Walking Backwards

Let's hope that this entry will actually make its way to being published. I have written two entries since the last one my site was published and both met an untimely end. First, I wrote about my night in San Antonio on New Year's Eve and my resolutions for 2005. I made the mistake of taking a short break in the middle to find myself a snack and beverage and just putter around for a bit. While I was gone, Joe thought it was a good time to run some updates for my *WinAmp* program. He just can't keep his hands on his own machine. Needless to say, my computer decided to have a seizure and I had to pull the plug and start over again. A few days later, after my seething computer hatred had begun to subside, I started another entry only to have the internet go down. That displeasure was compounded by the Time*Warner help desk putting me on hold for 18 minutes only to give the announcement that customers in the South Austin region would be without service for an indeterminate amount of time and that they were working on it. Pfft. Sometimes I want to just give the whole thing up. Which brings me to my to-do list for next year (you'll see):

1. Update my journal at least 3 times a week.

I am not doing a bang up job of this so far, but I do have a good excuse (kind of). Since I start school this week, I am going to have to really make this an issue or the whole thing is just going to fall away. I really like to have a record of my thoughts and all of the interesting stuff that has or has not been going on.

2. Waste less time on other things on the internet.

I did not really need to spend an hour looking up stuff on Jennifer*Aniston and Brad*Pitt and their break-up. I wasn't even interested or enjoying it. I have a bunch of stuff I would like to get done this year and I could use a little less distraction.

3. Read a book a month outside of class work.

I joined a book club that keeps me on this, but there isn't much that we've been reading lately that I've been into. Two books out of the last five have held my attention and not felt like work by the final few chapters. If I am going to give up my diminishing free-time, it better be for something good.

4. Finish my damn home improvement projects.

If one more thing goes wrong in my bathroom remodel, I am going to plaster over the door and pretend it doesn't exist. I am also not starting anything else, as much as I want to, until that cursed light fixture is up.

5. Go outside more.

I am an indoor kid. I do not like being outside because I have really, really bad allergies and horrible asthma and I live in Texas. It looks like Nicholas is not following in my footsteps, though, and he loves being outside. I really want to make the sacrifice of coziness for a happy baby this year.

I know there is more, but I'm drawing a blank. I also have got to get to the school bookstore before they close because school starts tomorrow, yelp! I also have some major housework to do considering I am probably not going to be able to do any of it for four months.