2025

 

Day 1: Not a BAD day, unless you were an Arizona State fan... I got a little done around the apartment that I've been putting off, so I felt good about that. 

Mom was on my mind all day. Looking at pictures of not long ago, wishing she was still here. Not the sleeping-20-hours-a-day version, but the smiling happy one that is burned in my memory. 

Plans? 

I used to make a list every year. 10 things to do in the next 52 weeks. I usually got about half successfully completed. This year? Until I have a job I can count on, no plans are clear. We will see how things unfold...

What do I hope for? 

World peace, of course. 

Besides that, I would love for everyone, including me, to find happiness. It has eluded many of us. I already searched "H", looked online, and checked the couch cushions. Nothing so far... 

Paying down debt. Yup, time with Mom accumulated some bills I didn't have, but it was a decision I made, knowing this day might come where I had to confront it without her. 

Continue to lose weight. I've actually had more victories in that department in the last month and half. I feel like I finally have a process that works for me. My trophy will be when I lose another 80 pounds...

Travel would be nice, but it's hard to imagine doing it when money is so tight. This too may pass. If it does, I want to take my FIRST cruise. I can't believe I waited all this time for a boat ride... 

Keep reading new books. It's one of my habits before going to sleep.The latest one was about Elvis' daughter. She wasn't raised for a normal life, and that's exactly how she lived. Completely broken. No tools to cope. Such a shame...

Well, I guess I have my list. Let's see how it all works out.

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2013....

Will it be your most memorable year ever? What would it take to make THAT happen? A better job? A significant other? Getting rid of that nasty itch??

I have a few thoughts on the subject........


This will be my BEST year if I....

...find the alternate universe that one sock of the pair goes into and never returns, probably ruled by one-legged people with nice feet but lots of bruises from the stairs they have so much trouble with

...get my picture with Elvis, proving he didn't REALLY die in '77. He just wanted to get a basket of extra-crispy but made a wrong turn in Kentucky

...am able to control what I dream about. Would I EVER want to wake up????

...find out why the chicken REALLY crossed the road by being the first to communicate with a rooster named Guido. He wants ANSWERS why we don't eat more vegetables... or beef.

...use my newly-developed mind control device, enabling society to totally delete everything Kardashian ….and reality TV …. and Brussels sprouts

...am the spokesperson for a new product that makes stupid people smarter, rude people nicer, and racists jump off a tall building

...know the feeling of being a “10”, even if only for a few minutes, or hours, or days, or weeks... I would only use this power for good! Promise!

...am able to convince Oprah she REALLY doesn't need to eat that WHOLE bag of chips

...am able to write the great American novel that makes people want to be a better version of themselves. Some will have more work to do than others...

...am able to sing like Josh Groban, act like Tyrone Power, think like Confucius, and be as convincing as Clinton caught with his pants down.

...finally understand what it means to “play hard”

...help an elderly woman cross the street, then find out she is heir to the Chocolate Covered Cherries fortune and she had no kids to leave it to so she adopts me and we can eat all the candy we want for free... and give to the Save The Whales Foundation

...meet Taylor Swift and we write a song that becomes an anthem for all the couples out there that weren't meant to be... the type of song that should NEVER be played at a wedding

...I can make you laugh...


I hope I succeeded.


HAPPY NEW YEAR!