10 reasons I hate January

Old Year, New Year… The Healthy Meals Project?

10 reasons I hate January

Okay, so maybe hate is a strong word. Extreme dislike? Glad to be over with?

#10 – Snow. I’ve had two snow days from work and three late arrivals. Now, being a Libra, I also see the other side of the snow days – I had two days to write. Which I did -but on the other traffic snarled late days, the snow just made me grumpy.

#9-Exercise. Yes, I know, I made the commitment. But it’s hard. (You can already see this is going to be a whiny post, right?) Good news, is I’m loving my Xbox Biggest Loser Game. And I’ve been diligent since the first.

#8- Diet. I want to bake. I want to eat cookies. I want to drink cups of steamy hot chocolate with whipped cream. Instead, I’m eating carrots and salads. This weekend I’m making a Mexican Chicken soup. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

#7 -Weight. No matter what I do, my weight goes up in the winter.

#6 -No walks. Which is probably why #7 happens. I’m grumpy, my dogs are grumpy. One year, we had 70 degree weather on New Years Day. Loved it. I celebrated with a walk down river road.

#5 – Too many projects. – This is probably an ongoing issue with me. I love scheduling workshops, starting shorts for a monthly deadline, goaling to finish a book, and I’m learning about self publishing. I need to learn to -FOCUS. Maybe that will be on next years list.

#4 – Catching up from vacation at the day job. So many things to do.

#3 – Time flying. I’ve got several resolutions I haven’t started. Like reading 50 books this year. Well, I’ve started, I’m just not on pace yet. I’m reading The Hero by Robyn Carr and The Writer’s Workout - which I thought was going to be about exercise. It’s not.

#2 – Spending time reading other blogs and thinking about all the resolutions I should have made. Oops, see #5, FOCUS.

#1 – And finally, January is too far away from April. And yet, in a way, too close. Guidebook to Murder -A Tourist Trap Mystery releases April 17 – I’m planning my blog tour (if you want me to visit, shoot me an email), setting up a twitter plan, and stressing. So excited for this release.