Saturday, January 2, 2010

Welcome to the jungle...

A brand new year. Brand new resolutions. Except none of them are all that new. I think I've made all of them repeatedly over the last few years. But I actually wanna keep them this year. So here goes the list.

  • Lose some weight and get back into shape. I know I'll never be a size two again. Or a size six, for that matter. But I don't like the number on the scale or how my clothes are fitting. I currently weigh 170 pounds. Which I don't like. But I've already started eating less and as soon as I can find some new running shoes I'm gonna get back to working out. (The old ones make my ankles and knees hurt.) I'm gonna get back into shape. And get back into my cute clothes. It's gonna be easier for me to find an outfit for next New Year's Eve, cause I'll be able to be on the lookout for smaller sizes.
  • Save more money. I've actually already started on this one with an automatic transfer every week to a savings account that is not linked to checking (too easy to swap it back). Started this one last May and it was great to have money already set aside for Christmas gifts and not have to scramble to figure out how I was gonna pay for everything. Hopefully this goal will also lead to me getting out of debt. Damn appendix. Hospital bills suck.
  • Explore this awesome state. I've lived here for 13 years and there's so much of it I've never seen. I plan on seeing it and taking my little man with me.
  • Take a vacation. I've never taken my son on a vacation without my parents. And that was only once. He's six, for crying out loud. We're going somewhere. Just gotta figure out where.
  • Get into nursing school. My application goes in on the fourth of January. Which should lead to me starting in August. Not really a resolution I can do much to keep, besides sending in my app. But I wanted it in writing. :)
  • Become more organized. I would love to be able to know how much money I have to spend on groceries without having to check my balance online. I'd also love to be able to find my black heels without having to search or grab my jacket without having to check in fifteen different places cause I'm not sure where I left it. I'm a mess.

So there it is. Hopefully my blueprint for 2010. One can pray, at any rate. Oh and I'm gonna be nicer to those around me...and myself. Somehow I think the first part of that is bound to be easier than the second. Wish me luck, cause here I go!!!

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