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The Year of No Resolutions

It is already approximately an hour into 2006 on this side of the Atlantic, and after thinking about how miserably I failed at achieving my 2005 resolutions, I have decided that the only resolution I am making for 2006 is not to make any resolutions!

I made the following ten simple, and what I thought should be attainable, resolutions for 2005 and here is how successfully they were (or were not) realized:

1.) Go the gym twice a week until my membership expires in April.

I know that by January of 2005 I was really sick of going to the gym and pretending to exercise. I did go to the gym once a week from January until April, but the only thing I did was lounge in the tanning bed.

2.) Try more new foods.

This is a standard resolution and normally I do pretty good with it. However, this year I must confess that the only new cuisine I tried was Bulgarian. I liked Bulgarian food. With its meat-heavy dishes and herb/spice combinations I found it very similar to Greek food. (Which I love!)

3.) Read Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in German.

I still haven’t done this. However, I did complete my first full-length novel in German written by a native German speaker this year. In some ways I consider this a bigger success than reading Harry Potter in German. Even so, I still want to read the whole Harry Potter series in German someday!

4.) Be nice to A.

I try to be nice to A., but I’ll admit that sometimes I can just be so grumpy!

5.) Learn PHP (.php)

I made some progress understanding .php and I can alter some code, but I still can’t write my own.

6.) Get my immunizations updated.

Ha! We were going to do this before we went to Bulgaria, but never got around to it. I am sure one of these days when I catch some completely preventable disease the only sympathy I will get from A. is “I told you so.”

7.) Drive more often in Germany.

I didn’t even get behind the wheel this year. Why should I when public transportation will take me wherever I want to go?

8.) Drink more water.

This is another one of my standard resolutions. Unlike #2 though, I seldom achieve this one. I can’t help it. I just don’t like water!

9.) Write more letters (and send them!)

As usual, this just didn’t happen. (I did join some cross stitch exchanges that require regular mailing and managed to get my stuff to the post office on time though.)

10.) Keep a tidier home.

All I have to say about this is…

I will admit that even though I haven’t so much as glanced at this list since last January I actually didn’t do as badly as I thought. But since I only look at them twice a year anyway, I still don’t think I will make any resolutions for 2006. Why waste my time and, more importantly, my blog space?

Happy New Year everyone!