January Top Five

Happy February folks!

The first month of the new year has really flown by and I still can't believe we're already done with it!

Where am I at keeping my resolutions for 2014?!

Well, I have tried to eat ealthy all along the month of January, even though we had a couple meeting with family and friends where we ate some not too ealthy food and I am struggling with an aching mouth (aw, stupid lactose intolerance) that I hope to cure with a few days of strictly healthy eating.

As for keeping fit and going to the pool once a week, I sort of did that. I skipped the last week because of women's problems, but I think I can be justified for that. I plan on going twice this first week of February so as to make up for the wasted week. Now that it's cold it's a big deal to motivate myself to go to the pool, but once I am there I can only enjoy the benefits of said physical activity.

I am very satisfied with my blogging activity, so far I've blogged once a week and probably even more. I love blogging every time more and I hope I will soon increase my blog entries to a couple a week at least! Blogging is an addictive hobby and I guess I will need to stick to my resolution of posting once a week to soon be totally dependent on blogging.

Mail-wise I am not as good at keeping resolutions. I am still behind the month with replying to Eva's last mail, but I should really hurry up with that one. I've already kept it laying around 3 weeks and within this week I absolutely need to have it done and sent to still be sticking to the resolution. And I want to stick to it. I owe it to my pallies. So, let's hope I'll work it out.

Our home is tidy and warm, yes. I think this is the resolution I am doing best at so far. I love to keep this home tidy and I am still working at organizing every corner of it. We're now working on our bookshelves, re-organizing them by author and edition, so that it looks all clean and ordered according to the book binding.

Read 25 books. So far I read "The Perks of being a wallflower" that didn't thrilled me as I'd hoped, "The mouse with the green tail", that is a small children book, a book on Hayao Miyazaki that I needed for my exam in Cinema for children, and I am now reading "Earthly Joys" by Philippa Gregory. I love Gregory's prose and I like this one ok so far. I only wish I had more spare time to read so as to soon be hooked on the plot of this historical novel.

Find a job and stick to it. Well I can proudly announce that I won my social work position back by ranking first in the social work selection in mid January. I am still waiting for them to tell me when I am starting but I am definitely sticking to that job. I can't believe I really found a job and I am grateful for that chance!

So far I am doing fairly good with the resolution! I just hope I will still be doing as good in a few months time. But I guess it's all a matter of will.

The month of January has been pretty long, yet went by as fast. I did a lot, engaging myself in many tiring activities that mostly involved studying and working hard on school activities.
If I have to sum up the month in five pictures I would choose the following five: