Document THIS!

I reviewed last summer's journal and I found it lacking in content. I should be writing. I promise myself every summer that I will get into writing in a big, big way. I have not done much reading, though, so in a way I feel out of the loop. I am going to spend more time reading, too.

Reading, writing, and playing guitar. I played along to a Rush album tonight, which is something I used to love doing as a teenager. I can jam along like part of the band! It was fun. My chops are a bit rusty, though. I can polish them up with more practice.

Oh yeah, and biking. I have gone 34 miles this week and should achieve my 50-mile-a-week goal and then some.

Writing in my journal is a big compromise. I don't know if I can really count that.

I want to read some short story magazines and get a feel for the types of stories that folks are writing these days. I don't really know where to start with those. I think I would enjoy hanging out in the book store coffee shop and reading fiction magazines. I could hang out by the pool and read them there, too.

As long as I have some kind of plan, I can keep from being a total slug through the summers off. I have the beginnings of a plan now.