2023 Check In #2

 Things I have done:

Mani/pedi: I squeezed this in on an afternoon, and it was perfect. I felt a little bit anxious that I was using precious time without Min for something silly, but whatever.

Still faithfully exercising and avoiding coffee shops except for after TLG class. I am flossing like crazy, and my new electric toothbrush gets my teeth so clean it looks like there’s something caught between my front teeth but actually it is SPACE— so that’s ironic. Flossing great! Teeth look unflossed! My bday girlfriend trip has stalled and my college gf zoom calls are on hiatus because LIFE, but these get-together goals are still looming large. Literally HATE tracking my spending, but I am plugging away. So far, my first 2 weeks of the year were the cheapest and every other week makes me want to puke. The random surprise spending bombs! I cannot escape them. Most recently: black AF1s for one of Dorothy’s dances which just made me think about the shoes I am going to have to buy for all her other dances.

I have made a bit of progress on the brownie front. I just read this article and am psyched to try it. These were pretty good, especially with mint chip ice cream and chocolate sauce:

Also! Even though it’s annoying to me and kind of just gross, I have Minnie’s Minnie Mouse potty chair out all the time in her bathroom so she can try to use it whenever she’d like to. Reluctant progress on the potty front, I guess. I am ready to wean, but I am pretty sure she would like to nurse forever.

Still no Botox, but still obsessing about it. Ditto on the e-reader. House updates are non existent, but I am getting really really sick of my house in a way that usually precedes major action, so expect updates soon.

The only thing we have totally dropped the ball on so far is the water park visit. Dorothy got strep, so our weekend last month feel through. We begged her to have her birthday party at a water park, but she chose an arcade instead. So. WATER PARK— in the next 30 days? Maaaaaaaaybe. Spring break season is not when I want to go to the Dells— like, hey, you can get COVID and diarrhea AT THE SAME TIME.

Last Dells trip, approximately one million years ago: (I STILL WEAR THAT SWIMSUIT THO)

How about you? How are you goals/aspirations going? Gretchen Rubin calls 2/28 determination day because most people have given up the ghost on their New Year’s resolutions by then, and she says we can use that day to redouble our efforts instead. Thoughts?