Jan 01
Resolutions:
1. Stay on weight watchers eating plan through semester.
2. Ride bike at least three times a week.
3. Make daily prayer a true time of fellowship with God.
4. Focus more on student learning and less on my teaching.
5. Unless absolutely necessary, don’t bring work home.
6. Begin and maintain a weekly Bible time with family.
7. Relearn NT Greek
8. Read the numerical analysis books on reading list
9. Publish at least twice. Present at least three talks.
10. Prioritize quarterly date nights with Lori.
11. Play?
January 1st, 2006 at 11:41 am
Sounds like some good plans! What do you want to play? Chickenfoot? 42? Phase 10? Football on Gamecube?
January 1st, 2006 at 12:07 pm
Those all sound good.
January 1st, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Differential Equations: that was a great class right there. I enjoyed the existance and uniqueness of solutions. Those were some pretty cool proofs. First order odes were ok. The real fun in solving them came in with the higher order odes. I always wanted to do more with pdes. Oh well. And about numerical methods to solve the 99.9% of equations that can’t be solved: stick with the Taylor series (this is of course coming from personal preference).
January 1st, 2006 at 1:04 pm
On the date night, my tip is don’t do quarterly, do weekly. Seriously. It makes it harder to procrastinate if there’s a designated night each week which is date night. That’s what my wife and I do and it seems to work well.
January 1st, 2006 at 3:56 pm
I would have to agree with the VP there. Make it once a week. A spouse date doesn’t have to be routine (pizza and a movie) or extravagant, but your spouse needs to have your full attention on a regular basis. I’ve been married nearly thirty-six years; trust me on this one.
January 2nd, 2006 at 1:03 am
I can’t think of anything better than a weekly date with my favorite person in the world. Unfortunately, resolutions should be attainable and until either grandparents move closer for free babysitting or I am paid enough to fund a weekly babysitter, we’ll set our sights on an attainable goal. And note, by “date” we’re talking dressing up and going out. We’re very creative when it comes to giving each other full attention, especially after the kids are in bed.
January 2nd, 2006 at 1:27 am
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January 4th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
I agree with mommyfranklin… how about Chickenfoot and Phase 10 sometime soon?
January 28th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
[…] Thursday started out quite nice. Per the recommendation of several who commented on Scott’s resolution blog, we have actually come up with a day to have a weekly lunch date. That day is Thursday. Timothy is gone to Mother’s Day Out and Emily stays at school for lunch. So, after the ESL class that I coordinate the nursery for at the church was finished, Zachary and I headed over to Wayland to drop off one of the childcare workers and to pick Scott up for lunch. Even though we are not completely sans children during this lunchdate, we still feel it counts as a weekly date because we only have to buy food for the two of us. Zachary is still satisfied just eating off our plates. Anyway, on this particular Thursday, we chose to eat at Leal’s for lunch. After a lovely lunch, we picked Emily up from school and then went home to relax for a bit before Scott had to be back at work for class and before Emily’s doctor’s appointment. […]