Oh, egads, January is almost over!  How in the hell did that happen?  I was supposed to be almost finished with Heartwood by now!

I'm rather afraid this whole year is going to fly.  My company is opening a new plant, and I've been designated as someone who will be among the first out there, with lots of travel back and forth.  I've so enjoyed living close to where I work, to have to drive again... !!!!  There are just so many details, and I am afraid that a 40 hour workweek will soon become a 50 hour workweek... if not longer.  I was warned last year that vacation after July will not be approved - since the Plant is now ahead of schedule, I have to assume that I won't be able to take time off after June.  Maybe I'll finally accumulate some vacation for once in my life (although I might well lose my sanity).

Speaking of which, I do have to work on Heartwood tonight.  I'm rather stuck in the middle, but bound and determined I will have some kind of draft by March 3 (because when I originally set this up, that gave me five full weeks).  Guess the count down has begun. 

Besides almost finishing Heartwood, I did want to sit down and do a goals review - which I have not gotten to.  I went to a very good time management class in November, and just read "Eat That Frog!" (also on time management) which I really enjoyed.  Lots of good things were brought up. 

And, here's the truth (in one of my favorite quotes): the very definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  Yes, I may be smart - but clearly I'm doing something wrong.  I haven't finished writing a novel, I'm in a job that requires lots of math, I am still single, I still have weight to lose.  It's fair to say that I need help.  If working on time management will help me, great.  If not, I'll try something else.  But at least I will do something different.