Git ya, git ya money right

For some reason, on my commute to work I started thinking about where my life is going. Not sure where it came from, but it helped the 45 minute drive go by faster, so I went with it.
During my drive I realized that I'll be single for the foreseeable future, so I need to start building my future as if I'll be my sole provider - which means I need to make sure that I'm in a position to make my visions for my future a reality.
In my future I see a beautiful house, lots of vacations, a nice car and T-Rex sized nest egg for my retirement. In order to make that stuff happen, I've resolved to pay down my debts and get fiscally fit in 2009.
Since most of my stuff is in storage until I move into my new apartment in the next couple of weeks, I don't really have access to all of my bills, but I have a ball park figure of my debts. By my estimations, I have about $30,000 worth of debt - about 98% of that is my old student loan. Yikes! I know that is something pretty personal to put out there, but I know that by admitting that to the world, I'll be more serious about paying that down. I haven't figured out the details yet, but stay tuned for my master plan to fill in the hole that is financial burdens.