New Year's Resolutions
Dec. 31st, 2004 07:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desertvixen1. Improve my PT score. This is going to be especially fun coming out of all the knee problems this year, but all the more necessary because of them. Higher PT score = better promo points, so good all around.
2. New vehicle. I despise my 98 Dodge Neon. Accomplishing this is partly dependent on getting my re-up bonus, as that will likely get the car paid off and provide a down payment. I pay extra towards the principal each month as it is, trying to get that amount down as much as possible. Not sure what the replacement is going to be, but something relatively fuel-efficient.
3. Finishing my ongoing fic for the GI Joe universe, entitled Electra Cycle. It's been going for quite some time. It gets put to bed this year.
4. Working towards my degree. I've got the enrollment at AMU, so it's just a matter of making the time to do the classes online.
I would put "getting my E5" as a resolution, but that's dependent on the Army Bureaucracy getting me a date, and besides my nagging people once a week, there's not much I can do.
DV
2. New vehicle. I despise my 98 Dodge Neon. Accomplishing this is partly dependent on getting my re-up bonus, as that will likely get the car paid off and provide a down payment. I pay extra towards the principal each month as it is, trying to get that amount down as much as possible. Not sure what the replacement is going to be, but something relatively fuel-efficient.
3. Finishing my ongoing fic for the GI Joe universe, entitled Electra Cycle. It's been going for quite some time. It gets put to bed this year.
4. Working towards my degree. I've got the enrollment at AMU, so it's just a matter of making the time to do the classes online.
I would put "getting my E5" as a resolution, but that's dependent on the Army Bureaucracy getting me a date, and besides my nagging people once a week, there's not much I can do.
DV
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Date: 2004-12-31 11:40 pm (UTC)I currently own a 1999 Plymouth Neon. It's going to be driven until expiration, as I can't afford a new one. I'm just wondering if we're having similar issues with our cars. My sunroof is broken--even after repair--and I've had persistent oil leaks, and last year I needed an entirely new cooling system installed.
(Incidentally: I name my cars. The thing was originally the Kittycar because of the Hello Kitty car things I had in it, but we renamed it Honor-chan after the third accident. It's missing parts but keeps on going and going and going. XD)
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Date: 2005-01-01 09:50 am (UTC)No problem.
>> currently own a 1999 Plymouth Neon. It's going to be driven until expiration, as I can't afford a new one. I'm just wondering if we're having similar issues with our cars. My sunroof is broken--even after repair--and I've had persistent oil leaks, and last year I needed an entirely new cooling system installed. >>
The biggest major thing I've had done is total overhaul of the brakes. No sunroof in mine to start with. Not enough get up and go for my taste, developing a shake over 60 mph, even after the tuneup, and not one of the best designed vehicles I've ever driven. The 2000 redesign was much better. I know, because I owned one, until I rolled it after meeting up with some black ice. I bought the 98 mainly because it had low mileage, was in decent condition for its age, and because it was lower insurance. I feel as if I have sufficiently done my penance.
DV