i apologize for my lengthy blogging absence. it's almost been a month... my excuse has been that i've been working 12-hour days that leave little time for any personal web use. (and i wonder, wtf do i come to work for, if not for personal web needs?!)

i'm back to blogging and have many random things on my mind:
1) i need a new job. with my workload, i haven't had time to update my resume and actively start looking for a new one. it will be sad to leave since i love my team and they make my days bearable, but i have hit my capacity here and am losing patience fast. i need a new challenge, a new environment, and a place to grow. and, even moreso, i need more money. maybe a salary that actually reflects my worth? although some may say, my worth may not be much... i'd like to think otherwise.

2) money, money, money. i bitch and complain about my financial situation and have yet to sit down and figure out a solution. i know, i'm all talk and no action. i just feel so lost when it comes to anything financial... anything beyond adding and subtracting (which i already have problems with) makes my head spin. the fact that i have to do my taxes soon doesn't help the matter, either. i should have taken some economics classes at some point in life.

3) snowboarding, volleyball, going back to school, vacations, visiting new york, family, friends, birthdays, summer, upcoming expenses, cleaning my place, laundry... so many random things roll around in my head all day. i don't know what to focus on half the time. i should really take yoga or something to find some focus... that's something yoga helps with, doesn't it? zen and crap? haha

needless to say, i'm busy. if i'm not working late, i'm going home and cleaning, cooking dinner, or zoning out on my new tivo. (now i understand the addiction to tivo.) i'm finally playing volleyball again on tuesday nights with a team my sister's coworkers were putting together. i still snowboard almost every weekend -- i think we've gone about 8 times so far this season. i'm going to whistler in 3 weeks... that should be awesome. i haven't been going to the gym, which is horrible, but i justify that with my boarding and now, my volleyball.

what else is there? hmm... a lot of things, but i should probably get back to work. blah. this blog was far too serious. i will try and blog something more entertaining next time around.