Let's Do This

That is how I'm feeling about 2007. I'm like, come on, 2007. I'm ready. Let's do this.

Hitting Houston was great. (Thanks, gemela!) But do you really want to know the point-by-point details of everything I did? Nah. I wasn't pouring forth details when I got back home and my mom said something kind of quirky and something that I'll probably only grasp once I have twentysomething children. She said, "When I don't know what's going on with you, it drives me crazy." I'm thinking, okay . . . if anyone has anything "going on" that's unbeknownst to people, it's not me. Trust Channy on this one.

I'm hurriedly writing this from work post-teacher inservice (the dear ones come back tomorrow) due to an idiotic internet outage at home. Blast you, BellSouth! Hopefully I'll get it all settled today. Okay, back to 2007.

I'll go ahead and be cliche and say that this year has crazily flown by. It's honest to goodness insane. I can't even express how scary that is. I was getting all good and settled in 2006, and then 2007 was like, ding-dong! Get the door, I'm here! I mean, I just wrote this about my resolutions, et. al. for 2006. And, sadly, I measured up pretty dismally on carrying out my resolutions. But I still believe.

So, this year, though I still have my personal goal of making it a point to spend set-aside time with God, I only have one resolution. It's something that is uncomplicated, doable, yet, something that I haven't been able to do consistently for a long time. Here it is . . . (drumroll please):

I will be confident.

That's it. That's my resolution. It's going to be my 2007 mantra. I will be confident. I mean, honestly, I am confident at times. But this year, I'm going all the way. Whenever I'm feeling a little unsure of myself due to whatever, I will shut myself up with my mantra. I will be confident. Whenever I wonder if I'm going to really be able to whatever, I will cut my mental monologue off with my mantra. I will be confident. Whenever self pity tries to worm its way into my psyche, I will crush it with my mantra. I will be confident. You see? It's so easy to remember. But I will be confident that it's easy to do. Let's do this.