Hello 2010!

Ok so I'm a little late, but better late than never. We are 54 days into this new year and of my 9 resolutions I have only knocked half of one off my list. Needless to say this little nagging voice in my head keeps reminding me of my failures so maybe blogging about it will give me the kick in the ass I need to start making progress. I'm going to share my resolutions with you and give a little status update. This is more for me than for you so feel free to stop reading if you're bored.

1. No judging other people. This means I won’t say anything that I wouldn’t say to that person’s face. Anyone who has had a conversation with me since January 1st will know very well that I'm not off to a good start here. It is so hard not to talk about people so I need your help. If I start talking badly about someone call me out on it and if YOU'RE the one who gets me talking about people and I realize what I'm doing then please be understanding if I don't respond the way I might have in 2009.
2. Save $x.xx a month. Let's just say an unused plane ticket to Miami and a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes is not allowing me to save. I'm giving myself until the tax refund hits my bank account and I pay off my credit card. Once that happens I will save $x.xx each month.
3. Wake up at 7 every day-This might have happened once during the work week, but has happened multiple times after nights of drinking.
4. Volunteer 1x a month-I wasn't able to volunteer b/c the organization required I attend an orientation first, which was booked until Feb so I went to the orientation and now I'm good to go. I even signed up for two events in the beginning of March so I can still finish the year with 12+ volunteer activities.
5. Complete Half-Marathon. Due to an injury I couldn't do the Miami half-marathon, but I was accepted into the NYC half-marathon on March 21st. Look for an e-mail inviting you to come cheer me on.
6. Complete Marathon-this might have to be a 2011 resolution. Every time I go to enter the lottery for the NYC marathon I chicken out. It has to be submitted before I complete the half marathon and if I wind up getting accepted they'll charge me $150. There's also this long release I have to sign, which I'm sure I had to sign for the half, but the word death in this one seems more likely. I have until March 15th to submit for the lottery. We'll see how the rest of training goes.
7. Delete SP from FB-this is the resolution I halfway did, but I'll let you decide if I get any credit at all. I decided I wanted to start 2010 with a fresh start and part of that was to delete SP from FB so I would have no access to him. It was actually more painful than I thought it would be, but with Jamie's encouragement I hit delete on New Years Day. woohoo resolution done. Two days letter he sent me a text asking me to meet him. Most of you know the story by now and we're back hanging out/testing the waters. We're still not friends on FB. It's actually entertaining b/c he doesn't seem to want to let on that he knows I deleted him, but he keeps bringing up FB waiting to see what my response will be. So if you guys think I should get zero credit for deleting him then I understand.
8. Blog 1 x a month. I actually think maybe I'll do it more than once a month, but seeing how I haven't blogged since Sept we'll stick with once a month.
9. Work on business idea. I've talked about my business idea with an impartial audience and they loved it. I just need to get focused.

There is only one reason I haven't gotten further with these items and it's called BEJEWELED. I have only one person to blame for bringing this crack cocaine into my apt and her name is Ruda. I am hooked and I hate it, but I cannot stop playing. I'm not even good at it! I just got home from the gym, made dinner, sent some e-mails to my advisee and sat down to blog. My thoughts keep going to how I need to play tonight b/c everyone's scores reset and I need to have a top score. I wonder if Intervention would be interested in doing an episode about someone addicted to FB games. I think I finally kicked the farming habit. ok that's all for tonight. Off to play bejeweled.