Year end wrap-up

If you read, Tasha Weighs In, then you've already read this post. Not sure, but this blog *may* disappear in the new year.     

     Soooo...I may or may not have been neglecting my blog...for well over a month. Okay, I HAVE been. With all that's been going on, something had to give and blogging was one of those things. Now that the end of the year is basically here, I have a tiny bit more time to get back to basics.
     I know it's tradition to look back on your year and also to think about the coming one. I have done both, but I'm not really going to set any resolutions. Mostly because I have plenty that I'm working on and 2012 is looking to be busy enough without my good intentions.
     I will, however, give a quick run down of what I've been doing and what I will be doing.
     2011: 
1) Moved to a brand new state in late February. That took a lot of prep work, not to mention the time and effort to unpack, get furniture (Goodwill outlet), find a job (took about 6 months) and learn where to find things in a new and bigger city.
2) I've also been working with Newanderthal on getting Pocket Novels running. We're still a bit behind where we want to be, but we believe in the project.
3) Ran my very first 5k after nearly a year of my on-again/off-again relationship with running. Even though no one I knew could come to the race, I was still so excited that I finished and WASN'T LAST!
     2012:
1) Prepping for our Mississippi trip! Newanderthal and I will be canoeing the entire Mississippi River from August -October. Lots of prep work for that.
2) Running a 10k. It's the next race up and I think will give me more confidence for #3
3) Running a marathon. My 30th birthday will be at the end of 2012 and, assuming the world doesn't end, I will finish my first ever marathon in celebration of my new decade.
4) Pocket Novels....this will be at least a 5 year process before it can be my only job
5) POSSIBLY getting my teacher's certificate. I can get funding from my county after working for them for a year. I will definitely look into that!

     As you can see, it's not a list of what I want to do, but what will get done b/c it's already scheduled. Can I say I'm not worried about any of it? No, I definitely am worried. Still, they aren't 'goals' I've set, they're conditions that will be happening whether I'm ready or not. I just have to be ready for them!
     Wishing every one of you a great new year and hope your 2011 was fantastic. Please remember (as I had to be reminded), that you never measure you life by someone else's standards. I could easily tell you what in 2011 I didn't do. I could make a list of all the things I tried and failed or never tried at all. However, I chose to tell you what I found important in my life. There are so many other great things 2011 has given me. Be kind to yourself and look forward to an even better 2012!