Y9 D229

Had fun last night. Went out to dinner with my buddy and it was an enjoyable evening. He's doing well too. If there's anyone I know who has seen some shit and deserves happiness it's him. He's carried the weight of the world a few times and has earned a breather. He looks happy and healthy so good for him. More in a moment.

Got up, taught day 2 of 3 with my group. No issues there. It's a big group and from what I understand they're all finance people so I am having to go a little slower than I would like, but they are managing to do well and keeping it. 10 of them are in a conference room and I can always tell when groups like that are talking amongst themselves which is good. They are excited about what they are seeing and doing and they are discussing how they can implement it. This is a good thing. The remaining students are in the UK and maybe because they are less distracted, they're doing the best. Very much on top of the demos and having no issues. All in all though, I am ready to do one more day with them.

Watched a couple of things before class yesterday. First I finished TEOTFW. While I wasn't happy at all of the liberties they took from the source material, in the end they did a decent job. Specifically because of the end. The end of the comic book is crucial to the storyline and they managed to do it right. Overall I give it a B/B-. Watchable, even more so if you've never read the comic.

I also started watching Blade Runner 2049. Got about an hour into it. I am meh. Visually it's awesome but the story is pretty thin and it drags in some places so far. I will finish it today and know more.

After class I took a brief nap and then at 4 had B drive me to the train station. Got downtown around 5 and met up with my friend around 5:20. Dinner was good. Now, I went in there purposely hungry as I wanted to make sure I got my $60 worth.

Side note - speaking of money, I have been waiting to get a bill for B's new insurance and SURPRISE it's an autopay on the 9th. Hello $323 charge I wasn't expecting.

Back to dinner - it's the kind of place I would go back to on a special occasion or with a group for sure. For a regular dinner, it's a lot of food and a good chunk of change. Everything was tasty but I had an issue with the $3 each cans of diet coke. That threw me. I had a good variety of lamb, beef, and chicken, and plenty from the salad bar, but it was a struggle to feel like I got $60 worth of food you know?

Regardless, the company was good. Had fun talking about things. He is going to do me a favor since he has a brokerage account and buy some stocks for me. He has been doing some good research and I will be investing as well. I may go ahead this weekend and open my own brokerage account; it's something I have been toying with for a while. But in the short term, going to use his and put some money into action. I need to start doing that if I want to have a longer term plan for our savings. Can't just keep getting 2% interest.

Took the train home and got home around 8. B was at group until 9:30 so I got to relax. She then told me all about group and I ended up going to bed at 11.

Day 3 now. Then, a nap.