Auld Lang Syne
I have never really had resolutions for the New Year, but this year I really have some things that I want to work on.
1. Run the Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run. It is nine miles, and I have run it before, but I have not really run since I had Gentry. I hope that I have the control to control the things that I need to control to no embarrass myself on this run. I think that this will be the true test of whether or not I will need that remote control rectum. Which as I have said before, would not be bad. It also will keep me in shape and I always like to be in shape.
2. Figure out our budget. On March 21st or something, I am taking a budgeting class and really I know how to balance the checkbook, but I do not know how to do much else. I want to be in charge of my money and not have it in charge of me. I would also like to pay off my student loan, but not at the expense of the trip to Hawaii that we plan on taking for our 5th year wedding anniversary. I have never been anywhere but Tijuana, and it was not my ideal tropical destination.
3. Get organized. I have never really felt like I was very organized. But I am trying to learn about it. I have read a bunch of books and websites that have given me lots of good ideas. And it seems that if I have a list to cross things off of that I do much better than if I just think about what I want to do.
4. Get good at the piano. I pretty much suck at the piano, I probably quit practicing when I was a junior in high school and I never really got good. I can play a few hymns poorly. I want to be better than that. I want to be as good as my sister in law, Katie. She is 13 and way better than me. When I met her five years ago, we were about the same.
5. Be able to tell people to go to Hell! The only thing that I learned from my dads’ friend Bob is that if you tell someone that they are an asshole while you are smiling they will think that you are being nice and funny. I need to get to the point where I can do this. I need to get over the fact that I am not going to do things the way that others want me to, I am going to do them my way that if it is good enough for me. And if it is good enough for me it should be good enough for you.
Arent those lovely. Happy Chinese New Year to all you all and Aunt Butterfly!