APRIL RECAP.  If I had only waited for the Kentucky Derby to bet my long shot, the race in which long shot Mine that Bird (60-1) won, my $50 dollar bet would have netted me $50,000 dollars.  Damn.  Nevertheless, April was a good month.  I turned 36, our business grew up a bit, hung out with my sister Michelle briefly, haven’t contracted Swine Flu (yet), baseball is back, and my buddy Matt, a guy who couldn’t even arrange for a proper haircut (as evidenced in the above photograph) had a kid.

Over the last month Sonia and I knocked off another eight goals and continued to chip away at a number of others.  Let’s start with the ones we put to bed…

#15. We finally got ourselves insured.  Thankfully my Ambien fiasco didn’t result in a hospital visit.  Which reminds me of some great advice, never take Ambien and a laxative at the same time.

#60. Sonia bought me a watch for my birthday.

#50. We visited the largest buddhist temple in the country.

#17. Got our passports.  Trying to figure out where to use them.

#13. We became altruistically generous.

#23. Saw my tenth movie of the year in the theatre.  At least ten more to follow.

#39. Took a boat ride.  Regretted it.

#83. Put metal in my daughter’s mouth.  Good to see the immediate confidence boost.

As for the ones we’ve put a dent into…

#5. Hardly

#8. Revenues continue to grow.  Expenses too.

#19. Yep.

#22. Read Tropic of Cancer, my second of five.  Review to come.

#24. New restaurants tried are: XIV in Hollywood, Castaway in Burbank, The Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, 8oz Burger Bar on Melrose, King Fish in Long Beach and Kiwami in Studio City.

#25. Going the wrong way.

#28. Saw my second of five. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

#57. Better every day.

That’s about it for April.  Off to May.