Jogging the Journey

Well Christmas is over, the goose (or turkey) is dead, and 2013 will soon be upon us. Q, Max and I had a wonderful, but exhausting, holiday with family and friends. I always feel like I need a vacation to recover from my vacation...and that is especially true when you have a baby. I don't think Max and I slept more than 2 hours Christmas Eve night. He is only 5 months old and I have already experienced a sleepless Christmas night.

But it's okay. I read an article that said babies often wake during the night because they want to spend time with their mother---so, I consider it a really sweet and loving gesture on his part. And while I dread getting out of bed in the tinsey hours of the morning, I love spending time with him too--just as long as I get a nap the next day :)

Enough about sleep (can you tell it's on my mind!)---with the New Year approaching I plan on joining the bandwagon of resolution-setters with my eyes a glimmer with goals and dreams I hope to accomplish in 2013. Typically I review my resolutions a grand total of twice--New Years eve and the following New Years eve...aaaaand, also typically I become depressed because I have yet again failed to reach any goal, unless of course I did by complete accident--but then, somehow, in my ignorance, I go ahead and set the same goals for next year.

Hopefully I have learned better. This year I am determined to diligently meet each goal. I am setting only 4, and I hope by blogging about them I will cement them further into the deepest recesses of the innermost network of my cranium..and I will succeed. So enough wordy blabbering--here are my 2013 resolutions:
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Physical: I will run a marathon (26.2 wonderful miles) this summer (I have wanted to do this since I was 12...and this is the year! My fabulous sister, Katrina, who will be in Ukraine this year, will join me when she returns. I am hoping to do a trail marathon in Oregon on July 27th, Max's 1st birthday)

Social/Emotional: I will deactivate my Facebook Account at least until after my graduation in April (I already did this...I've been FB free since the 15th!)

Spiritual: I will not watch or listen to anything with swearing, profanity, exaggerated violence, or immorality (I know what your thinking...and yes, pretty much I'll just be watching G rated movies, some PG, and lots of oldies! This is something I really feel I need to do, and I am excited!)

Mental: I will graduate with my BA in April
(ONE more semester! Lets just say it will be tough to say the least, but I am so pumped! I need to make this an official goal so I make sure to give my all.)

What resolutions do you have? Lets break the trend of 2 weeks at the grind then forgetting our goals until next December! We can do anything we set our mind to--and on a spiritual note, I know we can do anything through our Savior, Jesus Christ. Because of the hope He gives, we can all reach our goals and become a little better. Change is always possible!

Here's to an awesome, life changing year with great memories and wonderful success! Bring on 2013!
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(and just for fun, here are some pictures of Max :) )