Social:
- Go visit my buddies in Pittsburgh, PA - sometimes you just need to hang out with other people who still find Family Guy and fart humor funny. Don't judge me!! Done - SOOO much f'ing fun! I'm pissed I didn't do this years ago.
- Drive to Reno to spend some quality time with my cousin (this may be a carry-over to June goal based on time constraints). Fail - could not carve out the time
- Go to Off the Grid again. I miss food trucks and Horchata flavored Kettle Corn - maybe Tom will even get some next time. Fail - again, time constraints
- Host my friend Ashley and her friend for Bay to Breakers. Which pretty much means drinking, eating pancakes and watching people run in costumes. Done - such an awesome time spent with them. I just wish I wasn't too exhausted to run the race. Oh well, I'm on the list to go with them next year. And it's always a blast to spend time with Ashley!
Financial:
- Up the autopay on my car. Will have it paid by the end of next year - woo hoo! Done - ownership has it's perks baby
- Set up auto-transfers to savings - only have two accounts now to fill, more on that later. Done - set it and forget it!
- Pay the credit cards off. I got a little overzealous last month but that's ok, luckily I love ramen. Pass - my refusal to tap into my emergency fund left me about 90% of my way to the goal. Have a little roll-over to next month.
Physical:
- Finally going on a 3 day backpacking trip to Point Reyes. This will be a test of my endurance which I'm sad to say, has not improved as much as it should. I'll have a full recap on this in a couple of weeks. Done - I kicked this goal in the ass! But couldn't have done it without my awesome companions.
- Begin training in Couch to 5k. I am NOT a runner but I feel this unexplained need to start pushing my body beyond my comfort zone. Luckily, I have a few friends who have expressed an interest in doing a race with me. Sweet! Fail - the damn app sucks…ok, I just couldn't keep up.
- Up my gym time and yoga frequency. Zoe and I got our asses kicked in yoga the other night and with Tone being very busy and me stuck at work, the gym has been nonexistent in April. We're looking to change that (Tone has to get ready for bikini season after all), so we're looking at a 3x a week 1+ hour gym time, 2x a week yoga and running for me. Fail - I chose work and sleep over fitness this month.
Miscellaneous:
- Finish clean-up music project. Ever listen to your old mix-cd's (or tapes, I won't judge) and cringe? I had that experience when trying to relive the past 10 years of my life through music. It's time to clean these cd's up before they stop selling cd's anymore. It's a huge project but luckily I have roomie Tom to help (and cringe). Fail - iTunes sucks and I didn't have the energy to look for music burning software for Mac.
- Research cruises for the fall/winter. I still want to take a Caribean cruise before the end of the year. I said I'm gonna do it and damnit, this will happen! Pass - I have a preliminary idea of the trip I want but definitely need to sit down and hash it all out.
- Post here 2-3x a week. I promise, I'll get my humor writing back but first I need to get my actual writing chops back. Even good storytellers lose their way sometimes. Fail - turned out I needed sleep a hell of a lot more than I needed to write.
Even though I didn't do as well as I'd hoped, I pushed through the fog and tried. I'm not known for positivity (I'll leave that up to the Capn) but if there's one thing I learned this month it's the following:
Push yourself farther than you think you go
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