From your 26 year old self on 12/24/05

Dear FutureMe, This was your life in 2005 -You worked for "The Apple Bank for Savings" bank. I'm sure that by now they've been bought out. -You were thinking about going back to school for your MBA. I sure hope you did. -You have one child now. Your Bachur Uzi. -Your wife is pregnant and due in 4 1/2 months. -Your total Cash & Stocks Assets is valued at $17,164.35. -You had that collection of baseball cards and comics which you kept saying you'll sell one day. If you haven't sold them yet, then go sell them. If you did sell them, I hope you made some good money off of it. -Your mother's mother is the only grandparent of yours still alive. Your spouse's 2 grandmother's are alive as is her mother's father's mother who is 94 at the time. -You live at 2301 K**** H******; you're car is a 2003 Hyundai Elantra. You've been thinking about getting a minivan. -The DowJonesIndustrialAverage was 10,883.27 -The Nasdaq was 2,249.42 -The S & P 500 was 1,268.66 -You owned shares in the following companies: Cisco, Disney, Lucent, & Microsoft. -The Fed Overnight rate was 4.25 and inflation was at about 2.5%. -There was a war in Iraq at the time. -The Israel/Arab was continues after 57 years since the creation of the Israel state. -Osama Bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi were the most wanted terrorists alive. Both had $25,000,000 price on their head. You will be forty years old tomorrow. I want you to stop what you are doing and take a look in the mirror. Is this what you want to do? Are you really happy? I want you to take tomorrow off. Go out into whichever city you now live near or in. I want you to walk around and decide if this is where you want to be and if you are still with the right person or people if you are with anyone at all. If your company does not treat you right, then you must quit. Fuck 'em. They don't appreciate you, they never did & they never will. Are you still with IY? Do you stil see your children? More importantly, are you treating them like your parents treated you or do you actually comunicate with them? Be good to me because I want you to achieve the dreams that you had 14 years ago. NOW IS THE TIME.