Over the past few weeks everyone has been talking about New Year's Resolutions and asking what mine are and sharing what their's are. I've been reluctantly going along with this charade wishing people luck with theirs and saying the usual about mine - relax more often, loose weight, be a better friend/daughter/sister, etc. All the while thinking about how much I hate this game.
Really, I hate resolutions and never make them and don't plan on ever making them and think they are stupid and a waste of time. If there is something about myself or my life that I don't like, I'm not going to wait until the new year to change it. I'm going to change it right away.
I will admit that I do like the idea of a fresh start at the new year and a chance for new beginnings. The endless possibilities of what the new year can hold and the many doors that can be opened to new oportunities is a very exciting prosect. So what I always do at the beginning of the new year is to set goals for myself to accomplish. What's the difference between goals and resolutions you might be asking? Well, let me tell you. Goals are actual things to strive for and accomplish and will move your life farther in the direction you want it to go. Resolutions are dumb ideas you come up with that you know you will never keep but feel you have to tell people when they ask you what your New Years Resolutions are.
Now, I'm not a very big planner. I don't like to set out a path for my life to follow since I've learned many times that you need to be flexible in order to deal with the s**t that life throws at you. But I've also learned that if you don't set out some course for your life to follow, you won't really get anywhere. You just kind of sit there letting other people push you along a course they think you should follow, which isn't very fun or exciting.
So, I've set out a goal plan for the next 3 months of my life. Here they are:
1. Run the Boston Marathon and raise $10,000 for the Dana Farber Charity.
2. Apply to law school, be accepted to at least one law school, and make the final
decision about where to go to school this fall.
3. Learn spanish (at least a little) and go to Costa Rica.
4. Loose 15 lbs. (I know this is a typical new years resolution, but I'm hoping it will be
something I can realistically accomplish with my marathon training.)
5. Be ok with turning 30 years old.
I'm Still Wondering...
I Wonder No More!
Where am I!!!!!! What is this?????? Could it be.....my long lost blog? My blog that I haven't written on or visited in months. My blog that I had spent so much time away from that I forgot my password so that I couldn't log on for a whole 15 minutes while I tried every password I could think of! Well, I've been away for way too long. I have to admit, it doesn't look too bad. Everything is till pretty much intact. I might have to reteach myself a few blogging skills and tricks to make my blog awesome. But I'm up to the challenge. My blog and I will become better friends and I will begin posting on a more regular basis. Hmm....that promise sounds strangely familiar (see last two posts). But it's a brand new year, time for new resolutions (which I hate) and I think this might be the year that I fully embrace the art of blogging.
I'm Still Wondering...
I Wonder No More!
So, apparently it's been a while since my last post. And, clearly, my last post was incorrect in saying that "I'm baaaack" because obviously I'm not. I really want to post on a more regular basis, but it just seems like I get too busy and then another day is over without a new entry into my blog. Life just seems to be getting in the way. Between work and running and family and my super high maintenance cats, I don't have time for much else.
I really want to start posting on a more regular basis about the happenings in my life and my surroundings. I think it's a really great way to collect my thoughts, share my life with my friends and family, and just have an outlet to talk about all of the random thoughts that come into my head-which I'm pretty sure most people in my life are tired of listening to.
So I'm turning over a new leaf this fall (ha ha - get it) and I vow to start posting more often. I would like to say everyday, but we all know that won't happen. A few times a week would be a good start. Fall is a time for hot apple cider, the smell of wet leaves, big cozy sweaters, reconnecting with old friends, and new beginnings. So more regular postings on my blog will be one of my new beginnings. Now lets see how long this lasts....
I'm Still Wondering...
I Wonder No More!
After a long undue hiatus, I am back to blogging. Now saying that I'm back to blogging doesn't really mean much since my first 4 posts weren't really much of a start. But this time I am determined to stick with it and post as often as possible about completely pointless things that are happening in my life.
To give myself a little credit, I have been pretty busy lately. I am also a huge procrastinator and am very well known for starting lots of things and not finishing them. But this time it's going to be different. My goal is to try to post daily - we'll see how long that lasts. And really do I have enough stuff going on in my life to realistically post every day? So fair warning to anyone who reads my blog - get ready for a lot of uninteresting stories, facts, trivia and other boring happenings in my life.
I wonder how long it will take for people to notice that I've starting posting again....
I'm Still Wondering...
I Wonder No More!
Here's something fun to do to keep you busy those last few hours of work on a Friday.
Help Britney with her hair.
I know this is kind of mean to do to poor Britney since she obviously had a giant meltdown. I'm pulling for her, but the girl's gotta get it together soon. I had a mini-meltdown of my own when I got divorced as I'm sure most people do, but this girl went above and beyond the realm of normalcy. So while we're waiting to see if her latest stint in rehab actually works, lets have some fun at her expense.
***My favorite style is the Michael Jackson one just because of the funny noise it makes.
I'm Still Wondering...
I Wonder No More!
I just wanted to say thanks to my girls Melissa, Jenn and Melina for giving me so much support and encouragement while I've been starting my new blog. You girls rock! Thanks for all of your posts and positive comments. I'm trying really hard to post everyday, but life seems to have been getting in the way lately. I'll be better from now on since I'm finally starting to learn my way around this blogging world.
Thanks again girls! You're awesome!
I'm Still Wondering...
I Wonder No More!
So I'm still getting used to this whole blogging thing - trying to figure out what to use it for, who's going to see it, and why I feel like sharing so much weird personal information with strangers (I'm not very good at sharing, especially feelings and personal stuff). I feel like I should be writing about smart things and trying to save the world somehow-maybe achieve world peace or solve the global warming problem. At the least I feel like I should be making intelligent comments on what’s happening in the news around the world. But by the time I usually sit down to write at night my brain is mush from working all day and I find it hard to even form complete sentences. So for now, I'll just use this as a running commentary on my somewhat boring life hoping that it will keep those people who know me more informed on what I'm up to and those people who only know me a little a chance to learn a bit more about me. So you have now been fully warned that if you are looking for the meaning of life or an answer to life's most pressing questions, you won't find it here. What you will find are the mundane details about my personal life - so interesting I know.
Lovely Melissa is helping me set up my blog and is teaching me how to do all sorts of fancy things - most of which I have forgotten how to do right now since I'm terrible at following directions. Hopefully my blog will be totally rockin' soon. I will try to post as often as I can, but life sometimes gets in the way - i.e. work, running, random tv shows, cute boys, tequila (all of that equals a really bad, or good depending on how you look at it, Saturday night).
I'm Still Wondering...
I Wonder No More!
