New Year's Resolutions

I used to write really long, elaborate lists of New Year's resolutions, but I think this year I can only handle about two. Okay, here goes:

1. Get more sleep (aka go to bed earlier at night)
2. Exercise more

By doing these two things, I think I could reverse the vicious cycle of exhaustion that plagued me last semester. You see, if I went to bed earlier and got more sleep, then I wouldn't be so tired in the afternoons, so I would have energy to finish my homework and go running before going to bed at a reasonable time. Then, I would have a better sleep because I always sleep better after I go running. So, this is my plan. It will probably only last for about the first week of classes, but I'll try to make it last longer than that. Hopefully if I got more sleep I wouldn't be so apt to fall asleep during my classes too! (Although, in Mr. Riccio's classes, it wouldn't matter if someone had gotten 3 or 13 hours of sleep--when he starts talking about light bulbs, you might as well just turn out the lights and get everyone a pillow.)

Today was a fun day. I got a lot of stuff done that I've been needing to do for a while, and Mom and I made some holiday visits to some of our friends. We went and took a gift to the Henrichsen family, with whom we have been friends ever since the beginning of time (at least since the beginning of my lifetime, but probably before that too). Their daughter Kallie and I were best friends all through grade school, Jr. high, and high school, and I can't believe that she's married and has a baby now! :-) It's crazy how quickly everyone grows up. It seems like just yesterday that she was talking in her sleep at one of our many sleepovers in the Henrichsen's backyard. (She talked in her sleep a lot.)

I also had to go get another little haircut today! I know that I just got one, but it was so weird because on Sunday, it was like all of a sudden my hair was super long again. It was the weirdest thing! It was nearly driving me nuts today because it was sticking straight down in the back and then curling up and out on the sides, and I had that crazy curl in front that makes me look like the little dentist guy in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." So I got another little trim, and it feels much better. I am getting very excited because tomorrow is the big day that Greg arrives in town!