Another Year Come and Gone

First of all, I would like to wish all of you a happy New Year. Welcome to 2007.

Speaking of 2007, can you believe that it really is 2007 already? Remember back to when 2010 brought up dreams of flying cars and teleportation devices? And now, just a few short years to go, none of our dreams for the future seem to be coming into fruition. But technology that was never thought up has been popping up everywhere. I mean, new cell phones that do email, surf the web, take pictures, play music, TV, and who knows what else that are small enough for me to lose consistently. And although cars do not yet fly, there are some running on cleaner fuels and getting obscenely high mileage numbers, have audio imputs and GPS navigators.

But despite all that, time is sure flying. It seems faster every year. And with more and more to experience with each year of adulthood I enter, faster time cannot be a good thing. You know, things like learning to keep track to bills, rent payments, insurance coverage are all still pretty new to me this year. And more new things are building on top of all that: retirement plans, filing taxes (gulp), figuring out major life purchases while still paying off student loans, grad school while working, well, the list goes on and on. And if you think about it all at once, adulthood feels very overwhelming like a big wave knocking you off your surfboard in the ocean. So I try not to think about it all at once...ever. No one likes to be knocked off their surfboard.

In the year to come I do have hopes, dreams, and goals of what I'd love to see take place. I'd love to get into UW-La Crosse's Student Affairs Administration program this summer and complete the degree in a year and a half to two years. I'd certainly love for Mr. Right to sweep me off my feet and put a ring on my finger. I have dreams of purchasing a car, but I'll settle for new furniture. I hope to spend more time with family and less time in a car. And most of all, I'd really love to feel a little more in control and a little less out of control in all aspects of life. That would be nice.

Anyway, happy New Year. Hope it's a good one.