2008...

2008 resolutions

1. Get in shape - I've abandoned the "lose weight" resolution I've had since 1979 for something that sounds like something I can actually do... So far, I've been to the rec center on campus enough times that the 19 year old who could be my son doesn't look at me like I'm lost when I ask him for a lock for my gym locker (one step at a time!)...
   
2. Travel - this August will be mine and Dave's 20th anniversary! It is also the year our oldest child, Emily, graduates from High School so obviously our BIG anniversary trip is out for this year - although we are shooting for Italy for our 25th! Dave decided to not make me sit through another Boston Marathon, even though he was still qualified for 2008, so we have booked a small 5 day trip to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas for March. Dave has always wanted to go back to the Grand Canyon and hike, so off we go (this, of course, gave birth to resolution #1 so I don't have a heart attack during our trip - hmmm, maybe this was his master plan all along)...
   
3. Graduate - If all goes well, I should graduate from YSU with my Bachelor of General Studies (aka Liberal Arts) degree in December. This is a bit longer than my resolution of 2005 which was "get your BA before your child starts college", and since I graduated from high school in 1982, MUCH longer than my 4 year plan, but oh well...I did get an AAS in 1997 so that makes me feel better... (Note to my kids and nieces/nephews - FINISH college before you are 25!)
   
4. Let go a bit - As I watch my kids grow up, each in their own way, I've decided that the more I let them figure it out on their own, the more they do, without ending up in rehab or jail. Emily will head off to college (well, not really "head off", since she and I will be attending the same college), Conor is getting his driver's license and Hannah is our valedictorian in training, and much to the chagrin of her older siblings, can now verbally joust right back at them. Emily and her friends (3 guys, 3 girls - no romantic involvement) recently researched and booked a condo at the beach for their senior trip (that sound you hear would my my mother rolling in her grave because I am allowing this to happen!).
   
5. Blog more often - I have had the pleasure of having a great "cyber friend" Jessica for over 7 years now. She and I met on the Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Board when she and Dave were diagnosed at the same time in 2000. She has her own blog that I absolutely LOVE. She is so creative, both verbally and artistically that it amazes me. It truly is a pleasure to know her and I often envision a newspaper article being written about us being cyberfriends for 50 years and finally meeting in 2050...
   
6. Take photos - Ok, I take pictures - mostly of the same people I always take pictures of, but my terrific husband bought me a great new camera for Christmas for the purpose of taking action photos of the kids sports and recreation stuff. I really need some lessons because I want to take PHOTOGRAPHS!