Wow. It’s Saturday already. This week flew by.

My life is currently in a planning mode. I need to spend some serious time thinking about what I want to accomplish in the coming months. Things have “crystallized” in the last week and now I need to spend some time to plan.

We are thinking about doing Hawaii in November again. This time with the kids. So I need to research and find a place that is not over the top expensive for a family of five. Usually we get adjoining rooms, but I am thinking now that the kids are older and stay up a bit later, we might try to find a place that allows five people in one room and just get a bigger room. If anyone has any Hawaii vacation suggestions, Im open. I’m looking for a place on the beach, with a gentle surf, turtles, snorkeling and a waterpark type atmosphere. Kids program is a plus.

We are also going to probably go on vacation with friends in February to Mexico. Friends of ours have a timeshare and they are going to trade us their condo for a week at our house in Florida. So I need to plan that too.

Next year is the year we were supposed to go to Greece with our family too. So there is a chance that could get scheduled for summer 2008.

It’s also my 40th birthday this year. Should I make the Hawaii trip my “birthday present” or should I plan something else with friends? The biggest problem I have with going on a friends trip is that most of my friends have childcare issues. I mean at this age, we are just tied down with kids. Especially one friend who’s husband works all the time. She would have to almost hire a nanny to be able to go. I dunno… maybe I should just have Calafornia Closets come in and do my closet for my birthday.

We are also putting in a big deck in our back yard and I need to find a landscape architect to design it and then bid it out. I need to start that process asap. We are going with concrete and cultured stone. Do we want a firepit? Do we want a fireplace? Do we want to run a natural gas line out to the grill? I would like to have this project finished by June 30th. I don’t even know if that is possible. It’s not going to be possible if I don’t start on it this week.

I am being nominated to be co-president of the PTSA next year. I took this year off from the Board and it was great to have the break. But I’m ready to give my leadership in a meaningful way again. I’m sure by this time next year I will be certifiable. I need to plan out objectives and goals for that so that I am not overly pressured this summer.

One thing is obvious to me this year, managing the house is a job that takes more time then I realize. I think to be “happy” next year I am going to have to actually plan my “work hours” for that job or I will go insane. I am giving up a lot of flexibility by adding in the PTSA stuff. This is also going to impact my social calendar too. I go out to lunch with friends several times a week…. and I dont think Im going to be able to do that as much.

I signed up to do the Danskin Triathlon in August. So I need to buy a bike. I also need to figure out what the heck people who aren’t a size 2 wear when they do this thing. Im assuming you don’t change? Maybe I can buy a swimsuit with legs? I like that the Tri is going to focus my training over the next few months on “overall fitness” versus just running. I think doing a Tri for my 40th year will be kind of cool. So I need to spend some time planning out that.

I also have decided that I want to get more skin removed. It’s been a year on my fitness regimen and I dropped 20 lbs. However I don’t look different. Also, because of the upper ab skin, the ratio between my waist and hips is all out of whack and it’s hard to get pants to fit right. I made this decision to do this before I committed to all this other stuff though, and I just don’t think I can fit it in with training for the Tri. Since I *know* that I have to accommodate a longer training schedule then the normal person… I do not think I should shorten things by inserting a surgery into there. So now I am thinking I will put off my surgery till 2008. Plus, this will give me time to see how my body maintains it’s iron stores without blood loss. Which should be interesting. It will tell me if I am looking at a lifetime of annual iron infusions. I would love to get my thighs done too but I am a chicken to do it. Thighs take so long to heal….

Anyway thats all the stuff that is rumbling around in my head. I must be feeling some pressure because I want to take this weekend and declutter. That decluttering bug always hits me when I feel a bit out of control. Least I don’t binge eat when I feel out of control anymore right?

Have a good weekend everyone!

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