Resolution Update

After two months, here is where I stand on my resolutions:

Visit Hawaii
Get my wisdom teeth out
Make chocolate anchors
Run in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon
See a few decent concerts
Visit my cousins in Las Vegas (and have Holly cut my hair while I’m there – February 17-22. Haircut with Holly, February 18 – I think it’s the best I’ve ever gotten. Took the little cousins to SkyZone to jump on the trampolines, February 21.
Go back to Weight Watchers to lose my last few pounds and become a Lifetime Member – Started going back to WW meetings, January 8
Write a book
Volunteer for the USO – Volunteered at the AMC Air Terminal, January 5
Start my own business
Work at least one waitressing job (even if it’s only for fun)- A.J. Gators, January 11-26. Kelly’s Tavern, February 8-12.
Make 10 new friends – Tom Valentine, Steve Robinson
Go on a road trip
Reread Hawaii by James Michener
Get my digital camera fixed – FedExed it to Olympus, January 20. Camera returned and fixed (for free!), February 8.
Go onboard a Navy ship – Tom took me to see his submarine, the USS Norfolk (SSN714), February 5.
Go surfing
Visit Nauticus and the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk
Go to Busch Gardens
Eat more pineapples
Visit a few states I’ve never been to before
See Lifespeed at Bar A
Write a poem
Save some money
Visit my cousin Joelle in California
Sing karaoke at a bar
Drink more water
Do 20 push-ups in two minutes
Taste a food I’ve never had before – Lobster and sake at Sumo, January 29. Pasta para duros (some weird Mexican snack food) at work, February 11. Fried calamari at the Roadhouse in Vegas, February 18.
Get a massage and/or a facial
Take a picture in front of the VT bush at Virginia Tech
Get a new car
Grow my hair long again
Continue writing in my LJ for another whole year
Visit my long-lost stand partner on the Southern Coast of Oregon
Make one new resolution at the beginning of every month:
January: Beat my 13:28 mile and a half run – Ran a mile and a half in 12:36 at Gold’s Gym, January 27.
February: Watch the movie St. Elmo’s Fire – Watched it, February 3.
March:
Finish the book that Robbie loaned me in November

Lisa DeNoia, author of Coastlined, blogging on and off since 2003. Jersey Girl in Virginia Beach. Entrepreneur, technology innovator, photographer, figure skater, traveler, sailor, avid lover of books. Guardian of Benny, also pictured above.

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