Why So Long? I AM LAZY!

Hello everyone. I have not been posting for almost 2 months. Many big things have been happening with School and Work and Home. They are all good things, but they suck away the time to ponder and plunk on the old keyboard. I also have been reading in my spare time instead of writing like I should. I finished The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science (awesome read!) and am half way through In, But Not Of by Hugh Hewitt. Please forgive that I forget.

Thanksgiving and Christmas went by with little issue (at least none I wish to publish). Thomassaurus Rex (2 years, 8 months) received Superman, Batman, Flash, Spiderman and Chewbacca action figures along with a little wooden train set and table. He was jazzed!

My beautiful Princess Lolo (9 years) received a camping set (pup tent, sleeping bag, inflatable chair and compass that she will put up in the back yard once it warms up outside), clothes and girly things, and a kiddo sized guitar with tuner, and CD on how to learn to play. She was stoked! I do not know Jack Scratch about playing a guitar, but I will help as much as I can.

The wife is working harder and harder at a job that often sounds like it is not very rewarding and a little overbearing. I wonder at times if she is happy with the job. She says she is from time to time, but it does not show. I think we would do fine financially on my salary, and I have asked her if she would like to stop working and just stay home and raise the princess and dinosaur. She says no. I do not think her happiness and the kids’ watering and grooming by their mother should be sacrificed for only the sake of things. Things only gratify the senses. Things do not enlighten or strengthen or bring goodness. They are only ends for a set moment. I want my family to be about "each other" as a success, not about the accumilation of stuff that makes us "happy". Do you know what I mean?

At school, I finished a whopping six essays to gain some school credit (if it all works out, I will get 18 units total!). I had a break for about 4 weeks, and I return to learn about Organizational Behavior starting the 25th. I look forward to being done in a year...at least with the Bachelor’s degree. I am afraid that, a year from now, if I finish my degree and stop for a break, I will never go back. It took a lot of gumption and energy to go back this time. Next time I will be older and have better excuses.

At work, I absorbed managing some more work centers. It was a big deal for the various VPs involved, and they made a fuss over it. I am looking forward to those challenges in the new work groups and how to blend best practices between these work groups and my original cast of characters. I need to hire more managers too since one of my people left for Colorado Springs and a promotion. It felt great seeing the person rise from a tech controller to a full-fledged IT Manager and knowing that I helped along the way. Well, I am always just happy I have work. A lot of people have had to settle for less than what they would lie to do. I am just tyring my best to stay ahead of the game with making successful decisions and getting school under my belt.

Speaking of my belt…I made a New Year’s Resolution to go back to school a couple of years ago. So far so good; progressing to the point where I get my BS in Organizational Behavior (HR/Management stuff) December 2006. Last year I made the resolution to quit smoking. It has been a year since 30Dec04 that I smoked a cigarette (or anything else!). This year I need to lose weight! I am way over 300 lbs right now, and my sexy body is looking shabby. I need to release that inner Charles Atlas once again on the world. The women may not be able to control themselves, but I am not a healthy cat packing all this tubbiness on my ass. Therefore, the resolution is to carve off at least 100 pounds this year. I think I can do it. It has been a rough start so far, but I will keep at it and keep you updated, loyal and lonely readers!

That is it from your favorite Philosopher-Manager-Conservative-Parental mass media Junkie. I will make an effort to jot down more as time rolls on and my fat rolls off. Read you soon!