Wednesday, January 2, 2008

In With The New

 I’m a little superstitious about New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I believe that whatever I’m doing, I’ll be doing for the rest of the year. For this reason, I refuse to be away from Reg or the girls when the new year begins. I prefer a low-key night with family, pizza, wine, chocolate, and board games (admittedly, mostly the wine and the chocolate), followed by a day of loafing and video-watching (Pirates 3: At World’s End), and kielbausi and kraut in the crockpot.

I don’t make resolutions (I did make a mix CD) because they factor into my superstition; if I’m thinking about losing weight today, I’ll be thinking about it all year. Not fun. Instead, I like to consider to what I’m looking forward in the New Year:

*Better Health. I struggled with an self-destructive thyroid (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis) through nearly all of 2007 (11 months). Now my levels of (fake) thyroid hormone are regulated. It’s amazing how much one little gland can affect a life. 2007 felt like “when my thyroid levels get straightened out” limbo, and I’m sooo glaaad to be free of it.
*Nina and Robin’s wedding. It sounds super-corny, but theirs is one of those rare relationships that inspires, and I’m thrilled to be a part of it.
*The end of George W. Bush’s presidency…moving on.
*Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s coverage of the end of George W. Bush’s presidency.
*New TV, especially FX’s The Riches (love Eddie Izzard).
*Becoming involved with local revitalization efforts. I live in a dead steel town that is on the verge of a renaissance. The new energy is thrilling.
*Trusting. I just made a career decision (not to pursue promotion) that makes me, as a feminist (and sometimes a pessimist), a little nervous, but I know I’m doing the best thing for my family…and my spirit.
*Watching Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix a bazillion times. Santa brought the DVD. Thank you Santa!
*Reading. The stack of reading material is growing (and the list of must-reads is growing even more).
*Solitude. I’m not much of a winter girl, but I’m going to try and enjoy the quiet that the darkness and the cold bring.
*Spring and Summer. I’m already craving green and sunshine and popsicles and the pool.
*Exercise. I’ve recently discovered that I really enjoy working out– even cardio, which I used to hate (I used to consider walking across the Target parking lot cardio). Weird old guys at the Y notwithstanding, working up a good sweat has become an essential part of my day, and it’s true what they say about the endorphins.
*Becoming more politically (locally and globally) literate and involved. Now that I’m in my 40s, I’m feeling the call of the larger purpose, and I plan to roll with it.
*Acknowledging all of my life’s amazing, smart, and fabulous people in small, thoughtful ways.

Of course, there are things that I would change (I suppose, resolve), but that’s a list for another day. Today is about peace, promise, and potential.

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Monday, December 24, 2007

Seven Weird Things About Me…

1. I have a paranoid, borderline conspiracy theorist mistrust of doctors and most other people associated with the medical profession (nurses, insurance companies, pharmacists, etc.).
2. I believe that I can perceive people’s latent sociopathic tendencies, and then, I end up avoiding these people for no reason other than my perception of their weirdness.
3. I have “imposter syndrome,” which makes me feel as if any day now, people are going to discover that I’m a huge fraud.
4. I’m dangerously clumsy.
5. I’m prone to inappropriate giggling at little things like the phrase “prophet bard” in a church hymn.
6. I sleep with seven pillows–six regular and one body pillow. And I arrange them specifically.
7. I will not go anywhere including the grocery store, the gym, or even the hospital, without my lipstick (but I never remember to take my cell phone).
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