New Year, New Chapter

    I love the New Year. First, it's special to me because for the rest of our lives, Kit and I will be celebrating one more year as a married unit! Secondly, it's always a good time to reevaluate your life, goals and desires for the year. Last year I only made one goal. I'm proud to say last year I kept up my goal. This is sort of gritty, but I don't have the best oral hygiene. I would only brush my teeth once in the morning, and maybe floss twice a month. Last year I needed to improve that, so I made a NY goal to brush twice a day, and try to sneak in a floss a couple times a week. I did it, and still going strong! I know that wasn't the usual NY goal but it was something I desperately needed to change if I wanted to keep my real teeth past 50. 

    This year I'm tackling more than one. I have a pretty lackadaisical semester for my last year of college, so I have a lot of time to focus on self improvement. 

1. Since I nailed brushing twice a day, I now want to floss everyday! I know for some of you, this may come easy, but if it doesn't, try it! This is my first priority this year.

2. The dreaded weight-loss goal. We all have one, even if we don't admit it right away. This past year my goal was to lost 15 lbs. I only got to 10lbs. lost. This year I want to lose a total of 12lbs. By college graduation day (May 7th!!!!) I want to have it all gone. That gives me 4 months, at 3 pounds a month. Totally doable. Thankfully I have a supportive husband on board that loves eating healthy and working out as much as I do, so maybe we'll both come out in our gowns 12 lbs. lighter! 

3. I love to run. Lucky me, I have a career in which it's part of my job to be able to run, so I must stay in good running condition. Last year my best friend trained for a half marathon and it inspired me. She wasn't a real runner before, but at the end she ran that whole 13.1 miles without stopping. She's amazing. That's what I aim to do May 1. I already signed up for the OKC Bombing Memorial Half Marathon, and I'm stoked to start training! I have a 12 week program to set me up for success, starts Feb 7th. If anyone wants to train with me, let me know and I can give you the schedule!

4. As I mentioned before, my school semester is pretty low key. With my 24 hrs a week job, I sit at a computer and watch movies, emails and facebook. I want to utilize my 24 hours a week in there, so I'm taking a page out of my sister-in-laws blog, and learning a foreign language. My husband has free access to Rosetta Stone, so I'm going to get as far as I can with Spanish. Since I have taken Spanish for 6 years, I am pretty familiar with the language already. Plus my husband is taking Spanish II in college this semester, so we can communicate and use it to strengthen each others skills. 

Ready. Set. GO!!!!!