those who can't...

i can add "teacher" to my list of titles now. i'm teaching an intro litigation course for a local school board's legal admin assistant program. how crazy is that? my first class is january 21st. i think i'd better phone and meet with the coordinator because i'm doing up a course syllabus and i'm thinking that there's a lot of material to cover and i don't really know how much to get into. i'll phone her tomorrow.

i'm excited about the teaching, though. nervous about being a big screw up, but then again, it's a fledgling program and the course is $96 for eight weeks - a pittance compared to what the Cap fee was for one course. and let's face it, some of my instructors in that course weren't even worth the $96. i think i'll be fine.

i've also signed myself up for a singing class - something i've been wanting to do for awhile but just haven't made the effort. i would also like to sign up for a bellydancing class again, but i fear that might be too much to deal with. maybe next semester.

i spent too much (on myself) over the holidays. mostly on clothes. if i could just give away some clothes, perhaps my purchases would be less unnecessary. but i can't even find the time (or is it that i don't want to?) to purge the old clothes. slowly but surely.

for once in many years, i made a concerted effort not to make resolutions. i was talking to BabyMan before new years and he asked me if i had made my resolutions. i told him it was the same list of ten or so things i resolved every year. he made me realize that in doing that, i was trying to change my entire self (which is very difficult), instead of just picking one thing that i can improve on. so, aside from less spending and less eating (which is just the responsible thing to do), i'm going to try and be a little more tolerant and a little less critical. i'm very critical. i don't know why. it's not like i'm perfect, nor do i like to be criticized.

to date, not doing so well on the eating thing. i think i ate a pound of chocolate this weekend, and i'm not exaggerating. i finished a one pound box of Purdy's chocolates on my own (okay, i threw out four of the cherry and orange type-chocolates, but that only really amounts to, maybe, 10 ounces under the pound. but i made it up with mini-eggs). i'm sure i gained five pounds to show for it, though.

the spending thing, well i'm paying cash for things. we're only 6 days in though so i can't be too excited about anything.

i just need to stay out of places that sell stuff. how hard could that be?

i am also obsessed with my new Nintendo DS and Brain Age and My Word Coach games. if in future blog entries i seem more astute and more linguistically adept, you'll know why. my best Brain Age to date is 25 and my worst is 58. they say 20 is what to aim for. yikes.

my other and final resolution? stand up straight!