Hello, 2010

Wow.  2010.  Unbelievable!  The last thing I remember is being an undergrad,  stocking up on bottled water in case Y2K took us all out and ”Livin’ Da Vida Loca” with Ricky Martin.  I started the 2000’s a bright-eyed 20 year old, tending bar, up all night partying… and finished them a puffy-eyed new mom, tending to bills and high school freshman, up all night with a wide awake toddler.  What a wonderful, strange trip it’s been.  Considering just how quickly the last decade zipped by is really wild – so wild, in fact, that I am thinking about how I want to spend the next ten.  No, Friends, this isn’t yo’ momma’s New Year’s Resolution.  They never really stick, do they?  Rather, I pledge not to “resolve” or fix but instead refocus and reclaim.  Let’s see what the twenty-teens will bring.  I’m putting some pretty big things out on the table; I’ll need witnesses.  

1) Master’s Degree: Sure, this is an easy goal because I’m already half through, I know.  However, I hope to use it sooner than later.  My original plan was to get the degree in Library Science and put it behind emergency glass, only breaking it out if I ever find myself desperate to get out of teaching and try something else.  That’s kind of cowardly now that I think about it.  Am I so afraid of trying something new that I wait for misery?  Nope, it’s time to grow some bells and apply for a new gig. 

2) Bikini: Let’s not mince words here; I have gotten a little chubby.  We all know it’s hard to fit in working out with a full time job, kids, and graduate school.  Sometimes I actually skip brushing my teeth just so I can get under the covers two minutes earlier.  Still, I want a hot bod, and I feel that this is my time.  I want to be strong, lithe, and lean and in a bikini by this summer.  In order to make it not just a fleeting resolution but an actual goal, I am prepared to do something crazy… something my coworkers have begged me not to do… something that will actually make me work out.  I am posting a picture of myself in a bikini on this very blog on June 1st.  Please, follow the journey and hold me to it.  Tell me to put down the oreos and red wine (my favorite night time snack) and get moving!  The picture will be up June 1st; the only question is will your eyes bleed or not? 

3) Homesteading: I have this kind of creepy fascination with homesteading.  Although I haven’t yet planted flowers in my own yard, I subscribe to Mother Earth News and clip articles on digging an outhouse and keeping goats for milk and cheese.  I don’t think the city of Arvada will zone me for goats, but there is no reason I can’t start small if this is something I’m really interested in.  Composting, growing my own veggies, baking my own bread – I can do some or all of these things.  Why not? 

There it is kids.  A new post full of new goals for a new semester, a new year and a new decade.  Please come back to see how it is all panning out.  People like inspiring stories… they also like trainwrecks… your odds of both are good!  

Peace,
Sarah