Happy New Year!

Thanks to all the silly people in EC who talked to Jake for an hour yesterday and almost froze him. We did really want to be up there for New Year's, because most of the time, it's the only time that we see everyone, but it was not in the cards this year. :(

However, I am 9 days away from going to Florida and running that stupid half marathon. Too bad that I've been sick with the flu (or something...) for the past 5 days. I try to run on the treadmill and I get dizzy. I'm pretty much just going to wing it. My dad thinks it's a bad idea, but that's because he's twice my age and he couldn't do it. I will recover. Or, in reality, I will be too slow and they will pull me off the course. Which is pretty much like, whatever.

My dad is also going to run with me (or walk...) the whole way. I don't know how I feel about that. I like to go out alone, so that will probably put me off my game even more. Oh well. I guess that I'll get over it.

At least I only gained 2-3 pounds over the holidays here. That was a positive sign for me. I don't have to worry about having gained a bunch of weight right before I go out. Now, I just need to not gain 5 pounds while in Florida, which is what happened last time I went (2004) and is what started this whole mess of me having gained all this weight in the first place. Every extra 5 pounds and you think, that's it! I'm not gaining any more weight...and then it's another 5 pounds, until you're 30 pounds more than you started at. whoops.

Anyway, I think that I'll set some goals for myself this year (1 & 2 are kind of contradictory, but that's okay)

1. Have my first child
2. Lose 20 pounds over the course of 2008 (see? they contradict)
3. Keep running/walking
4. Pay off the tuition credit card
5. Save $1000

Those are all more long term. Short term goals include: starting and finishing the basement room, finish painting the upstairs, get all the boxes put away around the house, get a new kitchen sick, buy new living room furniture

Those aren't really goals, those short term ones, just more stuff that I want to get done. And I guess that's kind of a goal in some small way.

Well, I'm going to move on today, but I just wanted to say Happy New Year and I hope that everyone's 2008 is amazing. I think that mine will be. :)