I’ve had a great first week back in Phoenix. I previously mentioned that on Tuesday I went to Cibo for a birthday dinner.

On Wednesday,I attended the 24 Hour Film contest screening which is sponsored by the Independent Feature Project – Phoenix Four of my friends created a film a few weeks back for the contest and ended up doing phenomenal.They won for best use of a prop as well as won 2nd place overall and therefore qualify for the Phoenix Film Festival in March. See their awesome thriller on You Tube.

Thursday I was supposed to catch up on everything I hadn’t accomplished since I left for Vancouver. However, I got in this mood to buy a macbook. After work, I went with Bob to the Apple store at the Biltmore. I found a great one and once I figure out what my tax return is going to be, it is game on! On the way home, I saw a fire a few blocks away from my house. As I was coming back from running errands, it was so bad that I could hear the helicopters over my stereo and the entire surrounding area was blocked off. It was a long alternate route home.

Friday I made my return to East Valley Friday Nights (#evfn), which was held closer to me (finally) at Four Peaks Brewery. I chatted with some old friends as well as met some new and enjoyed a nice pint of Kiltlifter after being away. I was hungry, but not starving so I ordered their spinach artichoke dip. It was amazingly good, but I barely put a dent in it. I then employed the help of others to finish the bowl and with five people chowing down, it only ended up half way gone. I think the bowl was magically refilling itself. While at Four Peaks, I met a woman that was in town exploring job opportunities. She happened to be a Kent State grad that lives in Cleveland. It was awesome having another KSU alumni to chat with. We went to an exotic arts festival that was recommended afterwards, which was fun, but not as good as expected. I was able to get home early enough to *finally* get more than 5 hours of sleep for the fist time in two weeks.

Yep, I think I am back to my regular schedule of crazy.