Day One. - Project 365.

Day One - Keeping Warm. - Since it was pretty cold in the apartment tonight, even with the heater on and sweaters, I decided to make myself some Earl Grey Tea to get warm plus I love the taste of it. I've also heard that it's great for headaches and since I've had one all day I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. And I brightened up my night by using my huge Tinker bell coffee cup that my baby sister-in-law bought me for Christmas. 

Work-A-Holic.

Since our old office manager decided to leave without any notice really, or letting us find a replacement for our part time girls, we have been short handed. Since I'm the only full-time worker, besides our new office manager, I get to pick up the slack on any day shifts that aren't covered. Example, this week we had only one person to work Sunday during the day so I had to come in and work. Sunday is normally my day off so I'll be paid over time, which I guess is good for my paycheck. Maybe working 6 days in a row, with 6 to 7 hours of sleep at night because I keep waking up all through the night, isn't that much to some people but to me it is. I'm drained, mentally and physically, and I'm just plain exhausted. It's nice that we have someone to cover the Office Manager's shift, sure, but it would be nice to find a girl to work part time and cover that shift as well. Such is life, though.

Belated New Years Wrap-Up.

Since I had to work New Years Day we decided to have a nice, quiet, evening at home. Plus, just going to the liquor store to buy champagne was a fiasco, I'd rather not deal with overly crowded bars with drunken idiots. We brought in the New Years in our pajama's watching the ball drop on television. To go with my champagne we bought some strawberries, and I got surprised with a bouquet of light pink, dark pink, and white miniature roses, which I believe is possibly my new favorite drink. After having two glasses and a true midnight kiss I fell asleep in William's lap. Honestly, I wouldn't have wanted anything more then that. New Years was perfect and I can't wait to see what the New Year brings for us. 

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Accomplishments For The New Year.

• To continue to make payments, on-time or early, on my car. I've only make one payment late but I don't want it happen again. I, also, want to pay off as much as I can within a year of having my car since I have an outrageous interest rate. Also I need to take better care of my car and make sure it's cleaned, inside and out, regularly. Right now it looks messy and chaotic, but I need to start forcing myself to clean it more often. 
• To start a online college course, in psychology. Since I'm working full time, 40+ hours, I think it would a better idea to do a online course rather then in a classroom. I really want this to happen and I think after a few months it can. 
• To start eating healthier. I've already incorporated some healthy meals into our weekly meal plan, which is every-changing, but we still manage to go out to eat much more then needed. Not only does it get expensive after a while it's not good for us. I also want to start working out again, as the days get warmer, even it means going on walks once or twice a week. 
• To continue to do well at my job and keep advancing. After working at my current job for almost six months I feel pretty confident that I am doing extremely well and have already received a raise after only four months. I want to focus on my work rather then the crazy things that are happening within the store, and all the gossip, and get the experience I need to further my job opportunities. The plan right now is to stay with the company a year and then move to something that pays better. Don't get me wrong I am making pretty good money right now and am very grateful that I found a job like this with no experience. I would just like to be able to make enough to help out with the bills and such more. 
• To re-open my savings account and put as much money as possibly into each pay check. I'd love to start saving up a good amount of my pay check every two weeks so that I'm able to afford my wedding, or anything else for that matter. This means I won't be able to go shopping or spend money frivolously but I need to start being more frugal and put my money in savings. Plus, what's wrong with a little sacrifice once in a while right? I've gotten much more responsible with my money but now I need to learn how to save it.
• To really start planning our wedding. Or make a decision on how we are going to have the wedding. With a little less then 10 months until our wedding date I have very little planned and even less booked. I need to throw myself into it and start planning and booking things. But I also don't want to get caught up in the wedding drama, and being a Bridezilla, that I forget what this wedding is all about. If we decide not to have the traditional wedding and "elope" then I need to make a decision on that as well. It's time to stop being indecisive and decide, that's all there is to it. 
• To be less messy and more tidy. After working forty hours a week and wanting to do nothing but come home and veg out in front of the television it's very hard to get motivated to clean. But I need to stop being so lazy and such a procrastinator. That way on my days off I can do nothing but relax. 
• To remember not to stress and worry about little things. This one is really hard for me since I stress and worry about everything. Seriously, it's a part of my personality and I can't help it. But I've noticed that when I do stress is makes me rather irritable, go figure, and I just need to let it go. I'm not sure if this one will be attainable but I'm going to try my best. Nothing good has ever come out of stress and worry, right? Only headaches and blood pressure medication. 
  

Well, that's all I can think of right now that I want to happen within the next year. I'm sure I'll think of other things but I didn't want my list to be too long, or ridiculous, so I'll leave it at that. This is more of a look-back-on type of thing for myself so that at the end of this year I can see if I actually accomplished any of these goals I have set for myself. I do, though, already feel as if I have accomplished so much this past year already. I've grown up in so many ways and I feel like a completely different person and I can't wait to grow even more and see how this 2008 pans out.