New Years Preparations

Happy Belated Birthday to Jesus. I was intending to make a post on Christmas day but flying back home took a lot of out of me and I ended up sleeping the majority of the evening away. No use crying over spilled milk. So here's a catch up on the week's events. I flew out to Dallas last Saturday and my parents drove down to meet me. We surprised my brother and spent Saturday and Sunday with him and his "girlfriend". My dad's wife bought a ton of food so we ate good and played a few hands of Uno.

On Sunday, we made the 4 hour drive back to Little Rock. I got to see all of the family, although I didn't get to have Christmas dinner with them because my flight departed at 11:00am on Tuesday. I know...it was bogus but it was the last flight that Southwest had leaving Little Rock bound for Chicago. I tried to see about going to work a couple hours late on Wednesday so that I could catch a flight leaving out that morning but manager couldn't approve because "the boys" would have gotten upset. It was a great time regardless.

So, I'm preparing for the New Year although mentally I'm still not ready for 2007...lol! Regardless, I'm getting some things accomplished that I refuse to let roll over into 2008. I purchased a scanner and a shredder on Wednesday and I've been having a ball. I'm scanning EVERYTHING and shredding it. I want all personal docs saved to my new 8GB thumb drive before January 1.

Tonight I'm going to finish washing and folding all of the laundry and give both bathrooms a good cleaning. If I get ambitious, I may even finish painting my bathroom...hmmm, now that's a thought. I'm also going to journey into the middle bedroom and pack up a bunch of stuff and take it to the Salvation Army. Yep, need that write off. Besides that, I'm just going to do some serious organizing in the house. Should I have a "yard" sale in the spring? Hmmm, now there's something to consider...

Last but not least, I need to finalize my goals for 2008. I believe that I have all of my travels planned out for the year and I've submitted my vacation days to my manager. Selah. My manager told us last week that the colapse date for the broker dealer is October 24 2008. So by then, I'll definitely be in a new job because LFS is going bye-bye. Anyway, my manager approved my days so now I just need to start securing some cheap flights. My other goals are just some basics relating to my physical, spiritual, mental, and financial well-being.

Here's to 2008...coming rather I'm ready or not!