2018 New Year's Resolutions

So I always make (and usually fail) resolutions. Doesn’t stop me from doing it every year though, and this year is no different. The first one on here is a given … ha!

1. Write more in your journal. You always feel a little better after writing/expressing tensions, feelings and emotions….don’t know why you keep myself from writing. You’re insane that’s why … and apparently enjoy remaining in that state. You have to stop bottling everything up.
2. FINISH WRITING A DAMN BOOK TO PUBLISH. :P
3. Visit one new place in the world, that you’ve never been to (even if it’s in Connecticut).
4. Read 60 books. I am proud to say, you did reach your first goal of 30 for this year AND your new goal of 50. So you got one resolution done from last year. :D
5. Continue your 30 minutes a day of exercising.
6. Go to the beach more in the summer (been about seven years! – not counting cruise).
7. Take more pictures. Stop letting other’s prevent you from enjoying the hobby (Not going to commit to a project, just make extra effort to take more pics).
8. Save money. Stop buying so much crap you don’t need (it’s an outlet that you have to stop using). For now start small by putting $100 a month into savings (more when you can).
9. Learn to meditate.
10. Sleep at least 7 hours a night. This 4-5 isn’t cutting it anymore in your elderly age (of 33).
11. Find a way to channel your hatred so you don’t always feel so out of control and near ‘explosion’ mode, emotional wise.
12. Expand on my video games. For the last year-ish, all I have played is World of Warcraft (with a spattering of Overwatch/SIMS). I want to branch out so let’s do this!
13. Also want to find a guild in Warcraft to join/be a part of. I think it’s time to start trusting gamers again … ha. It’s just hard to find a small guild that is active. Most are either gigantic with 60+ people online and others barely have 2-3 on and no one runs anything. It’s tough.

2018 Books Read List

This is to keep track of books I’ve read over 2018. My goal for this year is 60 because I read 51 last year. Let’s see if I can do this! :P

Title -> Author -> Rating (1-5 stars)

1. Falling From Grace by S.L. Naeole (***)
2. Cast in Sorrow (Elantra #9) by Michelle Sagara (*****)
3. Cast in Flame (Elantra #10) by Michelle Sagara (*****)
4. Darkness Unbound by Keri Arthur (****)
5. The Calling (Darkness Rising #2) by Kelley Armstrong (****)
6. The Rising (Darkness Rising #3) by Kelley Armstrong (***)
7. Priceless by Shannon Mayor (** - Didn't finish)
8. Darkness Haunts (Sensor #1) by Susan Illene (*****)
9. Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock #1) by Faith Hunter (*****)
10. Maggie For Hire by Kate Danley (* - Didn't finish)
11. Everneath (Everneth #1) by Brodi Ashton (****)
12. Neverfall (Everneath #1.5) by Brodi Ashton (****)
13. Everbound (Everneath #2) by Brodi Ashton (*****)
14. A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah Maas (*****)

Holiday Break

So … the break. A week and a half off of work. It was fantastic and way too quick! I wish I had taken off a little more, but eh … too much time off is actually bad for me. I become way too idle (and FAT). I ate so damn much those ten-ish days. Ugh. So yeah … I definitely did nothing but eat, sit around and video game. It was … amazeballs. :D

Christmas eve, Nelson and Trisha showed up around 10PM. We opened gifts, had some wine, watched Christmas Vacation on the tube and just had some good laughs and chatter while we opened gifts. I got a lot of the stuff on my wish list but no new gaming PC :D I did get one part for it, though. So yay! I think Im going to buy all the parts I need this week and hopefully my brother can build it next week. It’s been a really long time since I’ve used a desktop at home. Will be interesting. Then, I can just leave my gaming laptop at Danny’s house.

On New Year’s Eve, Mike threw a party but since my momma didn’t want to go and I didn’t want her to stay alone, I took one for the team and stayed home with her. It was actually perfect because I really didn’t want ‘party all night’. I did a quick drive by his house, hung out for about an hour and came back to Danny’s around 9:30PM. I watched some television with her, played a little Warcraft, and then she and I drank some wine as the New Year rang in. I stayed up watching NCIS until 4ish am.

I really have missed that show. I stopped watching it completely (even the re-runs) when Ziva left, but I started it from season 1 last week and I am remembering how much I loved this show. I am going to just watch up until Ziva leaves and repeat. Now that Michael Weatherly isn’t even on it anymore either, I am just not interested in the newer seasons, but the first 11 are great (with Ziva and Kate).

Anywho. In other news … Guess who is pregnant?! Right … you can’t. Anyway … Diane! She told us the happy news on Christmas day. Yesterday, they had the ‘gender’ reveal party. It was a small family thing, and quite lovely. They’re having a BOY, which made both of them VERY happy (and us too). My uncle (baby-to-come)’s grandpa… cried. It was so adorable. So they have that wonderful moment in their life happening in 2018, so it shall be a great year for them! I’m very happy for their growing family <3

Other than that, the break was relatively relaxing. I played a lot of Warcraft (of course). I managed to get quite a few achievements done that I really wanted (for mounts). So, I am very happy about that. I need one more tonight and I will get me another mount. It will depend on how tired I am though. As the first day back to work today, I may just want to lie in bed and zone out to television … but if I’m up for it, I’ll hop on and get the last achievement for the Pandarian raid mount. I still have to get over the laziness and work on the Pandaria reputations because there’s about 15 – 20 mounts right there. Maybe I’ll work on those starting next week.

Now that the holidays are over, a lot of the regulars are going to start coming back. I’ve gotten really used to the small group so when the influx of returners come back, I’ll feel mad awkward again. Ugh.

Anyway. I have some things to get done. Write later!