Settin' Goals

After some frustration, complaining, sleepless nights, wondering, self-annoyance, and general avoidance of the subject... I have set some goals. Again!!

1) I have until August 31st to decide what organization to go with for future travels. Since the Chab Dai thing is looking kind of sketchy, I am planning to research as many organizations as possible. If I can't find anything promising in South East Asia, I am going to go with OasisUK, and hopefully be placed in India, Bengaladesh, or Africa... and THEN plan to work in South East Asia at a later time. I just think that this is the most logical thing to do right now, for the sake of my sanity.

2) I have between September 1st through December 31st to fill out applications, submit resumes, build up some cash to put in the Bank of Bayless toward my trip to London (or wherever) for training.

3) I need to get my butt off of the couch and go running or whatever. I need a workout buddy. My apartment has a small, crappy gym... but I think that I might invest in that $10/month gym since there is one close to my apartment.

4) I want to make a hardcore attempt at a 5K next year, hopefully the one close to Cedar Point so that I can crash the trip. I haven't been on a roller coaster in about 10 years, and that is just wrong. This will be the motivation, before I leave to go to a country where there is a chance that they have never heard of a roller coaster.

5) Because I don't have nearly enough to do (chuckle-snort), I want to get involved with the middle school night at Evergreen, at least once or twice a month. They don't have enough adult estrogen there, which bothers me.

6) I need to take an entire day and clean my bedroom. This will include getting rid of all of the Ukraine stuff crammed into the corner. Going through the dirty clothes, and actually washing them. Going through the clean pile of clothes that lives on my floor and putting them in a place where I can't see them or trip over them. Putting shoes in the closet. Vacuuming and steam cleaning the carpet. I may have to take a day off of work for this.

7) I want to save about $1000 by this time next year toward my trip. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it's a ton of money to me. Bank of Bayless, here I come.

8) Purge, purge, purge... I need to get rid of stuff that I have been stashing away that I never use. Example: I have 2 computers in my bedroom closet. One of them works. Why do I have them if only one of them works?? Excellent question. They are heavy and awkward and I haven't had the determination or desire to drag them out to get rid of them, and I am not sure of what to do with them.

9) I have several knitting projects that I have started and haven't finished. Two of these are for babies that will be born in the next month or two. So, yeah... I need to get these done.

10) I need to visit my family in Florida. I haven't been to visit since Thanksgiving, and I am completely missing my niece growing up. Here is a picture of her on the swings.

11) I want to get more involved with my covenant group. We have been kind of slack, but I think that we are now trying to get on the ball with sticking with some goal setting and accountability. Yay for us.