Back on my feet

As you may imagine since I haven't posted anything here, November and December were even more difficult than October. But now, my semester is over and I'm starting to think through the changes I need to make in my life. I know everyone makes New Year's Resolutions and never keeps them. So I'm purposely not calling these resolutions. I am however, trying to set forth some goals and guidelines to make my life more scheduled and orderly. So far, the biggest and most important goals to me are 1) to take my medicine everyday and 2) to pay my bills on time. I don't think this goal are by any means out of reach.

Just for some laughs, here is my outrageous Christmas wish list I came up with:
* Boot Camp for a month
* plane ticket to Boston
* manicure & pedicure treatment
* membership to YMCA and personal workout buddy
* Personal Assistant
* Annoying pill box that will beep at me until I take the pills and go refill prescriptions for me
* warm slippers that have good traction
* wine rack
* someone to go through my stuff and get rid of all the junk
* ear phones for my Palm (and cord for card)
* organization
* lose 30 pounds
* get my car detailed
* a new DVD/VHS player (both of those are broken)
* a digital camera that works and doesn't require duct tape (but not until after I lose 30 pounds because I don't want any pictures of myself until then anyway)

This is the list I sent to my family members when they asked me what I wanted for Christmas. As a result, I did receive a gift certificate for Boot Camp, a gift certificate to use to "get my nails and toe did" (it was a joke), a DVD player, a digital camera, a Wii with Wii fitness and my mother volunteering to come next week and help me get organized and get rid of some of my junk. No one volunteered to lose 30 pounds for me. Although, my brother's girlfriend said she wished we lived closer to each other so she could train me. I may actually join her running group even though I'm far away.

So maybe the Christmas list was not as outrageous as I thought! I know my family cares about me and wants to see me doing well and happy. And I am so very thankful for that.