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So for the few people that actually follow this blog, I figured that I would update you on where I stand on my 2010 resolutions / goals, a month and a half (roughly) into 2010:

1. Attend Church / SS more often (no dumb excuses)
- I have no good excuse other than being sick a few Sundays… Determined to get back on track starting Valentine’s Day… When I do miss church, though, I do try to catch the sermon on tv or download the notes and mp3 and listen to them when I’m driving or working out

2. Be more focused at work
- in progress, no real update as of now

3. Become Oracle Certified (OCA / OCP)
- I have set some dates to take the 3 tests by… OCA is 2 tests… First one I will attempt by end of March, second test by end of June. The OCP test will be attempted by end of November. Of course, this could change if one attempt doesn’t go as planned

4. Be healthier & lose some weight (Goal: ~50 lbs by end of June)
- as of last week, I had lost ~8 lbs… I haven’t been able to weigh in this week due to the broken scales here at the hotel gym. I’m also not being aggressive enough as I had planned, but working on that… Hope to be down 15 or 20 by sometime in March. Speaking of hotel gyms… If you ever have to stay in Atlanta for an extended period of time and you’ll be in the Perimeter area, I highly recommend the Crowne Plaza Ravina. They have one of the better hotel gyms that I have ever been to, and it doesn’t cost extra

5. Develop side business website / how to promote / etc
- in progress, no real update as of now

6. Solidify savings / debt reduction plan
- in progress, no real update as of now

7. Spend more quality time with family
- trying to spend less time in front of the computer, but it’s hard when you want to study and prep for cert tests and catch up on your favorite shows online that you may have missed and forgot to DVR

8. Save / Plan for a nice vacation
- in progress, no real update as of now

9. Communicate with friends on a regular basis
- in progress, no real update as of now

10. Improve time management skills
- in progress, no real update as of now

11. Don’t procrastinate… Just do it
- in progress, no real update as of now

12. Blog more often
- doing that now, plus posted on January trip to Shreveport, so I’d say I’m improving in this area

13. Win something
- purchased my 10 draw Mega Millions lottery ticket this week…maybe something good will come out of that purchase

That’s about it for now… I’m currently over in Atlanta at an Oracle 11gR2 Admin I training workshop. Needless to say this class (parts of it) have been quite interesting… More on that later… And word is, back in Auburn, the forecast for tomorrow (Friday) is 90% chance of snow! Wahoo! Hopefully some of it will last until I can drive home and see it.

Oh, and if you are a Blackberry user, please stay away from the Tour (not the Tour2 supposedly coming out this month). I’m scheduled to receive my THIRD Tour device on Monday due to faulty trackball issues… You would think after the 2nd one they would say hey, look, we noticed you’ve been having some problems with this particular device….we would like to offer you one of our newer devices at no cost… Yeah, uh huh, that hasn’t happened yet (knock on wood)… Good job Verizon. And also, you would think that Blackberry / Verizon would offer upgrades to Tour1 users when a Tour2 comes out less than a year after the first one does, and it supposedly fixes the Tour1 issues and adds more features… Pfft!

Also, congrats to my wife who was nominated and elected to serve in a VP role for the Jr League of Lee County! So proud of her