Happy New Year (3 Weeks Later)

Well hello there!!  I hope all of you have been enjoying your new year!  I certainly have.  Its been awhile since I last wrote because I'm always so busy all the time.  It feels like I do nothing all the time, but when I sat down to prepare to write this, I realized I've done a lot.

I spent the first day of the new year in bed sick!  I think I had a sinus infection and I was miserable!  Not a great way to start the new year, that's for sure.

As for New Year's Resolutions, I never make them.  I do, however, make Birthday Resolutions for myself and have been doing so for a few years now.  Just a way to make sure I do things I want to do and grow as a person.  Now, if you know me well, you know that my birthday is 5 days before the new year, so I realize it goes along with normal resolutions, but hey, I'll call it what I like, haha.

I try not to make vague or outlandish resolutions either, and the past two years I've tried to set small goals to make sure I keep the resolutions.  Last year, I wanted to go to more concerts so I set a goal of one concert every two months, just to make sure I had something I could measure the goal by.  I believe I did not quite reach that goal, but I did go to more concerts than I had in years past, which was the real goal.

This year, my 25th goal is to take more pictures and keep in touch with people better.  The idea behind the taking more pictures thing is that I want to scrapbook again.  I haven't done it in years and I truly loved doing it, so I want to get started again.  The only problem is, I don't take as many pictures as I used to.  I used to have a camera practically glued to my hand, and nowadays, even with my beautiful camera, I just don't take as many pictures.

As for keeping in touch with people better, well, I'm getting older, and as my friends are getting married, having babies, and living farther and farther away, I've realized that I need to work to keep in contact with the people I care about.

Now for those of you who don't already know, I started a new job in October.  I am the Pharmacy Technician Externship Coordinator for American Career College.  Basically I place students in pharmacies so they can finish their program and get their diploma.  The ultimate goal is to get them hired, so I do a lot of work helping the students with resumes, interviewing techniques, etc.  I really enjoy it so far.  My students can be frustrating at times, but my job is to help them, so that's what I do.  And when they call me to let me know they got hired, well, that kind of makes it all worth it. =)

Happy Birthday to Me! <3

I have also begun wearing a Bodybugg.  For those of you who don't know, its this device that you wear on your arm and it measures the amount of calories you burn every day.  I need to get serious about losing weight, so in addition, I'm doing Weight Watchers again.  So far, its been a little slow, but the scale has definitely been going down, so I'm really happy about that.  I started walking on my lunch too, so I figure every little bit helps.  I haven't noticed any major changes yet, but I know it'll come, and as long as I'm getting healthier then its all worth it.

I hope all of you are doing well and are sticking to your resolutions!! Have a great weekend!