Well, I haven't had much to say since Thanksgiving, apparently. Since then, I finished a semester, made a trip back to California, came back to Lincoln, partied a bit as a part of the end of the year festivities, and leapt into a new year. I guess the long and short of it is basically that 2008 was a fucking bitch of a year. Will 2009 be any better? Perhaps, but perhaps not. I am too afraid of having another fucked up year that I want to try to avoid any possibility for disappointment, which has made me very cautious as the year starts.
What do I hope will happen this year? More than anything, I want to get my career back on course. To do that I need to get my dissertation proposal passed by summer, and my dissertation well underway by the end of next fall semester.
Secondly, I want to get myself back into shape. I made lots of progress last summer and fall, but I'm sure I've destroyed any progress over break. Either way, it is a good stress reliever, and also usually makes me feel good after a good workout.
My third thing will not happen for sure now, but I had wanted to ride the RAGBRAI this summer, but I've ended up being offered a summer teaching course during the part of summer when RAGBRAI is. This is a real bummer, but my finances seriously could not handle taking the time off, especially because that means NO teaching (no INCOME) over the summer.
I'm not 100% sure what is happening on the roommate search front. I've got a potential roommate lined up, but I will not actually believe it until I have a rent check in my hand. Hopefully I get one by the end of the month lined up, because if not I will be probably looking for a new place come March. This is unfortunate, as I really like this place, I think my neighbors are awesome, and Amelie is at home here.
Luckily I have Amelie to keep me sane. She has helped me out so much by being very well behaved and keeping me company when I come home each day.
It's already time to start another semester next monday (technically, it starts tomorrow, for me at least, so I will have go in and get things together and hopefully moving along to get me off to a rolling start this semester). The break always goes by too fast. Anyways, I am looking forward to having a location to ride my bike to tomorrow, and yes, even with the bitter cold, I still love that early AM bike ride to school.
Oh well, I guess I should go to bed.
Good luck to you in 2009.