There are a lot of things going on in my life right now that's keeping me offline for the most part. I'm sorry if some of you have been wanting to talk to me and I'm not coming online, but there's a lot of projects I'm trying to get done.

Boxes of Paperwork: We have stacks and stacks of boxes piled up in our house. We've been lugging this stuff around each move and we own so much junk that we've sometimes had to get storage. Currently, I have bought a file cabinet and a shredder. I'm trying to go through all our boxes of paperwork... trashing what's not needed, scanning or transcribing what I don't need paper copies of, filing the rest or shredding older stuff with private info on it. I hope to get rid of a ton of boxes this way.

Budget: I've been working on the budget so much that it seems like I'm working on taxes every week, but I am paying so much attention to our spending that I'm tracking things down to the penny, fixing problems, and helping our credit score in the meantime. Things are going well in this endeaver. Our credit scores are going up, our debts are clearing, and our credit card balances will be low soon. The chance to having spending money and money saved up for cons will be just around the corner. I can't wait!

Clearing Junk: The first major piece of "junk" is a car a former roommate left behind. He gave me the car to clear part of his debt to me. The car does not run. I threw money at it to get it to run, tried a variety of things, but I have given up. The car just won't start and I don't want to spend any more money on it. I am donating it in just a few hours and at the very least clearing up some space for additional parking. Inside the garage, I have piled up a ton of electronics I also hope to donate/recycle/get rid of. Some of the stuff may still work, but it's all old and outdated stuff. Nobody has any use for any of it and things like rabbit ears for old TV sets, will soon be obsolete with television going all digital in 2009. After that, got scuba gear and paintball gear to clear out...

Once I get these projects done and can relax at my desk, without looking around and seeing something else I should take care of... I'll get back to games, RPing, chatting, and drawing.

I just haven't been able to sit still much with my free time when I look around the house and see ways I can make life more comfortable for everyone. There's still more I can do, but these are the most important things for me right now.

In case you heard, yes, I bought Rockband, GTA4, and Guild Wars, though I've played very little of each. I have remained focused on more important things and as soon as I'm ready, I'll be back.

Hopefully I'll explode with artwork. I am itching to get more done in that regard as well.