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i think i know what i'm doing for new years and it doesn't involve drinking or standing around with a bunch of people i don't like. that is great news to me. way to kick off 2010. start with something different. start it up right again. this decade needs to be a return to a way of life i surrendered about a decade ago. clean. pure. honest. focused. easy. slow. content.

i went walking with my wife on sunday afternoon. we walked down to the arboretum and she took along her tree book and stood around for about three hours trying to identify trees. it was probably some of the most fun i had all month. it was free. it was enlightening. i learned stuff. i got to see my wife in her element, out amongst the trees and nature. it was wonderful. that's what i'm talking about. my 20's were a great time, but i'm glad they're done. lots of ups and downs. lots of influence and questioning. lots of unnecessary stress. lots of people who came in and now they're gone. there are quite a few people still in though and those are the people i should be concentrating on. some of them have kids. i need to spend more time with these people and their families.

here is what i expect to happen in the next decade (of course if i had done this at 2000, every word of it would have been wrong, so bear with me on this):

1. i will pass the cpa test in 2010-2011
2. my wife and i will make a drastic change location wise
3. my wife and i will buy a house
4. we will vacation in a foreign land
5. i will finally buy a new car
6. my professional career will take off
7. my wife will start a new business
8. i will have the same friends i have now (i can count five)
9. we might have a kid (possible)
10. we will have two dogs

that's it. you really don't know, do you? so much could happen that we don't expect. i just know i want the simple life with my wife. i want flowers and gardens and coffee and seasons and hikes and bikes and a fireplace and two dogs. i can't wait.