away from home

Being away from Vanessa is tough. Now that she is 500 miles away I wish I could hug her. We are both keeping busy, but still we call each other and sit listening to silence because we haven't got anything to say but we don't want to hang up. I really do like her.

First post of the Decade

Good morning all. It's time from me to finally type up and post my resolutions or goals for the year. These are my personal goals not a list of all my work goals. I think that has been a big reason that it's taken me so long to get this list.

1. I want to play my violin more, at least once a week. and I'm going to memorize a song so that I can play it on demand. I don't know which song yet, but I am open to suggestions.

2. I want to go camping every month. I am defining camping as sleeping out side in a tent. It would be awesome to take a trip to a different spot each time and really explore North Dakota, maybe there is a rock somewhere to climb on... If your looking for some one to go camping with give me a call. I have vacation time to use, so it doesn't have to be North Dakota either.

3. I want to pay off my credit card. Each year I say i'm going to get completely out of debt, but that hasn't happened yet. So this year we are killing the credit card. We haven't spent any thing on it for a while, and we've been paying it down. this year it should get a zero balance! I'm excited about it.

Those are the only 3 big personal goals I've got. I'm chock full of Business goals, but I'll save those for my Power point presentation on the 19th. I guess it was a skill I would need in real life.

It's a new year and I'm excited to see the days get longer. I am enjoying life and starting to feel like a grown up. It's still strange to hang around older people all the time and even stranger that they listen to me and think I know what I'm talking about.