things are looking up? maybe

good evening dear readers...

not much going on, just life and all... but it's interesting what life brings us...

the move to el paso was part one in getting my life back on track... i have some short term goals and some long term ones as well, but it looks like a couple of the short term ones will be completed in the next 30 days.

those of you that know me, know that after my divorce, i made some bad choices, financially. well, i have been paying for those poor decisions and it seems that a couple of the "bad" things will be paid off in the next 30 days. WOO HOO!!! If things continue the way they are going right now, i should be able to pay off a total of 5 bills by the end of the year!! the pace that this year is going, the end of the year will be here before you know it... i'm not counting my chickens yet, it's one day at a time, but if all goes well, i can start making a dent in some other bills that i have and start getting my finances back on track! one step towards that is signing up for my 401k plan at work. my finances are so bad, that in the 3.5 years with my previous employer, i was unable to afford to sign up for the profit sharing plan... this time, i am making it a point to do so... yes, it's only 4%, but it's 4% more than i was able to do before, and what's cool is that the plan administrator allows you to set it up so that every year, it can automatically increase a % point. i know it sounds silly to be excited about something like that, but i am...

step two is a promise i have made to myself that by 5/15 i will have a membership to a gym. I get paid on 5/15, so when i go to run my errands that morning, stop #2 will be at planet fitness. i had made myself a commitment on my 40th. birthday to start an exercise program, but then i hurt my back and had to have surgery, so i had to stop the program. i'm going to start with walking, and go from there. my hope is that i will start to feel a bit better, and also quit smoking... more updates on this later, i'm sure

step three is to start doing more for myself. once i get on track with the gym thing, my hope is to start with a **tiny** bit of a social life, but this is step three... i'm not going to worry too much about it at this point... i have bigger fish to fry so to speak...

i just wanted to recap a few things right quick... off to bed for me...

good nite pholks....