What remains in 2008

I returned to New Hampshire this morning at approximately 4:30 am local time after a painfully long road trip from Bloomington, Indiana to Manchester, New Hampshire, a trip in excess of 1,000 miles. It involves crossing Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia (admittedly, only a 20 mile wide portion at Wheeling), Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, then finally into New Hampshire. We stopped once just outside of Indianapolis for lunch, once in Ohio because I had a call from work about an issue with the phone system rejecting calls into the main number on weekends, which was remedied by re-inserting a missing context into the configuration (???), one stop in Pennsylvania for fuel at the Midway turnpike rest area, then various delays and stops for accidents along the PA Turnpike (five this time: a new record for me), various delays on the NJ Turnpike and the GW Bridge going into New York City. The final stop was around Hartford CT where I pulled over and turned over driving duty to my roommate as I was having difficulty maintaining focus on the road.

With only two days and some number of hours left in 2008, I briefly pondered developing some kind of “new year’s resolutions” but once again decided against it. I have similar goals to those I always have, and I see no particular reason to alter or abandon them. Instead, I look forward to continuing work at my job (which I enjoy and feel comfortable at, finally) and poking away at my various hobbies and interests in my free time.