04 January 2011

Catching up with Bullets!


  •          Happy New Year!  The resolution?  Just like everyone else… lose weight.  We are trying some new strategies this time, though.  One should help: we’ve stopped drinking.  We are not drinking alcohol for one month and, when February rolls around we will limit ourselves to weekends only.  Sigh.  Talk about a sacrifice!



  •          Besides needing to lose weight and detox, I am also resolving to call my friends more often.  My two best friends live in California and I miss them a lot.  The phone is a poor substitute but it will have to do.



  •          Changing up my teaching schedule.  I have been teaching kids classes two evenings a week and starting in February I’m going to be teaching a women’s self defense class one afternoon a week.  Much as I love the kids, I’m looking forward to the change.



  •          Changing up my work schedule.  My department is undergoing some changes in leadership and I am going to switch from working the early day shift to the “white man” hours, ie: more like 8:00 to 5:00.  I am going to position myself to take my manager’s job because, for one thing, I already do the majority of it, and for another thing, he’s a putz and a useless one at that.  It will take a fair amount of strategy but I’ve developed some skill in that arena.  Wish me luck!



  •          Also pursuant to the job strategy: new shoes.  And clothes.  But, I hate shopping and I’m not buying any clothes until I shed some weight.  But, I do need some office shoes.  Athletic shoes just don’t send the same message.



  •          Hair cut!  For some damned reason I decided to grow out my hair, and specifically my bangs this past year.  They are just now to the point where I can tuck them behind my ears so I am almost there.  But, I realized that I now have the same haircut as my mom and much as I love her, I don’t want to look like her!  I browsed through some awesome styles at dykehaircuts.tumblr.com and I have an appointment on Monday to chop it all off.  Nothing too dramatic; I don't want to scare the administration.



·         Other than that, my goal for the New Year is to keep doing what I’m doing and love life and the people around me.  How about you?  Goals, resolutions, dreams?



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4 comments:

8thday said...

Are you going to post a pic of that new haircut? I looked at the site and found some pretty wild styles!

Wishing you all good things this year and success in all your goals - weight, teaching, work, sobriety : )

I am keeping it simple this year - concentrating on caring for myself, friends and family.

LeLo said...

I love all of these.

Also, how much do I love that there's a tumblr site of dyke haircuts? Must peruse....just for eye candy, of course. :)

e said...

Not sure if I'll post a picture... kinda depends on how the haircut turns out.

As far as eye candy goes, another awesome tumblr site is this:
http://fuckyeahbutches.tumblr.com/

Whole lotta yummy there!

liz said...

Good luck with the work situation! I know those kinds of scenarios can sometimes be tricky to deal with.