And then — no.  One things lead to another, and I’m stressed out to the point of losing hair faster than a Rogaine side effect, things are getting pushed back, my days get later and earlier, and I spend most of my day cranky.  Really, the last two months are a blur.  My three-week vacation?  I blinked and it was over from being so spaced in recovery mode after the previous weeks.  I barely remember what happened on most days.

And now, it’s like everything has been hit with a giant reset button.  The last three weeks was me sticking a paperclip into one of those annoying tiny holes, and now everything has mostly calmed down.  It is kind of freaking me out after the previous amount of crazy there was.  And it’s not just me.  It was described to me today by a coworker that it felt like a giant hangover, and he felt both over and under caffeinated at the same time.  I can agree with this.  I have the foggy-brained feeling that only the morning after a fun night of aimless chat and horribly bad jokes can bring out, combined with a few left over feelings of “IMustGetThisDoneNow!AndWhatElseIsThereToDo?IHaveSoMuchEnergy,IMustBeProductive!Go!Go!Go!”, mixed with “ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz”.

So, with that, I am off to bed to prepare for the first Friday of the new year at work.  It should be a good weekend, and no better way to start that than with a good Friday!

Things at work are much different than last year.  This time last year, we were just about to set off for Las Vegas for CES 2009, a little uncertain and wary of our approach for the new Mutant brand.  Now, with our products in at least some stores, we (or at least me!) are much more certain of our direction and have some solid ground to build off of.  This is going to be a tough year, harder than the last, hopefully though there is much more to come of it.

I’m sure everyone else has their resolutions, but here’s some of mine.  I hope airing them out will keep me reminded of them.

• Get to work at a reasonable hour ( i.e. 8am or so)
• Cook more meals at home to save money and calories.
• Try to cook new foods for these meals, and keep good records.
• Save up enough money for at least one nice long vacation later this year (NY with Erin or England with family, or both).
• Spend money wiser.
• Try and see my “out-of-town” friends more often.
• Keep organized enough to maintain my current studio, and possible increase it.
• Keep work moving at a faster pace, and get enough progress to earn more money!

This post will be up for a while as a sticky, and I’ll update this list as necessary.  But, there it is!  Should be an exciting year!