Rainy Days and Mondays

Well, today is both... rainy and Monday, that is. So I'm still in my pj's [never-you-mind that I'm always in my pj's], taking the day to organize and read. I contemplated going to a movie, but pushed the idea to later in the week.

I actually wrote a posting in my head yesterday, but it never made it to type. I always write much better in my head because I'm inspired by the moment. Here's the half-priced [post holiday] version:

I read an article yesterday about 10 ways to be happy in 2006. It was authored by one of the new age guru scary people. I don't have anything against any religion or philoshophy, but I gotta give the new age terminology and syntax a hearty eyeroll. Two of the 10 ways actually stuck in my stubborn little brain. Way to Happiness #1 [and I paraphrase]: Stop judging. Period. People, places, situations, everything. I do think I judge less than others, but definitely more than I should. Way to Happiness #2: Find your worth from within and screw everyone else's opinion of you [again, I paraphrase]. I like both points very much and will keep them.

When I think of everything that happened in 2005, I gotta believe that 2006 will be much calmer [but I think I said that about 2004/2005 too]. OK, the next four months until graduation will be intense, but I'm prepared [mentally, physically, organizationally - people, I even cleaned out my t-shirt drawer].

So my resolutions for 2006:
1. Stop judging.
2. Find worth from within.
3. Eat healthier [translation: avoid the toxic beast that is partially hydrogenated oil].
4. Have more fun.

I think that's about all I can do for this year. In the meantime, I'll have to earn a graduate degree, find a job and probably move to another town.

I'm putting a moratorium on dating until graduation. I know, I know. It's like a person who has never smoked saying they are giving it up cold turkey. It's called reframing, people. But here is Resolution #5 for when dating does resume [in homage to Bridget Jones]: I will not fall for any of the following: alcoholics, workaholics, commitment phobics, men with girlfriends or wives, misogynists, megalomaniacs, chauvinists, emotional fuckwits or freeloaders, perverts. [In other words, avoid all ex-boyfriends.]