I know, I know… I’ve been a slacker when it comes to the blog. This is my first post all YEAR! Wow. In my defense, I haven’t actually been slacking in real life. The first week of January is always hectic at work because we have to do year end reports and get the new year filing stuff set up. In other news, my LAST semester at this school started on Monday, so I’ve been getting things organized and set up for my classes as well. Oh, and I’ve added a new early morning (or late night, depending on how well my snooze button seems to be working that morning) workout routine to my schedule. Unfortunately, posting to the blog somehow got buried under all of that on my to-do list, BUT there are good things planned…

The fact that I have a whole new class schedule to figure out this semester brings about some good news. Because I’m responsible for coming up with a new way of scheduling, I will have the extra push I need to write up a full time management post! Trying to manage a full-time job, full-time classes, and part-time job again will be a daily challenge for my scheduling and management skills, so I’ll have more experiences to draw on for posts. I just have to remember to add posting to the blog to said schedule. Don’t worry, I wrote it down.

Also, I’m contemplating changing the layout of the blog. I know it is a young blog, and maybe it’s just my left brain being overruled by my right brain, but I feel like it needs a new look. Also, the current layout does not have as many options as I’d like (for instance, adding anything extra to the sidebar significantly slows the site down). Obviously, I’m not planning this change immediate… A website makeover takes time and commitment, and I’m going to have to make sure I schedule that sometime. In the meantime, any changes will be the result of me procrastinating and avoiding studying.

On a side note, I know a few of my lurkers come around just for the manicures. I’d like to address the reason you haven’t seen any in a while. Quite honestly, I couldn’t stand having to glue on tips and my dear broken nail has not fully recovered from it’s accident. More recently, it has suffered a severe relapse and is now shorter than it was the first time it broke! My thumb nail was also victim to a split and had to be filed way down. Make sure you always have polish or some sort of strengthener on your nails people! I do post pictures of my manicures from time to time, though, on Flickr, even if I don’t do a full post on them. So if you’re just looking for something pretty to draw inspiration from, you can check the Photostream to the side, or just follow my Flickr account.

I must bid you adieu for now and return to the books yet again. I hope you have all had a wonderful year so far and continue to do so. I promise to post again soon!