New Year's Eve

Well, my life isn't too exciting, as you might have noticed. It is New Year's Eve, and I am at home with my family. My sister has parties to go to tonight, and technically I do too- they're just in different cities. I kind of got trapped at my parent's house after Christmas and I can't go back to my own apartment until Sunday at the earliest. I've been here for a full week now. Don't get me wrong, I love my family, but it's driving me a little nuts. It was nice to stay a few extra days in order to get together with a few friends who had also come back to town for the holidays, and one side of my family will be having the big Christmas get-together this Saturday (which will be painfully awkward for almost everyone involved, trust me-I'm not the only one who is not looking forward to this.) But my friends have now gone back to their own places, and I'm still waiting. I've already decided that I'm not going to stick around for this long again, possibly ever. I don't care that it would've taken an extra trip across the state to go back to my own place for a week, it would have been worth my sanity, not to mention my diet (which I gave up on after Christmas- just too damn hard to stay on anything in this house.)

Tonight is also proving how deaf the rest of my family is. I'm on a different floor. I can hear every word of the movie that they're watching. I think they were mad that I didn't want to watch it with them, so I have no choice but to listen to it.

Anyway, if I can focus enough, I'm going to attempt to write a few New Year's resolutions. Not my typical ones- I think I've had 'lose weight' as a resolution since I was eight. I am actually putting in a strong effort on that now, but I'm not going to make it a resolution- really it's just unfortunate timing that the bulk of the work on my weight is going to start just after the first of the year. #clichemonger. No, instead, I'm going to focus on things that will improve my life in positive and non-derogatory and boring ways. I know I need to get in shape, but let's face it, saying it that way in no way implies fun, it implies suffering.

Instead, I'm going to do this-

1. Dance. I could say more often, but that's rather vague, isn't it? I think I can shoot for every day. I'll look ridiculous, but hey, I live alone, so that's no problem. Fact is I like to dance, it makes me happy. I'm no good at it, and I prefer dances that require two people, but that's not a big deal. I'm actually thinking about trying to lear the dances from a couple of Lady Gaga videos. Because why the hell not?

2.Get out hiking more often. I think I can shoot for at least once a month, provided the weather is not completely insufferable. And by completely insufferable, I mean it's got to be actually dangerous for a human to be outdoors. As a side note, I'd really like to get out winter camping sometime before the snow melts for the spring.

3. Watch some movies. I'm notorious for not seeing movies, for a variety of reasons, but there are some good ones and classics that I need to see, including but not limited to Schindler's List, Gone With The Wind, Casablanca, and The Graduate.

4. Concentrate on making my art business more successful. I know that I can build it and make it a lot more profitable, but I tend to slack off. I know I can make a very good profit from it if I just treat it like it matters. And if I have enough of an income, I can-

5 Get a dog. This will be a very, very tough one to get by my parents, who really, REALLY do not want me to get a dog, and I am fairly dependent on them still (my health insurance is still through them, and they still give me a lot of financial support) But I feel strongly that if I can get the business going, pick up a part time gig that will also pay, and be in a situation to be able to care for one soon, possibly by this summer. I can work hard and hope.