Ok, so in the interests of really meaning it, I have decided to put forth a tentative timeline of the next two-ish years of my life.

1. I will get my French teaching assistant application in the mail by no later than the 15th of December.
2. I will be home for Christmas!
3. I will get my new computer in February. Todd served me well but he is dead.
4. I take the GRE in February or March, whenever I feel most comfortable with the material.
5. I will save A Little Money for France between February and September.
6. During my year at Emory, I will compose an awesome personal statement for grad school, and get a couple of official transcripts for the apps. Maybe I'll have an epiphany about research focus. Maybe I won't.
7. I will attend Brigitte's 21st birthday blowout sometime in the summer.
9. I will quit my job in September, giving me a couple of weeks to get my grad school applications together for submission.
8. In October 2007, I will travel to France and work as a teaching assistant for 6 to 9 months.
10. Following my time in France, I hope to spend two to five months working with a humanitarian organization in French speaking Africa.
11. Barring tragedy or transformation, I will enroll in a political science Ph.D. program in the Fall of 2008.

Feel free to submit events for the timeline. Large or small. It will help break up my months and years.