hotshot

so it seems like it would probably be a good idea to check in on how the old new year's resolutions are coming along. probably the reason i want to do this is because there is one i know i'm doing a good job on and i want recognition. check out my previous blog, "so this is the new year", for all the facts on my hopes and dreams for 2007.

run 1000 miles
i think i am doing great so far. i've been tracking my mileage like nobody's business, and things are going along quite nicely. running. who knew i would like it? but i do. how i remember those days at canyon park junior high and then bothell high school, when running two miles made me want to throw up, i spent approximately 75% of the time walking, and i never once got a PR. i was not in good shape. but very oblivious to that fact - i thought running was just not for me. well, think again hotshot. i've run 443.2 miles so far this year.

start wearing face lotion that contains sunscreen
i am AWESOME! 100% resolutions achieved. not only have i been wearing face lotion with sunscreen, i've also decided to take things to the next level and use body lotion with sunscreen. praise me. this is basically the reason why i wanted to check in on my resolutions. sunscreen is something i've always been an idiot about. but i realized - the sun hurts me. i am pale. i am never going to be tan. so why try? i should take care of myself.

pray more
and now the failures begin....i never did specify how i was going to do this, or how i would know if i had achieved this goal. but i think i've been trying to think about and connect with God more during the day, and i've been reflecting on things quite a bit. but am i praying enough for myself, brad, my friends, my family, the world, my future, that i will know God better? definitely not. i need to give more time to this because it really matters to me. i believe in it. i should act like it.

worry less
hmmm...again, kind of unquantifiable and therefore, who knows how i'm doing? i feel less stressed out sometimes. but i think that i'm still too uptight about things, too much in need of control over situations where i cannot or should not be in control, and too concerned with what people think and what i should be doing, rather than just being and living and going for things. sooooooo.

keep in better touch with friends
i've been much better at keeping in touch with my best friends. we are emailing a lot. we just had a friendship reuinion weekend. i fail at phone calls. i fail at keeping in touch with lots of my other good friends, my brother, my former d group girls. i'm glad i'm reevaluating these. i miss those people.

if you're reading this - what were your new year's resolutions? how are they going?

emmy is crying and has been for several minutes now. i better go see why.