This year has started out differently than years passed... There is really no since of newness to 2004. Even my "new years resolution" is kind of weak. No deep fried foods..... so far so good. Not really pushing the envelope with that one. Oh well, I am sure my body will thank me by the end of the year. Thinking about taking other steps in the healthy lifestyle direction as well, I think I may start going the fruit/veggie smoothie route for breakfast and lunch. I realize from previous attempts that it is highly unlikely I will ever go from omnivore to grazer.... I just can't seem to stay away from my cheeseburgers and pork chops, but you never know. If you ponder it enough, being a large consumer of meat is really rather selfish and inefficient. How much grain and feed and other resources does it take to get an animal ready for slaughter. That same amount of feed could have fed how many hundreds of people? I am guilty of it, but maybe planting the thought in others heads will have some effect somewhere down the line. What a bunch of crap... nothing really thought provoking or entertaining about this post. It is what it is though.... random thoughts bouncing around my head.
It is very cold today. As I get older the cold becomes less and less tolerable. So many things restricted.... How many days to go until spring? Looks like about 60 something days roughly... How depressing. Maybe I need to change my latitude? Maybe something closer to the equator? I wish I were brave enough to just leave everything behind and move to a warmer climate and start a simpler life. No doubt I would not want to leave my family. Just all of the headaches. The thing that I think about though is would I miss all of the congestion and all of the fancy gadgets of modern life after time away? Would consumerism try and pull me back in? Maybe I am too high strung for the simpler life... I am an optimist though, I know tropics or know tropics, my ship will someday come in and things will be rosy and I will be able to relax a bit.
