I'm in the midst of a 5 day weekend, watching my daughter while x (formerly the wife) is out playing in Las Vegas with her boy toy.  I hope she marries the goof while they're out there, he appears to be just as ate up as she is, and if a marriage should occur, her last name change would "un-taint" mine.

Anyway, since spending this much time alone with my daughter, I've been thinking hard on how I'm wasting away my life - work, drink, procrastination, and so on.  Being with her, going to the zoo, playing around out in the yard and in the house, being responsible for 5 days in a row, has opened my eyes.

First thing I need to change: a return to writing daily, or near daily.  Whether it be here for the whole world to read, or in the private paper journal, the writing MUST resume.

Next, I need to get back to reading regularly.  This time last year I had devoured numerous books, and loved every page.  I truthfully don't think I've made it through one book so far this year - that's embarrassing.

I desperately need to get in shape.  I'm experiencing problems with my right shoulder and my upper back, symptoms of atrophy, me getting lazy in my older years.

On the workfront, I need to quit caring so much.  My 18 year anniversary just passed by a week ago and nothing's changed in all the time I've been there.  That place uses and abuses and it is time I coast, just like everyone else.  It is no wonder their stock is at, or near, $1.00 a share, and it will never get better until someone realizes that not all employees are there to coast.  That's not likely to happen in my lifetime though.

It is now after 1:00 a.m. so I'd better be crawling off to bed.  Little One will be rousing me out of bed before 7, I guarantee you, and I must get as much sleep as possible to keep up with her.

Happy Mother's Day!