And We’re Back

Without further ado, my non-Sutton Family Christmas Card lists of the year

Five Favorite Things about 2009:

1. The Wire

I don’t think I need to elaborate.

2. Surviving sans-Mac

I’ve been rocking a Lenovo ideapad U350 since September.  And, I have to say, I’m pretty much sold on it – especially considering it cost about $500 (with discounts) as opposed to $1200. It’s way lighter and more portable than a MacBook Pro, and really has everything I need for the time being (except for a disk drive—which explains why I haven’t been burning cds for you).

3. Moving to Chicago

Although it hasn’t worked out all to plan (re: I’m not making $70k), it was a good decision. I’ve stayed surprisingly afloat on freelance jobs, and feel comfortable getting around one of the country’s biggest cities. People actually want to visit me now, and when they do visit, I have all the time in the world to spend with them. Who knows what the next months (or interviews) will bring, but for the time being I am happy, have some money in the bank, and have Evan in my immediate vicinity.

4. Living With Evan

Turns out I really like him.

5. Walking

This goes hand in hand with the Chicago thing, but one thing I loved this year was commuting via my own two feet. It’s almost an unheard of thing in Minneapolis  — I remember having meetings  seven blocks away downtown and people DRIVING to them. Granted, it’s at least ten degrees colder there, but still, I love being able to walk the 20-40 min downtown to on-site work for the day, or to buy groceries, and not feeling like it’s incredibly out of the ordinary. Yeah, it’s cold – but it’s doable. And, I’m pretty sure I can attribute my marginal weight loss to it, too. It’s truly an interesting thing only being in a car, at most, 4 times a month (be it a late night taxi cab from Wicker Park, or Rachael driving me to Target). I like it.

Five Resolutions for 2010:

1. Drink More Water

I’m fairly good at this already, but could always be better.

2. Become Like, Super Buff.

By this I mean, “tight.”

3. Keep Busy

Whether this means working out more, volunteering more, studying/reading more, visiting more, or writing more, I want less time on the couch being bored and more time… not.

4. Eat Less Dairy

This does not include eggs, and not really milk as I hardly drink it. It really is cheese-specific. Since I don’t eat meat, I probably compensate a lot with cheese. This is not giving up cheese, as that would be ungodly and impossible, but more saying goodbye to cheese as a necessary garnish. It’s like cookies for cookie monster – now a “sometimes food.”

5. Stop Worrying About Money.

This one is the hardest, especially because I live in a city with the highest sales tax in the country. Any suggestions?

For our song of 2009, I guess I’ll go with Sleepyhead by Passion Pit, because I saw them at Lollapalooza and listened to them all summer.

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