I Think The Calendar's Broken... It Can't Be Another Year Already!

A Very Good Day

As of tomorrow, I'll be embarking on my 29th* revolution around the sun on this big ball of rock we call home.  Birthdays have never been a huge thing in my family, so I'm expecting just a little fun with friends and family and a nice meal or two.  Usually the day doesn't feel any different from any other day, but it does help denote the passage of time and gives me a reason to reflect on what I've been doing and what I want to do in the near future.

*For those of you who are are not thinking straight at the moment, this means I'll be 28 years old.

Over the past year I've:

• Interviewed for and acquired a new job in a new field and in a new state
• Sold my old townhouse
• Bought a new house
• Moved my entire life from Baltimore, MD to North Carolina
• Rung in a new year of 2007 on a farm in Florida
• Took a three week trip to India (for work)
• Celebrated my daughter's 2nd birthday
• "Helped" my wife get pregnant with what will be our second daughter (I'm glad I was present for this!).
• Joined Vox and transferred over all my blog posts from previous sources all the way back to when I started writing a blog in March of 2002 (Wow! over 5 years of blogging, even if I *was* sort of sporadic at first!)
• Celebrated my wife's __th birthday (tomorrow would be my last birthday ever if she found out I mentioned her age on the internet)
• "Found" an old friend from my college days (actually, she found me)
• Made some new friends on Vox
• Curbed an addiction to a certain MMORPG by quitting the game completely
• Made an effort to be a better person, husband, and father (and think I've succeeded)

In the coming year I expect I will:

• Travel at least once more to India (again, for work)
• Travel at least once to Oman (for work)
• Possibly travel at least once to Malaysia (noticing a pattern here?)
• Join the local synogague (I've been meaning to do this, but things kept getting in the way...but I've got to get the priorities straight here)
• Teach my daughter at least one bad habit that I will later regret
• Watch my wife give birth to daughter #2

And finally, in the upcoming year I hope to:

• Begin writing some more fiction
• Bring smiles to the faces of every one in my family as often as I can
• Get back into running regularly
• Continue to post regularly on Vox
• Enjoy every day - Time's a one-way street and I don't want to miss any of the sights along the way