2008…What a year…Seems like it was only yesterday when my friend and I drove to church to attend the New year Service and to get the year rolling……Lots of stuff have happened to and around me.. Wonder what the highlights were tho…

On a personal note heading back to school ranks up there… One humid March evening, I finally decided I’d had enough of working on the edge; after spending the 4th straight weekend at work trying to troubleshoot a pipeline problem…. Got home that night,and started the online application that has landed me on the MSc program I’m currently on…..apparently to the distaste of my bosses – who told me they thought I was doing fine without the MSc and that it was unnecessary….Who cares? I needed to keep my sanity……My cause can’t be helped by the fact that a number of chaps also decided to flee in my wake too… duh…

Surviving a major car crash also helped to put things in the proper perspective – especially the transience of life…Thankfully I’d hired the cabbie and sat in front with my seat belt… May have gotten my life snuffed out that morning but for that…

My man “The Prof” got hooked up to the girl of his dreams… Prof! who we felt was all nerdy and goofy and good for nothing except books, piping design and football manager dropped the bombshell and told us he’d been seeing one of the snazziest ladies in the department and that they were going to get married in 2009….That singular event convinced me again that miracles exist… lol..

Di, my “big sister” got the second kid in quick succession she wanted…. With two kids out of the way she’s angling for a PhD.. Of course, family first is her mantra these days.. but she’s always got a sharp mind.

Had my usual run in with the Mum on my birthday again this year….. Wonder why Mums always manage to “spoil” family gatherings by regaling you with tales of how Oby yr classmate from primary school got her second kid a couple of months back, or of how your friend from secondary school Tony got married a few weeks back and then reminding you that “Uncle Steve’s” daughter is in town and that she asked about you…Guess all that is behind me now..

1. Now my 2009 goals – iin no particular order…..
2. Attend a Canadian Job Fair, the Offshore Technology Conference or NACE Corrosion 2009 (This dude needs to put himself on the radar for new employers to see u know)
3. Extend my network to include worthy causes
4. Re-ignite my God connection – Need to cast off this “black sheep” tag ASAP…
5. Find a personal mentor/ Life coach — wonder why i need one tho..
6. Learn French…
7. Lose 10 kg – not overweight but could do with losing some weight u know….
8. Make new friends – target 4 new friends that I do not already know at the moment.
9. Reduce FM2009 game time. Play max of 14 hrs a week – ie 2 hr per day
10. Follow up 9ja happenings more seriously.. At least I need to know what’s happening in my country right?
11. Complete my evaluation of the works of CS Lewis, John Owen, John Calvin and Jacob Arminius.
12. Visit another European Country
13. “Significantly reduce” my Facebook time….. duh….
14. Make a distinction on my MSc… Tall order – but doable……………………

Hopefully I’ll still be on blogsville this time next year and i’ll be able to see how far i went on closing out these things…

Happy new year y’all…..