I love reading!

I started reading very early, as my father was an attorney and had an extensive library. One of my earliest reading memories is from when I was in 4th grade. I had completed the Highlights-based assignments signed off by the teacher. During our reading session, I was sitting with nothing on my desk, reading a book in my lap. The teacher walked over and asked what I was doing, and I held up the book. She said 'there's no way that you understand what is happening in this book.' I was reading James Clavell's Shogun, which is at the very least at a 6-9th grade reading level, as well as over 1000 pages. I stated that I was on page 128 in the novel, and that she could ask me any question about what was happening in that section, and I would answered them.  Shortly after that, they pulled me out of class during the reading session to tutor the 6th graders at the school. I love reading; my entire family loves reading, and we do so on every vacation. One time, at a family reunion - sitting in a room of 19 people, the only 2 not reading were the one-year-old baby, and the person playing with her!

New Year's Resolutions

I'm not usually one to make extravagant New Year's Resolutions, but this year.... I am going to raise from the dead one from 2004.

In 2004 I had written down a personal goal for a course in Managing Quality at Keller Graduate School. Here it is:

	Personal Goals
Goal 1:	Complete SCUBA certification; buy all necessary equipment.
	Take additional Advanced Open Water Diver and Shipwreck Diver Courses.
Measurement:	PADI Open Water Diver certification course is in progress, open water dive is left.
	Have purchased:  Mask, snorkel, gloves, fins, buoyancy compensation device (BCD),
	dive computer, 4mm wetsuit, compass, dive log, air tank, gauges, and dive planner.
Progress:	Equipment needed:  Would like an underwater dive camera.
	Additional courses:  Advanced Open Water Certification course will be in March, followed by Shipwreck Diver course in July.
Degree of Difficulty:	Easily accomplished

While this seems like it was an easy goal, what happened after this was written changed the course of my life. I was in a really bad car accident that year. I had to discontinue school, spent the next 2 years in physical therapy and doctor visits, and ultimately I lost my house. All of it is getting back on track finally: I feel better, bought a new home, and share it with a great man. Now for the goals again... I want to reinstate them now! 

This was one, travel was another, restore my '64 Falcon was the third. I want all of these reinstated, please!