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things left undone

Well the first month of the year is over. How time flies. I've been away for awhile, due to technological issues as well as life's chaos being in full force. I'm back now! With some new ideas and new motivation, even though it's been a rough week personally. But first, let's take a look at how January turned out, at least on paper.


It's been a busy month. I'm disappointed in myself for only finishing about half the things I had on my list for the January, but there's always next month. We did good avoiding fast food... for the first two weeks. Then these last two weeks have been pretty much pointless. It's just so hard when we stay in town 3 nights a week and don't have a stocked kitchen of our own. But on a brighter note, I did keep my goal to work out once a week (okay I missed one week, but it's because I was very sick.)


I'm still working on getting in touch with a bankruptcy lawyer, I called, but they never called back. Thanks to clever tax filings I'm getting enough money back to file, so that's a big weight off my shoulders. ($1500 just to prove you don't have any money. nice huh?) I also haven't gotten very far with my resumes, and haven't heard from the interview I had, and don't know if I'm going to get promoted at work or not, career life in general is stressful for me to think about.


I also didn't spend as much time as I wanted with some people in my life. But that seems to be how it always goes. I didn't get to go on a hike. Not even a short one. But there's always next month. So, enough for now. More soon, promise.

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