Today is my half-birthday — exactly 6 months from my birthday. My siblings and I used to celebrate our half-birthdays every year, but I’ve since learned that few others do. Perhaps because my real birthday falls in the dead of summer, I always enjoyed celebrating my half-birthday at a time of year when my friends and relatives could actually celebrate with me. But when I’ve tried to explain the joys of half-birthdays to others, most everyone thinks I’m silly. They haven’t had the need to celebrate their birthdays at other times of the year because they never had to experience a birthday when school was out and everyone was on vacation. But I suspect half-birthdays will become an important occasion in my family. KC’s birthday falls at Christmastime, a time of year when I’m sure his birthday will be overshadowed as he gets older. But we can celebrate his half-birthday in the Spring, when school is still in session and people haven’t yet left for summer vacation. And I won’t think that’s silly at all.
#1: New Year’s Resolutions
A new year means another opportunity to set goals that probably won’t get accomplished. I hate to start 2012 on such a negative note, but let’s be honest. New Year’s resolutions were meant to be broken. And that’s why they top my list of pet peeves.
Each year, I hear of all these plans to better oneself, and about a week later, those plans are given up. This year, my resolution is to keep my resolutions, and the way I plan to accomplish that is by setting achievable goals. Here goes…
- Write a daily blog post (Already off to a good start.)
- Lose weight (Notice I didn’t say how much. 5 pounds would be nice.)
- Stay in school (All I really have to do is keep going to class, but trust me, that’s hard enough.)
- Stay off drugs (And, by that, I mean to not be as sick as I was in 2011.)
- Lower my debt (Proper planning is key.)
- Start running (Getting a little tough with this one, but I’m counting on Hubby to help motivate me.)
- Run a 5K (This one’s actually very difficult to accomplish, but not impossible.)
- Raise a happy, healthy child (Certainly the most difficult item on the list, but I’m pretty confident in my Mommy abilities.)
If all goes well and I can accomplish these goals, I may just take New Year’s Resolutions off my pet peeves list in 2013.
