A Late Entry to 2012
Wow, I don’t even know where to start. It’s been forever (seriously forever) since I’ve sat down to write anything. A quick recap since Thanksgiving: Parents came up for 10 days to ski (mostly without me), took a snowboard lesson at Breck and did 3 boxes and 2 jumps in the park(!), went home for Christmas, and spent New Year’s in Aspen with Roark. Sadly I have no pictures from any of these events, so writing a blog about them would be pretty lame and wordy. Maybe readers like that, maybe they don’t, but there we are.
So let’s start off with a look at last year’s resolutions:
1) Make it down a Black run on my snowboard, with good form the entire time. (Sadly we’re still working on this, but can I point out again that I did 3 boxes and 2 jumps in the park, all by myself? I think that’s pretty cool)
2) Plan and take one amazing vacation, preferably to a place I’ve never been (Seattle?). Score on this one. I took two (count ‘em) trips to Seattle this year. Also made it to Aspen twice, once for work and once over New Year’s. Sure that was only 1 day in 2011, but as a bridge I think it still counts.
3) Accept dates when I’m asked on them. I got a lot better at this. I went on some dates with a few guys I never would have considered, and ended up dating a few regularly through the summer. Heck, I’m still dating one of those, not super seriously, but it’s going very well.
4) Learn a new skill and perfect it. I learned to crochet in December. I’m not perfect yet, but my scarves are looking pretty good (3 and counting!)
5) Work on my time management skills, especially at work. As long as I have a set deadline, I’m pretty damn good. It’s those “when you can” tasks that still kill me.
So all in all I’d say I’m a little disappointed in how I did, but crossing out 3.5 out of 5 is still acceptable. What should we work on this year?
1) Make it down a Black run on my snowboard, with good form the entire time.
2) Plan a ski trip outside of Colorado (bonus points if it’s someplace I’ve never been)
3) Learn how to make one signature dish, perfectly.
4) Read at least 15 books, but none can be from the teen section.
5) Go skydiving.
I think that’s a nice list to get me through 2012. I expect big changes this year. Big, good changes. I know I was looking forward to last year, and it turned out to be a really good year. Lots of fun, no regrets. This year I hope will be even better. Let’s see what happens.
