Take A Deep Breath Folks

I hate New Year's resolutions. You'll never keep them because oftentimes you set unrealistic goals for the wrong reason. For example, people who have heart attacks will generally become very weight conscious after that attack and trim down. To start that regiment because it's tradition tied to the calendar date is silly. Hence, I don't make them.

I did, however, do something a little different this year. On New Year's this year, I took stock of how our family did in 2007. And found that it really sucked. Two days into the year I was diagnosed with a skin cancer. Not a big deal, no, but the "c" word is not something you want to hear when you're starting the new year. Mom's health was a huge issue this year. Work got harder and harder. While still fun and rewarding, it just became so difficult to repeat the previous year's success. The traffic is getting worse, not better. They're saying that in 10 years, my one hour commute will be 3 hours. The house is expensive and mom's condition has really hit us hard in the wallet. Jen of course despises the weather here, and I have to say that the last two years have been so ridiculously bad (supposedly the worst two on record), that I have to agree. The worst part though, was watching Bailey and Jameson. I think the weather is affecting both of them. It ALWAYS rains. The yard (small as it is) is always wet and muddy. It smells of wet leaves and moss here. Most of the time, they either can't go out or I just don't want them to. They stand at the window and ask "why does it rain here all of the time". Coming from Virginia Beach, VA, they know there's something better.

Incidentally, I really don't want to hear "you have to just suck it up and deal with it" from lifetime Seattle-ites anymore.

So I made my non-resolution. I decided that I was going to improve my family's situation this year. That's exactly how I worded it. I wasn't going to necessarily look for something else. But, if something came up, I would give it a look.

Interestingly enough, something did come up. And it looks to be very, very good. It also definitely fits the bill of improving my family's situation. I'll be a little vague right now, but starting tomorrow, things are going to happen very, VERY fast.

Take a deep breath everyone, because I'm going to need it.