Over-Doing It

My life is full of marvelous things that I have done. For instance, the crowning achievement today: eggs, over easy, and they did NOT stick to the pan. Hold your applause.

Although today is shaping up to be a real barn burner in the arena of accomplishments, I have been trying to step up my life a little and get some more things actually done.

I have recently volunteered as a local coordinator to place foreign exchange students in local High Schools. I would be lying if I said that I have actually done anything on that quite yet, but the thought that I might is pretty fulfilling.

I am building Hannah a bike. This is gonna be one kick-ass rig when I'm done. I refuse to let her see it until the project has reached fruition, so I think I have said enough.

I am applying for a position as a North America tour guide soon. It would be a part time thing where I would hit the road for a few weeks at a time on a hiking and camping tour of this great land that I have seen so little of. Still working on fashioning the Resume` towards actually being qualified for the job...

I did the dishes last night. All of them

The biggest of all? Since I have been back on US soil, I have been working at a pay rate that should allow me to live pretty comfortably as well as travel quite a bit. I have done neither of these things in order to pay off the massive amounts of debt I ignored during my time in Germany. Before any of you "tisk-tisk", let me say it was totally worth it, ten fold. These debts will be paid off, with the exception of student loans, in August. This is easily the most financially disciplined I have ever been in my life - after the fits of bitterness subside, it feels good, sorta. Damn the Man.