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So I ran four miles to the beach before playing volleyball for the "Volley and Thunder" team today. I didn't play that well. Not because I was tired of all the running beforehand, but because I haven't played volley in a while. The team members haven't played volley in quite some time too... and the results? Our team lost all six games today. It really wasn't that bad. Most of the games were close games. Just our execution didn't go as well as planned. I did manage to deliver one heck of a dangerously fast spike to one of our opposing teams. Sadly though, the enthusiasm of one point doesn't really win you games.

I'm back in my apartment now. Feeling not great but not terrible either after the game. Thank goodness the 500 days of summer original soundtrack was there in my mail box ;) As I am writing this entree, the songs are being copied into my iTunes. Now if only I didn't leave my ipod at work...

I received another letter in my mail box today. The letter looked pretty thick. Must be something important? It was. It was an invitation to Doug Duffy's wedding! This is my first time going to an American/Irish/Spanish wedding. I'm pretty psyched about this. Not only is this the first American/Irish/Spanish wedding that I'm going to, but this will be the first time I'll be going to a wedding inside a church. All those years of watching movies to see the bride and groom say "I do" and the Minister asking the audience "If there is anyone out there who believes that these two should not be joined in Holy Matrimony let him speak now forever hold their peace" moments are finally coming true.

By the way, Doug Duffy is one of Milliman's former employees. He studied accounting (big mistake), but he's extremely smart and was able to do all the actuarial stuff plus pass all of his CPA exams on his first try. It even seemed as if he really didn't study that much. But his dad is an FCAS, so I'm not shocked. Today, he's working as an accountant.

Norma, his bride to be is going to be a lawyer soon. She's been with Duffy for seven to eight years now. It makes me so happy to see couples who have been with each other for a long time getting married. Cause that's how it was for me and my wife.

My friend Dezerk told me that who you marry is exactly who you deserve. I totally agree with him. The Quran mentions something like this - "Good guys end up with good girls. And bad guys end up with bad girls." Duffy and Norma are good people. I wish them the very best for their upcoming wedding, and wish them better than the best for their future.