A productive day off

I had a very productive day. At my mom's request, I met with her financial advisor at Fidelity first thing this morning. I was pleased that the advisor and I were both on the same page regarding how I should invest my money (at a high level). She agreed with some of my near term plans and provided me with a couple good mutual fund recommendations that I will use in the near future. Since I am looking to diversify more in mutual funds before venturing into stocks any further, I found this meeting quite helpful. While hitting a huge home run would be nice, I know better than to take ridiculous gambles on a regular basis. My goal is to be able to retire in 20-25 years, not 20-25 days.

I then spent a couple hours with my mom's new boyfriend, Bob, who is a photography expert. I just met him for the first time last night. He's a very nice person, but it will always be a little awkward to meet anyone that is dating one of my parents. I'll probably never get past that.

Bob helped me shop for digital cameras for a couple hours this morning. It was clear that his tastes were much different than mine, but he stopped trying to steer me towards large bulky cameras with large zoom lenses after a couple stores. I found a camera that I liked and it received mostly positive reviews online. I plan to go back to buy it tomorrow. If all goes well, I'll be able to take some sweet pictures later this week! :)

I spent the rest of the afternoon working out at the JCC in West Bloomfield. Since my mom works there, I have free reign to use the workout facilities all week. It's a nice deal! I went swimming for the first time in a while. My goal was to swim a mile (the normal swimming workout). I was out of shape because I crapped out at 2/3 of a mile. I might have been able to finish, but I would have been too tired to do anything else this evening. I blame it on not eating lunch...and maybe a little on the 20 extra pounds I am carrying right now.

Tonight I am going to watch Monday Night Football with my South Quad friends. I am meeting BatmanYee (junior year roommate), Gary1, and TheFredator at some bar in Troy. I am starting to lose touch with them these days since we only hang out one or two times a year, so I'm glad we'll be able to catch up for the evening. Go Brett Favre and Donald Driver!