Mid-Year Resolutions

This past January, I made one new year resolution... and I pretty much blew it. My New Year's Resolution was to learn Spanish. Maybe it was a tall request for someone with barely the time to even attend a class once a week, but I was determined to do it after spending 5 days in this place:




with these people:



I was in love with it all.


Maybe that resolution hasn't yet happened, but it WILL happen. Even if it has to wait until I am living in a Spanish speaking country.


So here it is July 1st. Six months have passed since I said hello to 2008. Seis entire months have passed since 2008 said "Yo. Sup, ang. You ready for me? Good. Cause here I come, bi-otch!"
Alright, the year did not speak to me. But if it did it would probably come back today and say "You said you were ready for me. What happened?"
Once again I've failed.

SO HERE IT IS JULY FIRST. The sun has set on the day and I am proclaiming my mid-year resolutions. In place of one big resolution (we see how well I do with those) I am going to make a list of small resolutions. Why wait for next year? If I fail a hundred times then I will try again a hundred and one.


My Mid-Year Resolutions:


1. Find a job that I LOVE.

2. Stop apologizing so much.

3. Spend more time with my Grandmother.

4. Throw myself into the photo project I've had in my head for over a year now but haven't talked about out loud to anyone.

5. Keep writing this blog and not caring if anybody reads it!

6. Stop being "one of the guys" so much and expect to be treated more like the girl I know I am. (When a gentleman opens a car door for you and you don't even RECOGNIZE what he's doing - that's a sign that there's a small problem.)

7. Be less selfish and show more appreciation for my friends.

8. Rent a booth at a local fair and sell my photos.

9. Buy a wide lens! (the one resolution to purchase!)

10. Don't regret any choice I've made, any path I've taken, or ever wearing my heart out on my sleeve. (the hardest resolution) And remember that although I often feel alone - I am surrounded by love.