Another year has come and gone. Last night I rang in the new year with a few friends at quiet dinner party Lori and I hosted at the house. With the help of my brother’s girlfriend, Kerry, I cooked some Chinese food. Eight hours of cooking… 30 minutes of eating, good thing the food was good.

With the end of the year, I, like most, like to look back at the last year and try to decide what I would change in the new year. Unfortunately, I set pretty specific goals in 2005 and no plan to achieve them. As such, I failed in all my resolutions: I did not lose the weight I wanted to, and I did not finish my thesis (I really didn’t get that far with it at all).

This year, I am setting goals instead of specific resolutions. These goals are as follows:

1) To be more organized.
2) To get in shape. This involves both losing weight and getting active (no specific amounts).
3) To complete my thesis (this one is specific, but needs to be done).
4) Continue to improve my cooking skills (it’s becoming a big hobby of mine).