How’s your “I Love Don Week” going, so far? Mine? It’s going very, very well. In fact, you’ll notice below that I was actually able to cross something off my list. Thanks goes to my wife. Luckily, I had a few additional things I wanted and I’ve added them to the list.
Monday was really nice and though it was a work-related dinner, I pretended that the very nice dinner was in celebration of the kick-off of “I Love Don Week.” I had an incredible meal at Ocean Prime of Troy.
Sorry I missed day 2, but I’ll do a double dip today. “I Love Don Week” is usually just a week-long party filled with fun, laughter, high-fives, skipping, stories about me, greeting cards, special meals, dancing, hand-jiving, Don-themed conversations, and kittens. Yes, kittens. “I Love Don Week” is that good.
But as the years roll on, sometimes I’m forced to reflect on my life and the many “I Love Don Weeks” that have come and gone, and a man (named Don) starts to realize with each “I Love Don Week”, there’s one less “I Love Don Week” in his future.
*sigh*
It’s July. My birthday and “I Love Don Week” falls right into my Mid-Year Resolutions window. So, here’s what I’m thinking.
I’m hoping the 2nd-half of 2011 will be better than the first half.
I’m hoping the 2nd-half of my life will be better than the first half – and I have very few complaints about the first 38 years of my life. It’s not a stretch to say, quite likely if I’m lucky and things go my way (and I take care of myself), that this, my 38th birthday, might be my personal half-time.
From my perspective, the Boomers and the Greatest Generation got everything. They got consistent stock market growth, they were able to retire at 55 or 60, they got raises every year while at their jobs, and the smart ones took advantage of the 80s and late 90s and their money really grew in the stock market. Yes, I realize the last 8 years have been bad for their bank accounts and stock portfolios, but those Boomers still have all the money.
My generation, Gen X, is known for their angst, and rightly so. We’ve never had it or seen it. We’re still, for the most part, beholden to aging Boomers giving us jobs, kicking us out of our jobs, and holding onto all the money in the world.
But I’m hoping that there’s another stock market boom. I’m hoping this is a recession like any recession before it, and eventually we’ll come out of it, and I’m hoping when a new “boom time” comes and banks figure out new tricks to make us think we’re all rich and we can afford stuff, I hope I’m in a position to capitalize on the good fortune – be it real or bank created.
So, that’s it. Kinda philosophical. I promise to be silly again tomorrow. Here’s my list and something fun. I can’t wait to get home and see what the FedEx or UPS truck dropped off. Oh, boy, oh, boy.
- NEW! rubber rain boots
- NEW! new backyard grill
- NEW! writing desk (possibly a roll-top desk)
- thermometer for my tea kettle and/or outdoor grill
- tea kettle with built in temperature gauge
- new filters for my Aeropress
- gift card to Chazanno’s Coffee Roasters in Ferndale
- a new digital camera (12MP or better)
- Ducky Momo t-shirt
- gift card to Birmingham Palladium
- Wii Game: Lego Harry Potter
- Wii Game: Lego Pirates of the Carribean
auto detailing kit (mostly I want the new towels, rags, and brushes)- a new suit
- Adidas barefoot trail running shoes
- a time machine
- game for vacation: Story Cubes (Storycubes.com)
- game for vacation: Malarky or something fun from http://www.patchproducts.com/
- game for vacation: Wits & Wagers
