For the past almost month I've been on vacation. Probably the longest time I've been off work since I was 15. December 7th was my last day at work, and January 4th will be my first day back. I did a bunch of stuff this month, at a fairly slow pace. Got some house projects done, went to Mexico for a week, watched movies, etc. I'm very suprised - I didn't work, didn't code, didn't really blog. It was a great a really recharging break. Normally by the end of a long-ish break I can't wait to get back to work, this vacation has really felt like a "lifestyle" - sleeping in, watching movies, doing projects, vacationing, etc... I could get used to getting paid to not work :)

• I'm starting to get excited to go back. We are ready to finish up Avalon v1, we have a Beta and a PDC to look forward to in 2005. Later this year I should be able to free myself up to start working on Avalon v2, and I think I'm going to write a book this year.
• Today I had my first meeting on the robotics club at Eastlake High School, I'm going to mentor the software portion of the club.
• I'm 2 dives away from my advanced diver certification, and will probably get my master diver cert sometime this year. Megan is talking about getting certified also!
• Our family planning is kicking into high gear this year, hopefully by the end of the year we will have some announcement to make!
• I've been blogging for a couple years now, and I still enjoy it. Megan Anderson, my wife, is also thinking about starting a blog... she is still debating on what kind of blog she wants it to be though, so no posts yet!
• This year I hope to help Scoble achieve his resolution #2... give me a break, blogs are not the solution to everything!

Overall, I hope that 2005 is a year of balance. I spent a lot of time at work for the past year doing a lot of training and "meta" issues - I want to spend more time doing. I want to ship, write code, blog, play, spend time with family, friends, work on personal projects, etc... all in moderation. I'm a horribly obbsesive person, and having balance is a big challenge. Let's see how it goes.