F Everything, Let's Party....or better known as my strategy for investing

Today was momentous day at work, our company went public in spite of volatile market for the industry.  While exciting, it still was a long day considering I had to complete another close for the IPO.  Ahhh, the life of a Sales Accountant!  Two closes in one month is definitely not my favorite thing to do but somehow despite having 2 companies to complete today, I still managed to finish all of my accruals and reports and still had time to take care of other things needed throughout the day.  Some days I amaze myself, other days I appear to be the biggest idiot in the department.  And some will probably confirm that yesterday was an idiot day for me especially considering the looks I got when I went to explain a sales invoice at 7:30 am but somehow I persevered.

So anyway, getting back to the IPO, we all took a short break to watch the first trade early this morning, which was quite interesting since I've never personally known anyone who has actually been on the trading room floor before and today a handful of our executives were actually there.  And in-between all of my work today and mostly because it was pulled up on my second computer screen, I found a few opportunities to check in to see how the first day on the exchange went.....it was up, it was down, it was up again, then down again and finally it finished $1.00 down from the target price.  I was hoping for much better but I'll be patient and see what happens beyond day 1, month 1 or even year 1 for that matter.  Since I have invested my own money in this, you can be sure I'll be keeping my eye on how things are going for the long haul.  Let's hope there are future gains as we are the lowest cost and highest margin producer in our industry in all of the U.S.
Tomorrow morning is another big day for our company as our primary owner will be ringing the bell at the exchange.  It is also my Friday, which makes it even better because after another close, I'm more than beat!

By the way, you may think that the title of this post is a bit misleading....don't worry, I'm not that crazy.  It just so happens that the NYSE listing is also an Urban Dictionary acronym and an outrageous one at that.

Update:  In case you really want to watch it, click this link see the opening bell this morning.

Mexico City Recap

Nearly 3 weeks ago we left for our whirlwind weekend in Mexico City and while it was a huge culture shock (if you bet on me not remembering my Spanish from high school, you would have been correct!), we had a great time celebrating the wedding of D's friend and old roommate and catching up with some of his friends and former co-workers from Michigan.
We couldn't understand more than a few words at the wedding and reception (yes, nearly the entire thing was in Spanish, minus M's vows which were clearly the only part of the wedding I understood), I'm glad we were able to make the trip and experience the city and the wedding.  Since we didn't have much time while in Mexico, we spent our Saturday walking around the Polanco District and visiting the Farmer's Market before a quick nap and then the wedding and reception.  The nap was necessary since the reception lasted from 8 pm until 3:30 in the morning.  And we made the most of the reception celebration....dancing, throwing celebration streamers and wearing all of the fun accessories such as flashing crowns, cowboy hats and glasses.  It was definitely hard to get up the next morning, pack up our bags and head back home as early as we did but I was happy to be heading back to the States to see my precious little Kinny who was patiently awaiting our return.  Luckily my parents came to visit her over the course of those 3 days and emailed pics to us regularly.  Yes, I may in fact be one of those crazy kitty moms....she's like my baby.  :)

Anyway as promised, here's my photo dump....

Customs Line -- Welcome to Mexico

It's almost like home!

Exploring the city

Found some ice cream!!

Heading to the wedding

Nothing says party like mariachis

We may or may not be taking a selfie.

And this pretty girl was excited to see us come home!