He-Man

Last night, I walked to get groceries. The fresh fruit I bought weighed more than I had expected to carry, so my arms were sore by the time I arrived home. After adding the fruit weights from the receipt and the package weights of my other items, I discovered that I had carried 18.81 pounds for half a mile! (At work today, I unloaded all the 4"x6"x12' timbers myself, but I graciously allowed the guy on the tractor to move the boulders -- just so I wouldn’t show off, you know.)

I guess I’m on a self-improvement kick (which started a few months ago, not as a new year’s resolution). Tomorrow starts my irrigation class (a refresher, since college was so long ago), and I’ve also signed up for a computer-aided drafting (CAD) class this semester. (How about that? I’m learning to be a cad.)

At work, we were told to set goals at the end of our previous year’s annual evaluation. My two were to be less negative and to be more assertive. It’s a lot tougher than I expected. (Duh, or else I would have done so earlier.) I’m also having trouble modifying my diet. Working out is easy, but limiting my intake of junk food is very difficult.

"Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble, / When you’re perfect in every way."