Classes at Pepperdine officially start this week. Since we’re on an academic calendar, we decided to make our new year’s resolutions at the beginning of the school year. Mine are a bit enormous, in keeping with the size of our new state!
1) Type up all my college notes and throw away the notebooks–Adrielle totally inspired me to get our boxes of college notes into digital format. They bought a scanner to do theirs, but Derek pointed out that typing up my notes would serve three purposes: 1) Give me something to do before I have friends, 2) Give me a bit of intellectual stimulation while I’m at home all day with no friends, and 3) Get rid of some of the clutter crowding our garage. I’ve been intending to reread my college notes ever since graduation, because it’s amazing how much better you understand things after four years of quality education. This is my chance. I’ll post updates! (So far I’ve gotten through Sept. 6, 2000 of Dr. Calvert’s Western Civ.)
2) Be more creative in how I serve vegetables to the family. (I know this resolution is neither specific nor measurable, but our attempt to do this specifically through a CSA turned into a real burden with a new baby, so I’m going to be vague and give myself grace to serve microwaved frozen green beans on nights when three kids overwhelm me!) Hopefully I’ll find some good cookbooks at the library…when I find the library…
3) Write a book on children’s literature. This one was not my idea. Derek and I have talked and blogged so much about our philosophy of children’s literature that he thinks I’m well on my way to writing a book about it. Another thing for me to do before I make friends, you know, because I obviously need to fill all that free time in my life right now.
4) Train for a 5k (me) and triathlon (Derek). Last time I tried to do this, I got pregnant about four weeks into the training plan and had to quit due to extreme morning sickness. Not sure how much I’ll be able to exercise vigorously while nursing (it really affected my milk supply the first two times), but we’re giving ourselves until next spring or summer to turn into fit Californians. Plus the only place we can fit the treadmill is in our bedroom, so we’ll have no excuse!
5) Take a photography class to learn how to use my camera (the one I’ve had for over three years). This is kindof a dual goal because I’ve actually set up a series of rewards for every 5 lbs of the 40+ lbs of baby weight I need to lose. A photography class is my 10 lb reward, and after that is a new lens. (A trip to England is my ultimate reward. I think Derek said yes because he knows the chances of me getting back to pre-Tommy weight are slim to none. But a girl needs to dream, right?)
Have you signed up for livingsocial and groupon and other such sites? We just had a photography class one that Jay almost signed up for. But we have no money… so I am glad he didn’t 🙂
Good goals. I need to run, too. ARG.
I’ve been out of school for four years now, but I still set my goals in August. Old habits die hard I guess. I am impressed by your idea of typing up all your college notes! Wow! I think I chucked mine during the last move…Vegetables, also good in its own way. 🙂 I can’t wait to read your book! And I think you can make it to England, just don’t go to fast with the running. Since our conversation on that topic, I went over my post-K2-birth-timeline and I’m sure that my P90x get-super-fit summer totally destroyed my milk supply and resulted in K2 refusing to nurse at 13 months. 🙁 Makes me so sad now that I realize what I did. Keith and I are presently pre-training for a half-marathon. But running two miles over the weekend just about killed me so I think we might be done with that venture.
I thought the hardest part of training to run a half marathon was getting to the point where I could run two or three miles without stopping. It’s definitely a good idea to start slow, run-walk at the beginning, go for increasing times and don’t worry about distance, and maybe use a heart rate monitor. It was really rewarding to run in a race!