I Heard 2021 Was Over. Is It Safe Yet?

Where shall we start? Probably under the covers of my bed, hidden away until 2022, which promises to be better when it arrives. It's 836 AM, and safe to assume it has indeed reached its intended destination, whether for benevolent or malicious intent, that remains to be seen. I will keep both eyes open and will be watching you, 2022, with hopeful yet cynical curiosity.

I feel you asking, why am I here? Why am I back to blogging? I hear you answering yourself, with a roll of the eyes, 'It's her new year's resolution.' And ding ding ding ding, you are correct!

Yes. I'm starting this one among many other new years' resolutions, in part as a game because how long do they really last? I'm also genuinely curious, is it feasible to engage in one resolution, which discusses all the others? And will all the others fade away into the mysterious vacuum of my mind if I stop the first mentioned resolution? That hidden place where years upon years of resolutions have piled up, secreted away, to never be mentioned again except to be mentioned within the confines of this first resolution and every New Year's Eve if it's an oldie but a goodie? It poses an interesting philosophical question. If I give up on this blog resolution, and you stop learning of my other resolutions, are those resolutions ever truly given up? How would you know? So on that note, I've decided that this will be the first and last new years resolutions blog entry of 2022. Thank you and good night.

Haha! Just kidding. So where should I start with my resolutions? We have the obvious "diet." The fact that I'm dreading breakfast already, may be an indicator as to how long this one will last. But we will all go through that nightmare together. All 10 of you reading this.

Honestly, this blog is going to be a lot of work in the beginning, I hope I have the stamina to keep that up with the rest of my life-altering wishes. That almost makes new year's sound like a genie that emerges from a bottle. I wish, then I wouldn't have to do the work myself. It would just be accomplished.

Done with whining (for now). So diet, don't have a lot of food options, so I'm going to have to go grocery shopping and breakfast will be difficult to piece together from the stuff we have and the fact that I loathe eggs. Vomit. I truly believe it's the texture, which is so weird because I love smoked oysters and mushrooms and their textures don't phase me. So weird. My daughter likes them so all is good as far as them not going to waste. I could have leftover apple pie, but I'm guessing that already is a fail on the diet. There is toast and apples (not apple pie, real apples, I swear.)

Then I should begin my braces resolution. It's simple, just do better wearing them.

Next up is cleaning. Try to clean every room this weekend and then keep them clean moving forward. It's another item to toss to the dark recesses of my mind, but I'm unrealistically optimistic when it comes to cleaning.

Alright, moving along at the speed of a snail, next we have water. Drink lots of it. Simple. Easy. So doable, and yet, it's on my failure guess list. Yes, I have a mental wager myself on which ones will fall off and I know me best...so...I'll likely win.

Next is exercise, but really good luck if I even get that one started, let alone stick with it. Well, I can stick with the not starting, that much I do know.

Making sure I take my medication and vitamins, I suck at that. Do a facial and whiten teeth a couple times a week, but do daily skincare. Institute a date night once a week or every other with just me and Kevin. Start new hobbies, like the miniature house building kit my mom got me for Christmas, I'm so excited. And reading all those books Kevin got me for my birthday. I'm still on book one. I lost my nighttime reading steam and need to hop back on that train. Try to whip the dog in shape. Try to be more mentally involved with the activities that Melina takes part in, and try to whip her into shape. I don't know what shape, maybe a clean up after yourself shape. (good luck to me on that one) Step up my game at work (not for them, but for me). And stop returning library books late, which reminds me, I have some late library books. <sigh> Oh and lastly, start working on a third book.

I wholeheartedly look to this list and the new year with enthusiasm.

Side note: I did not add quit smoking and less drinking on the list because the diet is going to be a rough ride as it is...so that being said (and regardless of what anyone else would deem the most important) I chose to start with the food and if I'm able to hold that together I will add in the smoking, which will naturally take my couple times a week of cocktails with it... most likely. I should also preface, the drinking is for health and added weight loss and saved money, not because I'm daily guzzling down a bottle of vodka while chain-smoking a carton of smokes. Just thought it should be said so the wrong picture isn't painted. The picture I naturally commission is already a pretty weird Picasso. I don't need the help of others' imaginations.

It's early morning. At the end of the day, I plan to update the ups and downs of these resolutions and, hopefully, it will give us all a chuckle each day.