Resolutions

Yesterday while gchatting my friend asked me what some of my New Year's Resolutions were going to be. And, I thought of how my friend Catherine decided a few years ago that she was going to learn to yodel. I thought, you know, I should have a fun resolution I want to do.

And you know what? I thought of two.

Resolution #1: I will learn to draw. I bought a drawing book a few months ago, and I have yet to crack it open to begin the lessons. Oops! January will be a perfect time to start. Everything is good to start in January.

Resolution #2: I will be able to do the splits. I used to be a dancer. Well, I guess I'm still a dancer, I can't stop my body from moving when I hear Black Eyed Peas or something with a good solid bass. But, I used to be a ballet dancer. Whenever we would do things on the barre, I would always have to be on the lower bar because my legs would go that high. And usually we'd have to try and do the splits in the middle of the floor too. Yeah, my showing was pathetic. So, by 2012, I will be able to do the splits on the right and left side (hopefully). I'll learn how to do it. And I'll get flexible. And, there are lots of demonstrations online.

One of these is semi useful (drawing) one is probably not really useful. But, I'll amaze people with my high kick and my new found flexibility (maybe).

2010

Well, it seems customary with blogs and the beginning of the year that everyone puts up their Resolutions. I'm not going to. But, I have them. I have a long list of them in the following categories:

Spiritual
Physical
Mental
Social
Financial

I think they're good. And it's going to be a good year.

Yesterday I realized as I put my lunch in my bag that all my food for the day was orange. I had a peach yogurt, clementines (three to be exact--I love those things and knew I'd want more than one), tomato soup (which is always a little more orangy than red), and carrots. That's what you get when you're throwing in the fastest things in the kitchen together 30 seconds before running out the door to the bus.

Today Hillary Clinton is coming to USAID to swear in our new administrator. Apparently she has a huge rock on her hand. I hope I'm close enough to see it...