I also wanted to comment that I had considered doing a recap, but honestly if you want to know what happened to me this year, just read it. I wont bore my friends list with a recap. I will however post my goals for the upcoming year.

1. Get a bike, and start biking to audits within Everett city limits (probably happen closer to summer, when I can afford to buy a bike).
2. Get healthier and workout again. I am not specifically aiming for a weight, if I start working out again and build muscle I wont necessarily drop weight. I just need to get healthier so I am more comfortable with myself. I would like to be able to be comfortable topless (not necessarily six pack, but a bit healthier).
3. Get the doctors to look at my ankle and knee problems. Had the problems for years, maybe start necessary surgerys/treatments to get them so I can do #2 more easily.
4. Drop my sugar intake by 50% at least. This will be pretty easy as I plan to drop most sugary products not made by me most of the time. I quit coffee completely, I quit pop completely, I figure this is just the next step.
5. Read at least 2 books a month next year (or listen on audio). I came close this year (I need to count, I might have even surpassed it).
6. Take my CPA exams (goal is to finish it, but I would like at least 2 sections passed if not all four).
7. Visit Disneyland (we also want to visit Australia, but that takes substantially more so that may be next Xmas/January 2010 if we can't get the money up).
8. Pay off our credit card debt (target is by June).
9. Start drawing again, I would like to get a certain number of drawings a month in, just so it gets me in the swing, but I would just settle for doing it semi-regularly.
10. Move out of our current apartment and into something closer to downtown.

Yep, there are the first 10 goals, I have more but figure shouldn't get too crazy about it.
oh and everyone:

05:47 woot my “friday”, I do love 4 day weekends #

06:26 Found IPOD!! I apologized to heresyoftruth for thinking she had it. A person should always apologize for wronging someone no matter what. #

07:31 Six month review for work is today, yep a little nervous. Has it really been six months? #

11:35 Review went great!! I get to run my own audits starting in the next cycle!! #

Thats it, we are done here for the night.

18:58 @WindyRoo Oh ya buddy, Airwolf, A-Team, etc. How can you go wrong on Hulu? #

22:35 posting yelp, good reads, and bakespace reviews #

06:57 The movie Seed hurts itself trying to be scary by using real PETA images. To many images like that result in me resenting having to watch it #

12:35 Dear lord I need my Ipod. #

Thats it, we are done here for the night.

This is when some of the peope became undead. They were zombies, but not mindless zombies. Rather they just desired flesh and to pass the "undead infection" on. In the end I had to convince them to give up or be destroyed (they had spent a lot of time trying to make me undead). There was more, but it is mostly faded from my waking mind.

However, I still want to go to Australia with  to check it out and hang with  and his wonderful family (maybe plan where we move if it worked out).

04:59 I hate angsty dreams, and I would never want to be a teenager again. #

05:04 owww… I popped my back and now have a back twinge I get to go to work with (I hate the hard to breath part). #

05:23 Wow, I haven't worn a tie in two weeks. #

12:48 Today is going very well @ work, but I miss my Ipod. #

Thats it, we are done here for the night.

Shouldn't we be shoveling money into our school system. I am not even advocating salary increases, rather at the very least the equipment the teachers need (well, and the additional teachers themselves). Its funny, I am by choice childless, and I am willing to pay the taxes to make sure kids get educated.

Another reason for the fall of our country from its position in the world 20 years ago.

I did think it was strange that we were picking figs, books and other items from different game systems. While I was selecting figs,  had wandered off. I caught up with her in a part of the bookstore that was a long set of stairs that had gaming items hanging off the wall. She had her top off and was wandering around topless. As is normal for gaming geeks in my head she was surrounded by guys (in real life most of them would have been too scared to get that close). I was so angry, worried, and hurt because of it. In real life I would probably not care whatsoever. I know she is with me, and that's all I need.

However, in the dream, the 17 year old low self esteem, worry, and confusion/anger popped up and I was pissed. I pushed myself past all of these people, smacked some heads and got up to her. That is where I woke up.

When I woke up, I was assaulted with the same unsure feelings I had during my teen, early twenties. I got worried about my parents, my wife, my siblings. I hated being a teenager, and honestly I don't think I would want to repeat it. What I hate even more is waking up at 0400 from these dreams.

Plus it just sounds stupid when I wake up and have had time to think.

Our gaming is back on for next week, Saturday at noon. It will be nice to get in the normal flow of things. With the year ending soon I am thinking about my goals for next year. I probably will post them later this week (they are still percolating). Today went real well, we gave all of my nieces and nephews (two of each) their presents, the younger ones were ecstatic, the older ones were semi-happy. I don't think you can truly get someone who is between 8-13 presents that make them truly happy (well at least not without going bankrupt). So I will take it for a win.

There have been several web projects I have wanted to work on for more then a year, but I haven't done anything yet. I figure I will work towards those projects, maybe get them started by the start of the year.

Oh, exhaustion has just rolled over me, I think that is all for my updates for now.

16:17 3 hours later, mission complete. We successfully went out got adapter for monitor for mac, more stuffed animals and ate awesome chinese food #

08:05 Preparing for the journey north, things cleared a bit yesterday. #

Thats it, we are done here for the night.

21:24 No rain yet, but everyone else is getting it, so here is hoping for rain and for it to last until next weekend. #

Thats it, we are done here for the night.