Back at it...

Back to Alabama yesterday. Back to class today. Back to the gym this afternoon.

I’m ready!

I spent the drive home yesterday mentally preparing for the new semester, something I think I failed to do last semester, and it showed. Yet despite the slow going of last semester, I got the best grades I’ve had so far in law school, including 3 A’s - not bragging, just really, really excited! So I think the momentum is in my favor as this semester starts.

I’ve never been one to make New Year’s Resolutions; mainly because New Year’s has always seemed kinda sad to me - one year gone that we’ll never get back - but this year was different. Though my New Year’s plans left something to be desired, a couple of random phone calls, text messages, and the fact that I fell down the stairs on New Years Day, left me thinking that 2009 was going to be an interesting year and that I should make the best of it.

Therefore, I’m resolving to live, laugh and love more than ever before. I like to keep my resolutions somewhat vague so that I don’t disappoint myself if I don’t actually follow through with them. It’s time for me to start really living my life and quit worrying about what my college friends are doing with theirs. I mean, just because my newly married college roommate is talking about having children already, does not mean that I have a time line to live up to. Last night when I got home I took down all the wedding invitations and save the date cards off my refrigerator and filled it with pictures of my family and friends, the letters I received about job offers and other positive images. It’s a small thing but it really made me feel better!

Yes, this is going to be a wonderful year - I can feel it!!

I do have to make one very specific resolution though. I found out over break that I’m going to be in a wedding in July as a reader. Translation: Still up in front of all the guest, but in a dress that I bought myself. Therefore, I am going to finally get my butt in gear- literally - and lose the last 15-20 pounds I’ve been trying to get rid of for the last few months. More on that in another post. So not only do I want to lost the weight, I want to find the perfect dress. Why is this so important? Well, Mr. Second Chance is a groomsman. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t want Mr. Second Chance to turn into Mr. Third Chance, but I would like for me to be reading and him to be thinking, “D@#@! I missed out!” This is not my motivation (I’m doing this for me) but it would be the nice little reward at the end of the road ;)