a very cool area of Orlando). We're going to try to sell it as is, for a quick profit, but if that doesn't work, we have a guy who will help us fix it up and sell it for much more.