Resolutions

My Sharona and I decided to start our New Year's resolutions early so we'd already have them well underway before the start of 2006. Then I forgot all about it. Until just now. So here goes:

1) Career: I've come up with a New Life Plan, which consists of going to cooking school and becoming a Food Writer. This involved finding a job, paying off my credit card debt and then enrolling in a part-time program until I can drum up enough freelance to go full-time. Then I alternate between writing weird, dark novels (also on list: finish first novel, find agent, secure book deal) and cookbooks. And sell some crafty stuff, too (also on the list).

2) Health: I've made great strides with the eating healthy and the working out. Go me! I even lost 15 pounds this year. And then gained five over the holidays. I already have five more to lose, so now I'm up to 10, which will be completed when I cut down on the booze (another resolution). The quitting smoking won't help the weight loss cause, but it needs to be done.

3) Love: I suppose I should get "back out there," and try to meet someone, because for some reason, there is no Prince Charming waiting outside of my door. That Prince Charming is one lazy bastard. I'm dreading re-entering the dating world, but not as much as I'm dreading dying alone in my house and being found weeks later because my 15 cats are howling loudly enough to annoy the neighbors.

So there you have it. Happy holidays!