Resolutions

Posted on 09 January 2010

So, a few new years resolutions and the whys.

1) Drink less.  Not because I think I drink too much, but because it tends to be pricy.  Perhaps I’ll settle for drink cheaper, though.

2) Lose 20 lbs.  I’ve done it before and in only two months, but I was also even heavier than I am now.  Still these would be the last 20 before I’d actually feel like I’m not a belarded jellyroll.  Resolution one will probably help with this goal, as well resolution three.

3) Get back into medieval re-enactment.  I really miss it, and it was a great stress relief, as well as physical activity.  Hard to deny it as exercise when I’m running around for threeish hours with an extra 40lbs on me in armor.  And I am hardly a slow or sedentary fighter.

4) Spend more time with my kids. The goal is actually to get 50% custody of the children.  I’m working towards it, but we will see.  This also goes hand in hand with number five.

5) Get the dang divorce finalized.  The custody is the larger hold up on this, as I am trying to avoid lawyers and courts if I can.  The slightly lesser is the expense of getting said divorce.  Funny how marriage is so cheap, yet divorce is a pricy pain in the rump.  Almost as funny as how much more paperwork a husband has to go through to take his wife’s last name than vice versa.  Not that I did that, but I have heard stories.  Combined names are even more a pain, I’m sure.

6) Finally, write more.  I’ve been true to my desire to be creative on a semi-regular basis, but my actual prose writing has gone to the wayside lately.  I have a few short stories started that I want to finish, and a few novels to pick from to start a new on of those too.  Really need to get on that.