New Year, New Adventures!

Hi everyone!

First off, Happy New Year! (And Merry Christmas too, even if a little belated)
I thought I would use my grandmother's computer to sign on and do a little post so you guys wouldn't think I'd forgotten about you all!

So in case you couldn't tell, I made it back the the USA from Singapore just fine. It was a long flight, but not a bad one, so yay for that! I've basically been spending my time traveling back and forth from one small MS town to another visiting with family. Oh, and also.... shopping!!!! Heck yes! My grand total (I think) of weight I lost while in Singapore was 36 pounds! Go me! Needless to say, I pretty much needed an entirely new wardrobe.

Now that Christmas is over and the New Year has begun, I guess its time for some New Years Resolutions. I've never really been big on those or anything, but I guess I might as well lay out a few goals I've been thinking about lately:

1.) Good grades. Not counting this past semester (which was awesome), my GPA has taken some major hits over the last year or so. I really need to get that back up. I'm hoping that a really good semester again, plus a few good credits over next summer, will put me back on track.

2.) Keep the weight off! Now this is really a whole list of things rolled into one, isn't it? Exercise. Eat right. Even though my main goal is just to keep the weight off, I would actually like to loose a few more pounds. My cousin is getting married at the end of April, so I figure that I have the better part of 4 months to loose some more... maybe go down one more dress size? We'll see how that goes.

3.) Stay clean. haha, that sounds like I have a drug problem or something, but I really mean clean as in organized. No perpetually messy room, no confusing bags of school stuff crammed together, no car trunk with unknown items forever lost in its depths. This kind of goes along with the whole "do better in school thing," but it really encompasses so much more.

Bam! My 3 New Year's Resolutions.

I'm still not sure I'm so into the whole "resolution" deal, but I do think it is a good idea to take a step back and really think about what is important for you to accomplish. Even thought I pretty much consider the things listed above as standard or obvious... meaning that I don't need to "declare" them or something, I have found that making an official declaration of your goals and desires helps so much in your achievement of them.

Anyway, I hope everyone else out there had a good holiday... see you (figuratively) again when I'm back in Orlando!

Hello New Year

Hi New Year, my name is Christy. I know that tonight at midnight you will get a big kick-off and all, but there are a few things I wanted to address first. To start it off, don't be surprised when I continue writing 2010 on all my checks and essay assignments... it happens every year. Sometimes I do a complete time warp and just go all the way back to writing 2008 on them, so you'll just have to forgive me for this ongoing problem. Secondly, let's not have a repeat of last year's celebration... I mean, chillin' on the side of the road with two blown tires is fun and all but... oh wait, it wasn't that fun. It was, however, expensive to fix. Furthermore, I have work tonight until 11 and I don't want to have to deal with car problems after all that!
Now as long as you keep those two requests in mind, I think we'll get along just fine. So have fun tonight, be responsible, and don't do anything you wouldn't want your grandmother to see. That's all I really had to say, New Year, so I guess I'll let you get ready and I'll see you in about 14.5 hours!
Sincerely, Christy Sunshine <3