I wish I could organize my personal life as easily as I can my work and school lives. I rarely fall behind when I am accountable to someone other than myself, when I have a manager or teacher to please. Why can’t I award myself the same respect and discipline? Why can’t I do the same for friends or family?

*sigh* Maybe admitting this will make me feel accountable. Maybe I’ll actually complete those commitments someday. It’d surely be better than wallowing in this guilt.

I think I need to figure out when I can take some vacation time so I can work on some things. I still have a ton of photos to edit from December. I took them over a month ago, and I just keep running out of time for editing. And my spring class started, it’s an online class, so I’ll be needing to devote time to that as well. And I haven’t been to the gym for a while, though that’s partially because I had a nasty cold or something at the beginning of the year. But, I’m basically well now so I shouldn’t make excuses any more. Obviously I haven’t been blogging either.

I wish the world would stop for a day or six so I could get caught up!

If you’re not feeling quite prepared either, may I offer a link to a secret weapon? Keri Smith offered this gem on her blog last year and I just may have to use it to get me through the end of the season.

I’m Millicent Thrash, lead singer of the epic trio, Chartreuse Midget! We rock! *giggle*

Merry early Christmas to Jon (and me)!!

I’ve been doing something similar to this for years for my entertainment purchases. I weigh the total time I’ll enjoy it vs. the price. For example, spending $9 on a CD/MP3s has the potential to entertain me for many many hours, while seeing a movie in the theater will only entertain me for 2-3 hours. The music is usually a better value, thus I generally only go see movies I’m really excited about in the theater.

I do wonder if perhaps this is why video games have grown so popular. The price is often high, but the total hours of entertainment potential are also high, quite possibly less than a dollar an hour if it’s a good game with replay possibilities.

Anyway, to further play with this concept, if Jon and I wanted to fly down to Texas for the Renaissance Fair, we’d be looking at over 3 complete Rock Band 2 sets just for airfare. That could also be translated to about 8 weeks worth of groceries. Or, roughly 250 20oz. bottles of Mountain Dew.

If I build a computer, it’ll probably cost about the same as 45 belly dance lessons at The Cassandra School. Or more than 200 pints of Ben & Jerry’s. Fascinating! *grin*

I’m also participating in a ‘Secret Santa’ exchange at work and am struggling with what to buy. My first idea didn’t work out because it was out of stock. I haven’t come up with a good enough second idea yet. But there’s still time! Oh yes! Maybe I’ll have time to pull off idea number one if I can just wait a week or so! I’ll have to do some more snooping about the person on Facebook and get a backup plan ready, just in case. *smirk*

The other thing I need to do is go Birthday shopping for my Mom! She’ll be 57 in ten days! Whoo! I haven’t decided what to get for her, but she’s not too hard to shop for. She generally likes practical things. And every-day jewelry. I’m not too worried.

I think the best thing I’ve purchased so far is the present for the in-laws’ fetus! Our future niece or nephew will be getting a very cute little gift. Hopefully it will be put to use once the tater tot is born!

Also, Geeky Tattoos is a really fun blog. You should add it to your RSS reader!

I’ve considered getting a tattoo someday, but I can’t decide on an image I’d want permanently affixed to my skin. I… change my mind a lot. I’m probably better off sticking with funky hair colors – those can always be trimmed off!

Do you have an tattoos? When and how did you decide to get it/them?

In other achievement news, I moved 210lbs on the leg press tonight! I even moved it more than once! Yay for being able to push around more than my body weight! We haven’t been members at the gym for very long yet, but I already feel a LOT stronger. I’m still waiting for that “better sleep” thing to kick in though. Anyway, I’m feeling pretty good and I’m really glad we decided to join. If anyone from my neck o’ the woods wants to come work out with me sometime, I’m pretty sure we can get guest passes for free! Whaddya say, Ross? Graham? Joe? There’s even a location in Rochester so maybe I can drag Mom, Dad, or Justin sometime if I’m down for a visit! It could be fun!

Tonight, I found the MySpace page for a coworker’s band. I mean, I knew he was in a band, but I had no idea what kind of music it was, so it’s highly entertaining having a chance to listen to it. And it’s really fun seeing the artwork my colleagues make when they aren’t working! One girl makes glass ornaments and jewelry, a couple are photographers, etc.

I also love that I can interact with people from all over the country and globe. It’s really neat to know that there’s a girl in New York with a similar personality (we’re both INTJs) to my own. (She’s way more awesome and entertaining than me though, so go read her blog!) It’s also fun to find forums like Lavish where I can follow conversations and also interact when I feel like it. The ladies there are a lot of fun!