Summer Resolutions

So, it's May 2009 and time for my annual summer resolutions. I'm going to teach Summer II, but in the meantime, I've got 2 months to work on these resolutions. Tobey is going to summer school, Alex is going to karate-camps, and here's what I'm going to do:

• Finish up my dissertation. Whether I graduate in August or December, I will have the dissertation done and defended at the end of the summer. I've got about 20-30 pages left to generate and then I'll work on the revisions... Nothing too extreme though. T is pleased with what I've done so far so I'm not too worried about accomplishing this goal this summer.
  
• Work out 5x week on the treadmill or elliptical.
• Live healthier lifestyle. I'm going to do a raw-food, vegan detox diet for a couple weeks to get back into a healthier lifestyle. Hopefully, much of it will "stick" after summer is over. I think I'm going to juice and experiment with new recipes for veggie and fruit juices and smoothies, and I'm really kinda excited about this. I need some balance, figuratively.
  
• Practice yoga. I need more balance, literally.
• Practice meditation.
  
• Clean my house from top-to-bottom. Garage, closets, bookshelves. Again, balance.
• Take the boys to the movies.
  
• Take the boys to the pool.
  
• Take a roadtrip with mom and the boys to Colorado to visit Donna.
• Go to the club with Marc.
• Take a roadtrip with Marc somewhere. Anywhere. Maybe Houston. Maybe Kansas.
  
• Reconnect with Marc. I have a great boyfriend. We just haven't seen much of each other lately.
  
• Take the boys to Six Flags.
• Start learning Italian. I'm going to Italy in January, after all.
  
• Stop drinking. Not that I drink a lot. But, again, it's going to be the summer of healthy living.
• Apply to University of Hawaii's disability certificate program. I'm thinking of working on an online certificate from the University of Hawaii in Disability and Diversity Studies. I would wouldn't really be like school...mostly just interesting opportunities to read and think about Disability Studies. (And, I can stall paying on my student loans until I pay off my car.)
  
• Work on my custom textbook for Comp I and II at NCTC. I'm excited about this.
  
• Work on WPA-stuff--adjunct training, research workshops, stuff like that...
• Work on course-prep on ANGEL for Fall 2009. This is probably going to be much more fun because I have a lot more time to get my stuff together.
• Read all the books I've bought but haven't gotten around to: Revolutionary Road, No Country for Old Men, Love in the Time of Cholera, Everything is Illuminated...
• Clean and organize my office. I finally feel like I'm not going to get fired any day, so it's probably time to "make" it more my own. See if Keith and Chris would be okay with painting it. Putting up a couple of posters. Getting some plants. Organizing it. Did I mention that I needed balance?
  

That's the plan so far. I'm excited and ready to get to feeling more like myself.