Wow. I haven't been on here on a long time! I have checked in occasionally, but need to get back in the swing of things. I'm done with school, and now that Jan has issued a blog challenge, I can put my time to good use.

Truth be told, I'm not comfortable with my time off. Being in school gave me that "college" experience that I had years ago, when I was in a zone for four years of just being. This time around, I totally lived out the college experience. However, I couldn't wait to finish my degree because I could do the stuff I wasn't able to do due to time constraints.  When I got done, I gave myself some time off to try to catch up on sleep (still doing that) and read some books and get back on the nutrition bandwagon, but I'm seriously edgy right now. Like I should be doing something. But I don't know what it is. Ok, I know it's only been a week since graduation, but I'm seriously jonsing here. I suspect it's because I've always been in full-engaged "homework" mode, as there was always THAT to do.

 I suspect a good portion of my mookies occured recently when I got served by this dude who offers resume services. I sent him a breezy little email about whether he could help me with my resume and what his rates were. Oh, and the fact that I lived rather close to him. He replied to my email with a one-page response that said that my college should have prepared me to market myself and if it hadn't, the only thing it managed to do successfully was separate me from my hard-earned money. I think this was probably his idea of a sales pitch:  point out what people don't know, what he knows and thus separate THEM from their hard-earned dollars. Oh, and he didn't care for my reference to our proximity, stating that geography is good for finding hamburgers, but not resume writers, personal injury attorneys or brain surgeons. I got his response on New Years Eve, so that was great timing when you reflect back on the year! Lol

So, while I can compartmentalize the dude's comments, I'm still thinking about doing big things in the new year. So, right now, I'm taking requests for things I can do in 2009. Here's what is coming to my head right now: 

• Apparently learn how to market myself.
• Clean my house
• Completely redo my house in an economical fashion
• Learn to fence
• Train and run in a marathon
• Learn a craft that I can take places. (Making soap and bath bombs, not so much)
• Throw dinner parties in a most clever fashion.
• Find a volunteer opportunity.
• Tale another class.

Any other ideas? What are your New Years Resolutions?

Right now, for some odd reason, I'm really craving a hamburger about now.