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every new year makes me want to change everything for the better. i know i'm not alone in that, but it seems so corny when i say it. it seems like the world is filled with so much hope on the first day of the year, like changing calendars will make all the worlds' problems go away. personally, i find that this hope lasts until i leave my house, and then it quickly dissipates. but for a few brief hours, all is right with the world.

last night i made the executive decision to stay home. i'm a loser and a life-ruiner, but i'm used to it now and if you've known me for a while, you should be used to it too. instead of going to mark & kim's, i went for a snow run around the neighborhood (running is WAY harder in snow than on a treadmill!) and debated making bagels for the first breakfast of the year. the bagels didn't happen, but i enjoyed my evening anyways. i had a surprisingly prosperous evening at home - while searching for my passport for our february cruise, i found a $10 target gift card from the pharmacy and a sock that had been missing for a few weeks. that's a darn good night for me.

as for some resolutions, i haven't really thought too much about them but i've come up with a couple:
1. rock out at la fitness at least 10 days a month (excludes volleyball nights and february since i'll be in the caribbean for a full week... suckas)
2. try all of the group fitness classes at least once - i've already tried cardio kickboxing and aquafit, so there's only 10 more classes to try...
3. be in the best shape possible before the cruise (and maintain throughout the year)
4. be more open to making new friends (and potential boyfriends)
5. attempt to figure out what i want to do "when i grow up"
6. plan a trip back to paris (to go next year)
7. take at least one random road trip (bring someone?)

resolutions for the day include making my bagels (they're almost ready to boil!) and heading to the gym. pretty low-key for just another day.

baby it's cold outside

holy fudge, i almost froze trying to scrape my windshield when i left work. i love pittsburgh. really, i do. but could we maybe just shift the entire state of pennsylvania south about 30 degrees latitude? i don't know who's in charge of those decisions, but i'd really appreciate it.

i came home to the fantastic scent of pork and sauerkraut, ready-to-eat. slow cookers are the greatest. mine's a tiny one - i think it's supposed to be used for making fondue or something, but i use it as a crock pot. i'm half tempted to go buy a normal-sized one, but really, i have better things to spend my money on (maybe one of these?).

i'm supposed to go to a friend's for NYE to play his wii and hang out, but i'm just not sure right now. it's so stinkin cold! and i feel that if i go out tonight, i won't be up early enough to accomplish anything tomorrow. true, i have the day off since it's new year's day, but still, i was planning on going to the gym and getting some party supplies for saturday. i know that if i go to someone else's house tonight, i definitely won't be back home until at least 1.30 am, if i come back home at all (south hills is a mighty trek from my house in the snow with the cold and icy roads and drunken idiots). bleh. i need someone to tell me what to do. i need an adult.

exercise-wise, i tried doing a comcast on-demand yoga class and managed to get through 20 minutes of it before i felt dizzy. :) it didn't even seem that difficult, but i hadn't eaten in 6 hours before trying it... maybe next time i'll try having a snack beforehand. some day i'd like to try one of the yoga to the people podcasts that jenna talks about (eat, live, run). however, at the moment i am very much a novice and i don't think i'd be able to handle it. it's a worthy goal, though!

resolutions to come in a future post! my toes are going to freeze off so keeping them attached and warm is priority numero uno right now. :)