Maybe... just maybe

I wanted to post my New's Year's resolutions yesterday, but I was out until late in the evening and too tired to post them. So here I am ready to post them, but I can't determine what I should list for my resolutions. I completed a whole one (maybe two) items from my list last year. So I really need to determine some good resolutions that I can actually accomplish.

I have this bad habit of trying to bite more than I can chew. So... let's take a look at the list from last year.
1) Take a swim class before the summer.
2) Take a Spanish class this year. I know one class is not going to make a world of difference, but it's a start.
3) Learn to play the guitar.
4) Be able to run 26.2 miles by the end of the year. I want to run in the 2007 Houston Marathon.
5) Make three new friends. I have realized the importance of friendship this year. And I mean true friends, not just acquaintances.
6) Read fifteen new books (not computer books). I love to read, but usually do not make the time to read more often.
7) Travel to someplace new this year. It has been a while since I have been somewhere new.
8) Drink more water than caffeinated drinks. This is the one that will be the hardest. Ah, my precious coffee. But if I do this every day, then I know I will have kept my resolution at the end of the year.
9) See at least one play, one symphony, and one opera before the year ends. How else can I grow as an individual?
10) Go camping with my daughter at least twice before the year ends. She enjoyed the camping so much last time. I think this would create wonderful memories for her as she grows older.

And let's break down how I did...

1) Nope, still freaked out as shit around deep water
2) Nope, I still add "o" to everything to Mexicanize it. "I liko to reado, me booko".
3) Yeah, right... let's try pulling the damn thing out and tuning it for God's sake.
4) That is really funny. I can probably run a total of four miles before my lungs flip inside out.
5) Nope, still have the same friends and actually lost touch with one friend. So it's a negative one in this area.
6) I kinda reached this one, but it's a stretch. I had to resort to children's books in the end to reach this one.
7) My ass doesn't even like to leave "The Village" area.
8) Well... technically coffee and tea are made from water. And don't energy drinks have water in them?
9) Nope, Nope, and Nope. I did watch "Rent" which is a musical so it kinda counts.
10) I did try to go camping with my daughter, but damn it all the spots were taken for two whole months.

Yeah, I'm hanging my head in shame as I type this post. If I had a can, I would definitely be kicking it right about now.

So, you can see my predicament. I need to pick resolutions that I can accomplish and feel better at the end of the year, not make me feel worse. I also want them to be somewhat different because anyone can say "lose weight" or "watch less TV". They also need to be in a "check box" format. I need to be able to "check" them off to say I did them. So what should they be?

Well... let's pick five and determine that I need to accomplish AT LEAST three of the five. I think this is more my style. And hell, everyone uses numbers, but that implies priority, so instead I will use random letters (Is this a run on sentence?).

S) Travel to Cozumel for a week.
H) Sing in a Karaoke bar in front of people.
I ) Camp at Big Bend State Park.
T) Catch a fish bigger than 20 pounds.
E) Take a Salsa dancing class.

All of these resolutions were carefully chosen and not that different than last year's resolutions. I have learned that I accomplish more when I have detailed expectations from myself. All of these should help me grow as a person through the year. I also expect many of these to produce "side effect" resolutions. I may decide to take that swimming class if I'm out in the ocean or plan on going to Cozumel. I may make new friends with the dancing classes. And camping... well maybe that one is self explanatory. I am extremely jazzed about these resolutions and seriously think this year I can accomplish them all.

Of course, I'm sure everyone says that at the beginning of the year. I'm such a pessimistic ass sometimes. Maybe I should have made that one of my resolutions. Nah.. that's like trying to make Jenna Jameson practice sexual abstinence.