My back still hurts but is feeling a lot better, which is good because if it felt worse it would mean I’d have to go back to the see someone about it again. If I had cable, I would have probably spent all night watching TV, but instead I bought iWork ’09 for my Mac. It’s all very silly, since I hardly ever do any word processing or presentations on my Mac, but I got it anyway. Not very exciting in the least.

I guess I should have come up with some resolutions by now, but I usually give myself by the middle of January. Come to think of it, I probably did come up with some but I’ve forgotten them by now. Nurse Tiff thinks I should try to have a SECOND date this year, which would be two better than last year, but I’m going for the goal of making Carolyn eat her hat, which is more dates than her. The medium goal is one per month. Seeing as how NO ONE was interested in me after speed dating, this may be harder than it sounds.

Another goal is to see my bathroom finished, pay it off, and have the rest of the house examined. I think we’re planning on the downstairs bathroom, the living room walls/ceiling, the dining room walls/ceiling, the 2 downstairs bedrooms, the upstairs bedroom, parts of the kitchen, and then I should be so broke that I’ll need to keep working for at least a couple of years after I’m dead. I’m not sure, but I think my employer would probably not agree to those working conditions.

Another goal is to go to Japan again. My mom goes a couple of times a year but I’ll settle for once a year for now. I really like it there and I think it’s because I can actually afford to do things there now that I’m not trying to live there on a junior engineer’s salary.

Another goal is to go somewhere whiter, like England. Europe is a little far. I’m probably going to San Francisco but that is pretty Asian. What about Chicago? I guess I could go to most parts of Oregon or, hell, even 20 miles out to Scappoose, but we’re talking goals here, not things I could do in a half hour. Maybe I should go to Canaduh again.

Another should be work-related, but I can’t think of doing anything beyond doing my job.

Maybe I should also decide to take the bus more often, but where’s the fun in that?

I also resolve to get more sleep. HAH. Well, so much for that one.