Life in the Cheese Drawer

today i will
finish this post and go to bed.
tomorrow i will
visit my grandma who just got out of the hospital and check out the deals at the closing world market in town.
next week i will
mail liz’s package, prepare my father’s bday gift, and set out my recycling
in the next month i will
call my landlord about realtors he works with to ensure an easier move out, go to my parents’ for easter and dad’s bday, look forward to spring, clean my duplex, visit melissa, work like normal.
in the next six months i will
pay off a chunk of bills, welcome jane back from NZ and go to her grad, start the house-buying process, take more photos, maybe get a new lens, have my birthday, start to enjoy my last year before the big 3–0.
in the next year i will
buy a house, get a raise, maybe buy a new mattress set.
in the next five years i will
plant a garden, start a compost pile, go on a trip somewhere, look into having kids (???), possibly get a new job if it’s in the cards.
before i die i will
sell photos to people i don’t know, publish a book, go to machu pichu, get off the “grid”, visit new york.
(for a person who doesn’t make long-term plans, writing this past a week was pretty difficult.)

things i want to do this year:

1. visit the lost forty
2. buy a house

pretty short. i’d say go on a honeymoon, but i don’t know if that’s going to happen with the house goal. someone needs to sponsor my honeymoon. i was going to go to the black hills this summer, but i don’t know if even that’s fiscally doable. ugh.

time for bed.

my goals for the next year:
1. get a good job that pays well and that i like
2. move out of my hovel and into a better apt. or rent a house for 6 months
3. buy a house
4. go on a honeymoon already (or have it planned)
5. have a christmas tree
now, that doesn’t seem too difficult, does it?

my goal is to try to update this thing every day. and more social commentary, witty comments and the like. now whether or not i will accomplish this is yet to be seen. if you want me to comment on a particular subject, feel free to prod me about it.
i’ll still post about my job search and any future endeavors involving former workplaces 🙂
i’m watching csi right now – hear about the csi effect? jury members are letting obviously guilty criminals go because the forensics dept. and police can’t produce results like they do on csi. are these jury members stupid? no one can magnify a photo x600 and have the resolution be perfect.