Thank you boredom, I'm back

Thanks to Maria and Asim being out of the country, I've got a bunch of time on my hands. Hence, the blog is back. I figured it'd be a good way to let everybody know what I'm up to and give myself some accountability when I say I'm going to do something (like lose weight).

So to summarize the house purchase:

We had a closing ... scheduled for today. But then thanks to some documents taking too long to get, it's been pushed until next Wednesday. I also didn't realize that in Nebraska you can't buy property without letting your spouse know. Ha! So I needed to get a power of attorney. From Maria. Who is in Pakistan. Rather tricky. But that's in progress.

I'm a little annoyed at not having the closing this weekend only because I'm losing a weekend of moving. We don't have to move out until the end of the month which is nice. I have started some packing -- using giant tubs -- so at least the night of the closing I can make a few trips to get Asim's stuff over there.

Other than that, I've been doing a lot of reading and minimal bike riding. My goal for the books is to finish one every week for the next three months (on track so far) and then with bike riding it's to (between the real bike and the exercise bike) ride 100 miles a week. I'm not really doing well on that, but if I can bust out 3x30 miles over the weekend as I watch football, I should be alright.

Next weekend: Apple Festival down in Nebraska City. I am really, really stoked about this. Last one that I went to was in college up in Ithaca. That's when I brought back like, three gallons of cider.