January 2011 in Review

No I am not going to talk about the current political climate, the riots in Egypt or even the postseason Football games. I figure if you want to know any of that stuff you will watch CNN or FoxNews which ever you prefer. I also figure if you know me at all you know I have liberal tendencies, feel sad for the women and children in Egypt and really sad football is almost over until August. So why rehash all that. I am of course going to talk about myself, after all why would I have a blog named A Girl Named Michael if I wanted to talk about that other stuff.

So far in January 2011 I have completed the following things:

1. I lost 12 lbs. It was actually rather easy to do. I ate healthier, keep drinking green drinks and started exercising again. No telling if it will last but for now....GO ME.
2. I read 6 books and I am about to finish 7 and 8. This is not that big of a deal there have been times when I read this many in a week but I had been in a reading funk and I am glad it seems to be over.
3. The BF and I had our 1st date a year ago on 1/8/2010. This is a big deal in my world. If I make it past the 6 months mark its miracle. So a year of dating is pretty freaking good for me.
4. I started 7 new posts to my blog that I did not finish. I need to work on that. I am planning on deleting them all and starting February fresh. But I started them so that's a point for me.
5. I finally got organized at work....mostly!!! I cleaned out my desk drawers, filed a bunch of paperwork and archived 2010s files. If you saw the state of my desk before this you would wonder how I got anything done. And to be honest I wasn't getting as much done as I wanted.
6. I am taking 4 online classes through my library. They are Feng Shei, Chakaras, Meditation and Aromatherapy.

January is a horrible month for me. Its depressing, there is no sun (and even I need sunlight occasionally), and there is nothing fun to look forward to doing. Usually I am depressed and in a funk all month long and to be honest I was in a funk for 20 of the 30 days so far. (I am thinking positive about day 31). So looking back I suppose the 10 days I wasn't in a foul, bitter mood I got a lot done. Onward to February!!!