New Year – Same Lifestyle…

I’m sitting around with my family right now with a stuffed belly, watching New Year’s bowl games.  It is completely awesome.  My Wolverines have a two touchdown lead on the Gators at the moment, which makes me bery, very happy.  This one is going to come down to the wire. 

My dad just asked what our plans for 2008 are.  What are our goals?  For my dad, he just got re-hired as a pilot.  He was with Delta for 27 years.  Now that he is in retirement, he wants to get back in the air.  For me, I want to have a more balanced rhythm in my lifestyle.  I’m still working an hourly job, and I want to be able to create a salary that will free my wife up.  The way we are living is on a straight course to burnout. 

We have high school kids over all the time with Young Life.  Last night we had one of my roommates cousins come.  He started telling me immediately about this Hannah Montana merchandise he got for Christmas.  He laid down his Spiderman backpack in the corner and started playing games on the cartoon network.   Then, he started talking to me about what he liked and didn’t like.  The kid wouldn’t be quiet.  Finally, I made him start doing situps to wear off some energy. 

My wife and I are talking about having kids, which would change everything.  After talking with this kid, and others like him, you second guess yourself.  But I would love to be blessed with a child of my own.