Just a quick jaunt into the land of the Blogs and then I really have to be productive...

I have been delaying my work this week - mostly because i feel if I do it all at the pace to which i am accustomed, I will have jack shit to do for the remainder of the week. Thus, my procrastination has allowed me to catch up on such things as news, politics, the lives of my friends, and my educational goals.

I signed up to take the GMAT on December 17th, which makes all of my talking and hoping and planning real. I have paid for the first step in my aspiration to go back to school - and there is no getting out of it now...I am pretty juiced about my decision...I feel if I don't try now, I may never try, never go back to school, always wonder what I could have made of myself, and thus had regret...So, if I don't get into a program, I am not going to be terribly heart broken because I know in my gut that I gave it a shot - and perhaps it in that circumstance it wasn't meant to be. If I do get in, then I am going to be stretched thin with my time and energy for 2 years, but it will be worth it.

Last night I went to the Flashback movie: The Godfather. Hadn't seen it all the way through in years...and even then I should use that phrase loosely, as I fell asleep for about 10 minutes in the middle. I had forgotten how long that movie is...but, as usual, I was merely reminded of the gifted story telling portrayed by Mario Puzzo of an organized crime family in the 1940's...it was pretty cool to see a bunch of really famous actors as young stars: i.e., Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Robert Duval...

The pink eye has taken up camp in my office and people are coming down with it all over the place...I wore my glasses today - just in case i get it, i won't find myself in a worse predicament with the contacts getting involved...(even though I am not worried about getting it really...besides, it is so easily treatable...and if the "smart" folks in my office only got it treated to quickly, we wouldn't have an issue...)

Speaking of eye ailments, my dad has to have surgery on his eyes in the coming weeks. He has a rapid progressing cataract and it is causing some complications. Nothing too serious, but it makes me want to go home to be there for him...it is totally a routine surgery, so not too invasive...but still...

My family wants to go on a vacation over the Christmas Holidays...some interesting things came out of this conversation with my family...things I am still reeling over...moreso because of the gusto it took to get to this conversation...but it was positive and proactive, nonetheless...

I am going to conclude this installment of my semi-regular bemused nonesense with a quote that reminds me how great it is to be somewhere else:

"I lay my head against the sand. The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket. I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless, and in this moment I am happy..."

:-)