The Start of Summer

It has been a while since I've posted to the blog. Since my past post (May 7), I have:

• finished the school year
• hung out at Hula Hut and in downtown Austin a lot
• studied for and taken Level 1 of the CFA exam
• followed the Spurs' run to what will eventually be another championship
• prepared a little more for my internship
• moved to Kansas City for the summer (the most uneventful 10-hour drive ever)

I went ahead and moved to KC this past Tuesday thinking it would take me a few days to get my bearings and buy all the necessary stuff I need that I forgot in Austin. Doing this, plus getting my car washed and waxed (only to have it rain a day later) took all of 4 hours. So the past two days I have been sitting at home, building little excel models and debating academic finance with various friends to pass the time. I've also spent a good bit of time reading the personals on craiglist.org. They're quite funny. I love the "casual encounters" section. People will go to just about any length to hook up these days.

I'm looking forward more than normal to going out tonight. I really want to see what the KC social scene is like. I mentioned to a friend of mine that, to this point, I haven't seen a hot chick here yet. Thankfully that changed last night when I was at a sports bar watching the Spurs game.

Before I forget, I also found out (from my roomate, also an intern at my company) that my company has a gym on site that can be used free of charge. This is great news to me.

I'm not sure what to do after basketball season is over. We obviously don't get Astros games here. In fact, we get Royals and Cardinals games. I hate the Cards, and the Royals simply aren't very good, so I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place as far as summer sports are concerned. And there's no way I am getting into KC's MLS team.

I start my internship on Monday. I'm looking forward to getting paid better than my banker friends, getting off at 5:30, having my weekends free, and not having to cancel dinner plans (I can hear the collective "Fuck you, Chris" retort from my banker friends already). This means I can hopefully visit some of you guys over the summer, and I'll have time to entertain guests who decide to come to KC (that's a plug, I'd like as many people as possible to visit me this summer - free place to stay, I have my car, etc).

Ok, that's it. I'm gonna take a nap. I'll keep everyone up to date on what happens during my summer.