five and a half people in january

I've been debating on whether to keep going with Tara's six people project this year. I think I'm going to. It really was such a great way to document and reflect on what is happening in our lives. But I'd like to change it up somehow. I just haven't figured that part out yet.

Well, the six people didn't quite happen during the month of January. But it almost did. I was about to take a picture when a gentlemen walked by and asked if I wanted him to take it of all of us. In a split second, my mind recreated the scene from European Vacation and I said no thanks. How silly is that? What are the chances that the guy was going to take off with my camera? Oh well. I think I learned a lesson to just let people who are trying to be nice…be nice.

So, January.

2011 rolled in with not a whole lot of changes. I've never been great at the whole resolution thing. Last year I think I resolved to keep my bathroom counter clean. That lasted all of one week. One week! This year I resolved to not resolve. But by the end of January I started to feel stagnant. Like I do need to change something. To progress. Otherwise I'm just missing the point. I think my hesitation is that the things I need to change feel almost impossible. Impossible to do alone. But I am not alone.

The good news is that I've started on the path. More on that later.

In the middle of the month, we were able to take a quick weekend off to California. We hit up the usual spots again. Beach, Friends, Mickey. It never gets old. It feels a little bit like going home. Call me crazy but sometimes I like driving on the 405 or navigating through the spaghetti bowl freeways. Sometimes is the key word here. But I can't wait to go back and do it all again. 

The rest of the month was filled with the regular routines plus coughs and colds. I'm ready to be done with runny noses over here. No, really. Please have mercy and let us be done. 🙂 Other than all that, it's been good. We're moving forward and it's all good.