Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a blast as you prepared for a brand new year and a fresh start in 2008. I myself spend the entire day being a slug. I did absolutely nothing today. Nada. Zip. I am still wearing the clothes I slept in last night. I did manage to go out last evening for dinner and drinks and our friends' home. But today's agenda consisted of sleeping in the bed to sleeping on the couch and now getting ready to sleep in bed again. And I actually don't feel the least bit bad about it. For the first time in a LONG time, I didn't think about what I had to do next. I didn't rush around preparing and I didn't feel stressed about what I am doing with my life. I didn't meditate or demand answers as to what to do about my job or the future. I just sat still and rested. I won't have the opportunity to have days like this when the kids come home.

The original plan for today was to cook black eyed peas for good luck, finish the last book I was reading over break, take a bubble bath, finish my laundry, find a place for my bulky sweaters, write down some real plans for what my next career will look like, and start my list of 2008 goals. Instead I did nothing. No lists, no bath, no peas. Eventually I will put some thought into what I'd like to accomplish this year. Becoming a mommy goes without saying, of course. Healthier living will be in there I'm sure, probably in the form of daily exercise and losing 20 pounds. Making a better effort to keep up with friends will surely make the list. And perhaps I'll set some loftier goals like getting published in 2008 or finishing some scripts that are in the works. But today since I feel like I am just drifting through life feeling worn out nearly everyday and having very little to show for it...since I am concerned that I am simply doing too much of the wrong things...since I am terrified of what I will teach my children because of trying to keep too many balls in the air...today, I slept.

And I am about to get some more sleep. Nighty-night everyone! Here is to a fabulous and meaningful 2008!