I really think I'd like to add some sort of ritual to my Sundays. Hopefully, I work up a cash money system so that I can attend yoga that day. I love yoga classes, especially the aftermath. I was going for a while there, but then things kept me from going...and I then I just stopped. Whether it be for embarrassment of having to miss or the what ever else, I don't know. But I regret not going back once I could.
Furthermore, I miss my first yoga instructor. She was in her late sixties, early seventies, and was so, so awesome. She use to throw parties in her studio, and we would drink wine and eat snacks and do yoga for an entire day. I think she focused on the heart chakra mostly, so hers was super relaxing. But, it was more mental than physical, and with my body in its current sad shape its in, I need something more strenuous to get me in the swing of exercising.

IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY! Which doesn't really mean anything to me other than I got a new pair of pants and a garbage can from Sam. I made him cookies last night and we watched the X-Files on separate couches. Jealous of the romance? How stinkin' old are we? Because I really enjoyed doing that, I thought it was crazy fun. It was lazy and wonderful and everything I wanted.

Fog!

The fog made for a very eerie Sunday:

But it was also kind of pretty.
Then I got over how great nature was and bought a WII. I made people versions of my pets. Then I ate nachos and called it a night.

Resolutions Revisited

This new year really feels new to me. Usually, it's all mundane razz-ma-tazz but with no real difference. I understand that many resolutions fail, and I believe that is because the effort isn't really behind the words. I made a list on January 1st, and revisited it yesterday to see how well I was doing.
1.) Get back to a vegan diet.

That picture was too cheesy to not post. (har har)
I explained in my earlier post that this has been really easily achieved. I ate as a vegan for two years before I bent to the pressure I felt by everyone around me. It wasn't the protein question that everyone asked that got to me. Almost everyone that I did not very well questioned it, almost threateningly. I couldn't defend myself well enough because I was nervous to do so to strangers. I was also getting pressure from friends about not eating foods so loaded with dairy I didn't know how they could shit. Don't get me wrong; the people closest to me accepted, and even tried to feed me. I had a little over a year to really eat cheese and decide how I felt about it: Was veganism a fad to me? Did I really believe in it? Why did I do it in the first place? I decided it was something I cared about very strongly. I couldn't be apart of a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet any longer. So I stopped, and I feel really great about it.
2.) Read and finish a book every week.
I love reading anything. I love getting so caught up in a book, nothing else around me exists. But once school starts, I usually only veg out when I'm not at work, at school, or doing homework. School has taken up so much of my time, but I love it. I just wish I gave myself more time for all the books I've planned to read. So, I'm going to set aside time to do just that. I've been working on It by Stephen King, and I doubt I'll finish it this week. But if I make it half way through, I think that counts as a book. That thing is so huge and scary. I think I'm going to read the Mysterious Benedict Society after I'm finished just to iron out these creepy feelings. However, if Tim Curry was dressed like a clown and offering me balloons, hellz yeah I'd take 'em. Even if he was old man Curry.
3.) Exercise daily.
I haven't at all. Which is awful, because it's something I really enjoy doing. I haven't gone to my yoga class in too long. I don't know why I put it off. It's more like I overwhelm myself with house chores and doings, and put off working out because that feels more responsible. I know once school starts, I'll be at the gym everyday. This is a real "know" and not a "I'll get around to it." It's exactly what I did last semester. So I'm not too worried about it, just a little embarrassed at the moment.
4.) Buy more groceries and cook at home more often.
I think it still counts if my boyfriend, Sam, cooks all the food and I enjoy it. He's really spoiled me in the kitchen though. When I moved out of my mom's house, there was no one to lean on to cook for me. I learned how to do it, and I did it pretty well. Then Sam came in my life. Tonight, for instance, he made me vegan dirty rice to put on naan. Yesterday I made fried eggplant, and it was pretty good. So maybe I've got it in me somewhere. However, we both pretty much stopped wanting to go out to eat all the time instead of cooking. So, we're doing very well. We even cooked on Friday.
I'm baking all the time.

I'm even baking right now! It's my favorite.
5.) Keep my money as local as possible.
I've been a firm believer in doing so for quite some time. But it feels more official when it's in a list.
6.) See more of the people that make me happy, less of those that don't.
This one makes me feel small. I'm getting over what I initially meant, but I still feel like it might be good advice.
7.) MAKE MORE STUFF!!
I thinking baking counts. So, I've done well. I want to sew more, so I just have to do it. I worked on a painting I started a long, long time ago. Sam is so talented with the arts...I really have to admit, I'm feel really small comparably. I'm trying to get over it and just do things that make me happy! I really think I'd like to make more music.
8.) More an longer walks with Roxy.

I don't know how I can deny this pup long walks when it's all she really wants. So, even if it's too cold to even think, she wins.

After a year long lapse, I've returned to vegan diet. I've been strong to the lifestyle, but I just kept putting off the diet. I've stayed true to the diet for nine days now. I've felt like I never quit at all, that it was just a dream of peer pressure and that I gave in. I know it was actual, but I jumped back on with no hesitation and no real fail. Hooray!