Resolutions and stuff

I feel like I am avoiding this little blog here. I don't know what it is, but I just don't find myself wanting to be here much recently. It could be just feeling overwhelmed from the holidays, but I haven't been taking as many pictures and I haven't been wanting to write much either. I have also taken to Tweeting and checking Facebook whenever I nurse Charlie to sleep so I have been internet-ing in other ways. My apologies for my absenteeism, dear readers.

I still want to update about Christmas and such, but I have been thinking about the hot topic of conversation both on- and off-line, namely, New Year's Resolutions.

When I think back on the last year, my major accomplishment was becoming a mother and getting to know this little person to whom I gave birth. It has been almost entirely a purely joyful experience (and those other non-joyful moments are totally worth it). Charlie has dominated 2009 and I will always remember it as the Year of the Che.

When I think forward to what 2010 has in store for me, I have a few desires. The number one goal dwarfs all others. This is the year I will finally graduate from college.

The path I took after I graduated high school was slightly non-traditional. I didn't attend college for 4 straight years, graduate, then venture into my first career job, then get married, then have a baby. I realize this is more of a cliche than an actuality but it is always how I saw my life going.

Instead, I attended school, juggled several part time jobs, traveled, dated John for 3 years before we married, fell into a career of campaign management and politics, worked full time off and on, got pregnant and had a baby. During all of this, I was attending school off and on. I never quit, I just didn't go straight through. I always had at least a semester of classes a year but there were many years where I took a whole semester off.

I've been calling it the Poky Little Puppy plan.

And now I am a full-time mom with a baby I can hardly tear myself away from, so to finish school is a huge feat. I look up to the women who do much more than that (working, parenting, school, sometimes all on their own) with awe because this is hard enough!

I have a great support system that allows me the opportunity to finish my education. I am thrilled to look ahead to August 2010 when I will finally do it!

What are your goals for 2010?