January 2010 is almost halfway over, which I find odd. I spent my entire high school career waiting anxiously (and sometimes fearfully) for sping 2009...it's just strange to think that now, that time has past, and graduation is no longer looming in front of me like some great barrier for me to cross. When I was growing up, I always felt like graduating from high school was the bridge between safe, effortless childhood and real life. I guess I've crossed the bridge.

New Years Resolutions, eh? I suppose I should make a few life-changing goals for the year...cliche, I know, but at least I can say I'm working for a better me. Besides, what do I have to lose?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand here they are:

1. Exercise more. Seriously. If the apocalypse happens tomorrow, I'm in no shape to run from zombies.
2. Eat heathly. Once again, in the case of a zombie apocalypse, it seems like someone who eats his or her fruits and vegetables would be able to run faster than someone who lives off a diet of Pop-Tarts.
3. Read a book a month. This whole "being too busy to read" thing just isn't cutting it.
4. Write a story or a poem a month. This whole "being too busy to write" thing just isn't cutting it.
5. Start learning a new foreign language. Chinese or Italian, to be exact.
6. Decide whether I'm going to minor in Chinese or Italian.
7. Work a bit on the book I started in the summer after tenth grade. I think it had potential.
8. Practice yoga at least once a week. It's amazing, just how relaxed it makes you feel.
9. Study more often, and take academia as a whole more seriously. IB nearly killed my initiative, but I'm determined to get it back.
10. Keep my room relatively clean. I've noticed a direct correlation between how happy I am and how clean my room is. Normally because when I'm unhappy, I don't care. Maybe if I keep my room clean, though, I will stay relatively happy.
11. I won't give up. Ever. That's really all I have to say about that.

2010 looks to be much more promising than 2009, anyway. ^^

There they are. Eleven New Years Resolutions. (Eleven seemed like more of a lucky number than ten). Some of them I'll keep, some of them, I probably won't.

Anyway, onto other news in my life: I'm almost done with my Spain application. If all goes well, I shall turn it in tomorrow, be accepted by the program, and hopefully go to Spain this summer. Twelve credit hours to my major and eight weeks in a foreign country- what's not to love?

I'm planning on officially declaring my English double major this week, and hopefully subsequently enroll in one of the otherwise full literature classes. It's amazing how quickly they filled up.

Anyway, that's the quick-blog about my recent life. I suppose I should get to work on Resolution #9 and study.

Later days.