Sunday, January 6, 2008

2008 aspirations

I refuse to set resolutions, so I am working toward aspirations in 2008. (aspirations won't leave you feeling empty and sad when you fail to accomplish them)

#1 top of the pile is to continue exercise regiment, I kept everything in check over the holidays and managed to drop a pound! I am also going to bring my drinking level even further down. for most of the past 3 months I have only drank on the weekends, which is good, but I want to further refine that down to only drinking maybe once a week and only moderately. I am getting way too old for hangovers.

#2 Complete home improvements. We kicked it up a notch and have almost finished our crown molding project, I just have to punch the nail head past level and DAP the holes. I suspect come summer our hacienda will be fit for sale.

#3 I want to log about 30+ miles of actual hiking/biking/snow-shoeing/x-country skiing every month in 2008. that will get me close to 360 miles in the year. I have some catch up to do...

#4 Career oriented aspirations will be set once I figure out what is going to happen w/ certifications and SQL server 2008. 2005 ushered in a new set of exams more geared toward different areas of the DB world. so, I am really curious what is going to be next. I am also gearing up to finally learn me some ASP.net and C#. I have the basics down, but I need the guts and glory to be more proficient. I am going to work up a bunch of admin pages at work that should give me a lot of practice, course, these will have to come second to my real work load which currently is growing steadily and shows no signs of slowing. fun.

well, that should keep me busy for another 365.