Ramblings

I like an article or a verse or a flip comment from a strange little old lady in the grocery store that not only makes me stop and ponder at that moment but reiterates itself in my mind at random times when I think I am concentrating on other very different things.

Happy New Year!

Now that the "feed" day is behind me I can focus on better habits. Starting that off tonight with a 30 minute ride on the trainer! I get to look forward to that getting easier because right now it is anything but easy. I had to do something today after I ate lunch at mom's! She is too good of a cook. I am sure even though my arms are tired from boxing on the Wii I did not come close to burning all those delicious calories off!

I started reading Alan Alda's book today "Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself". So far I am really enjoying his unique humor. I will let you know if I recommend it when I am done. Climbing mountains at 70+ years old is definitely something he can be proud of! Hopefully I will be strong enough at that age to do incredible things like that.

I had a conversation tonight that dabbled in religion, astrology, astronomy and many other interesting topics with a great friend. Those conversations are great mind stretchers. My PT Ellen and I discussed how she is going to make sure I sufficiently torture myself this year. What a great day!

2008 resolutions!

2008~ The year of the Rat in Chinese/ Japanese zodiac. This year I am going to focus on self improvement. Not solely physical improvements I intend to make, though I do have a lot of those, my primary objectives this year are specific. Thanks to a great friend of mine, I have the opportunity to learn the Danish language. I am going to learn everything I can about that language and Danish history. It is part of my heritage and I am really interested in it. I am going to train for and complete Ragbrai 2008. I did 3 and a half days of 2007... this year I am doing it all. I did not train like I should have last time, I will not let that happen again. I am saving the tips I get from work to invest in a better bicycle, I intend to put my whole heart into it this year and have fun. My biggest goal for 2008 is a fairly typical resolution for many people to make, I have made it before. This year I am going to focus all my energy into it and live it, not just say it and wonder why it didn't happen... I am going to stop procrastinating. Many things I have put off until now, I am going to do. No more excuses. The year of the Rat will be a great year.