Coming home this time was different than it had been in the past. This time around, while seeing friends is nice, I was really only concerned about seeing family and a few chosen close friends. And I'm for certain past the stage of going out and acting ridiculous -- not sure if I ever hit that stage, at least not past a mild level. A lot of my friends at home aren't past that stage. And it makes it difficult to hang out with them. I certainly don't look down on them for it, but I've definitely reached a point in life where I'm not just going to go somewhere and do something just because my friends are. If I'm not intrigued by the idea, I don't have too much impetus to join in. Certainly there are exceptions to this, but they aren't as often as they used to be. It is with this new found sense of self, what I am actually interested in doing, and places and activities that I want to associate with that I've found it a bit easier to not feel guilty for not seeing EVERYONE in my "little black book." People drift apart, it's OK, it happens. And as I said in a blog over the summer, if we maintained every friendship we had ever had we wouldn't have anyone close enough to really get to know us.
However, as a huge highlight to my time at home, I was fortunate enough to get to spend an entire day with my precious godson, Robbie. He is absolutely adorable and perfect. He's three-months-old tomorrow (Christmas), I cannot believe he's gotten so big. I swear the next time I see him, he'll be graduating from high school or something ridiculous. It's hard to believe that I flew home three months ago for his birth, it seems more like three weeks. The end of this year has just absolutely flown by. Heck, the entire year has flown by. It is with that that I realized I had some goals I set to accomplish by the end of this year....lets see how I did. I'm not too optimistic :/
1. Get into an exercise routine with a minimum of at least 3 times a week for at least 30 minutes each time. OK, so my job might allow me to use 3 hours a week to go work out. Actually having the time to do that? Sometimes it's more of a fantasy, but I'm still working on it.
2. Have at least $1,000 combined in my savings accounts. Hahahahahaha....not even close. Combine my current not-even-close status with the fact that Uncle Sam is taking out a sizably larger amount of money in taxes than he was this year...so I'm not too hopeful that the amount in savings will increase TOO much.
3. Learn CSS & HTML, or at least have a good grasp on both. I've done a little more work on this, and with my new found tighter budget, I'll have more time to study up.
4. Watch at least five movies that are considered pop culture icons that I missed growing up. Exact movies have yet to be determined. COMPLETE! Lets see if I can remember: Footloose, Ghost, Coneheads, Top Gun...there was another, but I forget.
5. Use my yoga set and exercise ball daily for morning and/or nightly stretches. I was until I had to move my yoga ball out of my room to clean for company, and I expect to resume this habit once I return from the holidays.
6. Get more creative and diverse in my cooking. i.e. pasta and soup should not be the core of my diet. COMPLETE! I have gotten much more adventurous in my cooking, turns out I actually enjoy cooking...CRAZY!
7. Fly somewhere for a random weekend just because I can, booking this flight for next year is also acceptable. Not yet, but I'll probably be in Tampa in January and then in February and then in Baltimore for two months starting in March.
8. Finish at least 3 books. One each full month remaining in the year. I'm finishing one right now, and I'm started on a few others. I'm not sure what my issue is. I have this problem with starting books, getting distracted by something else for a few weeks (busy, late hours at work, etc.) and I drop the book and then start another one once my schedule dies down.
9. Find a church. COMPLETE! I have found a church, and while I struggle with it not being a carbon copy of the church I went to in college, I do really feel like that's where I'm supposed to be. I've also gotten involved in a weekly bible study with one of the other lovely young women there.
10. Find somewhere to volunteer. I volunteered out at a Christmas Lights thing in Lebanon, IL and I'm looking for other volunteer activities that are low-commitment with my heavy travel schedule for the first few months of 2009.
I guess all-in-all I haven't totally failed on my goals. I could have done better. But I did at least meet a few of them.
Well I'm off, good night and Merry Christmas to all.
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