happy new year...

I don't do resolutions, officially. I think if you want to do something, you should just do it. So, the things that I want to do just happen to coincide with the new year. 

1. A lot of people I know run. As in, a hobby sport sense. We even have a running club at work. I've never enjoyed running, but I will give it a try this year. One of the local shops does a program to get non-runners running. Let's see where this goes. The end of the program requires you to do a 5K. 

I mentioned to Cindy that I thought about this and she got all the program details for me. She will most likely end up my running buddy. I was hoping to see her and talk to her some more about it this week (she went through the program last year), but she's doing a 13-mile run in FL this week. She is clearly a success story.

2. I need to reconnect to all my friends. I let work take up my life when we get busy, and then I only have time for the things that I plan for ages ahead of time. The last four months have been insanely busy for me, and as a result, I had no idea that a good friend of mine had attempted to commit suicide twice in two months. I finally met up with her last month, and I was completely stunned when she told me. She and I have a lot in common as far as how we were raised, and we are each other's support group whenever we have drama with our moms, which is often. It just made me realize that I get too wrapped up with work and the same group of people and I need to reach out to all my friends in the same way.


3. I need to spend some time writing for myself. I write at work, but that doesn't help me remember the day-to-day things that happen in my life. I started journaling when I was ten years old because I wanted to remember random details to share with my children when they grow up, so they would know that I felt the same things they did and that I was in their shoes once before too. Except, I haven't really journaled much the last few years. Not since I really got over breaking up with my fiancé.  


4. I need to be better at keeping my place clutter free. This is an ongoing struggle for me. Part of the problem is I don't spend enough weekends at home. And in the last four months, I've only been home during the work week, and even then I haven't had full work weeks since the summer.

That's it for now. I've been sick since last Wednesday, thanks to my niece for passing on the plague that she caught at day care. I'm feeling better, but this morning was pretty rough. I'm debating whether I should call in sick tomorrow or not. I have so much to do this week though...