2- Thanks! I think about goals frequently, and I don’t only set them at the new year, so it makes it easier to know where I’m trying to go and how I need to get there. On the other hand, I have to start making my 2005 goals for work in the next week or two, and I’m kind of dreading that. I have far more control over my personal life, so it’s easier to assess and impose priorities. At work, I’m subject to the whims of my superiors, and they’re pretty whim-ful.

3- Just say when. I’m at your disposal whenever you’re ready.

I did put some books on hold at the library on starting a restaurant, so depending on how soon we lunch, I’ll either have reviewed the books and taken some notes, or I’ll bring them to the lunch, or they’ll still be en route to me.

Good luck with RP2! Let me know if you need more wine.

Second of all: I love the way you’ve organized these. They’re clear and viable; they sound like achievable dreams, rather than the grandiose and entirely unattainable fantasies most resolutions seem to be.

Third of all: I am quite intrigued by the business idea. Once RP2 is out of the way (24 Jan is the target date - that’s a week after it’s due, and I think it’s doable), what would you say to having a planning lunch?

::hugs you and speeds away to research::

Come Home Soon
by Kristyn Osborn & John Shanks

I put away the groceries
And I take my daily bread
I dream of your arms around me
As I tuck the kids in bed

I don’t know what you’re doin’
And I don’t know where you are
But I look up at that great big sky
And I hope you’re wishin’ on that same bright star

I wonder, I pray

And I sleep alone
I cry alone
And it’s so hard livin’ here on my own
So please, come home soon
(Come home soon)

I know that we’re together
Even though we’re far apart
And I’ll wear our lucky penny ’round my neck
Pressed to my heart

I wonder, I pray

[repeat chorus]

I still imagine your touch
It’s beautiful missing something that much
But sometimes love needs a fighting chance
So I’ll wait my turn until it’s our turn to dance

I wonder, I pray

I sleep alone
I cry alone
Without you this house is not a home
So please, come home soon

I walk alone
I try alone
I’ll wait for you, don’t want to die alone
So please, come home soon

Come home soon
Come home soon

It’s sort of funny that you mention this. I was thinking today on the long drive through Indiana that I know lots of songs about love, even more about heartbreak.. but I can’t say that I know any songs about forced (but hopefully) temporary separation (ie: Gabe’s leaving for Lejeune for Marines training, then potentially deployed). I can’t think of one. So if you want it, there’s an idea for you.