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January 01, 2005 - Saturday, 9:00 a.m.

Last night Moon and Justin made Hot Pot for dinner. It was really good. My whole family was here, and Kyle, Maqui and Maleah joined us. Moon wasn�t happy with the results. It wasn�t as good as she recalled from home, however we were all pleased with it. About 9:30 I headed over to L�s and we opened Christmas gifts. I really liked everything that I got. L got me a Lord of the Rings throw blanket, a hummingbird pull for the ceiling fan in my room and a really nice pair of amethyst earrings. G got me some lotion that she shopped for all on her own and picked out for me.

2004 was a great year, so very much happened, marriages, babies, The Lake Trip and school, everything a success. Time wise I am halfway through my MBA, class wise, I am well over halfway. Only 6 more classes to go until I am done � 5 this year and 1 in the spring of 2006 and I am done.

What has 2005 got in store for me, I wonder. When December dawned I thought perhaps a relationship, but as it drew to a close I decided that probably wasn�t true. At the beginning of the year I thought the basement project would be done halfway through the year, but as the year came to a close I now know that it�ll be done by the end of January. It will be good to have that accomplished.

I have two classes this spring, both with Dan. Then I�ll take a short interim class, again with Dan between the spring and summer semesters. I take the summer off. Yeah!! Then I�ll take two classes in the fall, one with Dan. The spring of 2006 I�ll take one class, without Dan and then graduate!! Amazing!! I can�t believe how well grad school has gone. Much better then I dreamed.

Work is hanging in there. I am hoping just a little that maybe I�ll get a promotion to engineer this year. I think it is a dream, but really feel that is what they�ll need to do to have any hope of me staying around once I am done with my degree. To afford the loan payments I am going to have to be making much better money then I currently am. Really I am very happy with my job, just not my pay. Here�s hoping for a good year on the career track of my life.

Hoping my health will continue to get better this year and that I�ll find more time to work on strengthening my back (of course that�s what I hoped LAST year). I�d still like to drop another 25 lbs, AT LEAST. Just need to get focused on that part of things. One good thing will be to stop eating breakfast in the cafeteria every morning� and maybe I am finally ready to think about eating salads again. We�ll see.

Didn�t get as much done on my �spirituality� last year as I�d hoped I would, but I did start Ruhi, which was a definite move in the right direction. I am enjoying it a lot and it will be ongoing most of this year.

As for a love-life, no real expectations this year, but really pretty content with all the other stuff I have in the works. Certainly won�t be �looking� for love in the coming year.

Ack!! I am stiff today, but really need to get going on the grouting before I don�t feel like doing anything. :o)

Later� M.