It's About Time!

I generally like to give myself a two-week grace period on New Years' resolutions. What this means is that on the first of every January, I make a set of promises to myself for the year, and by the 15th, I have to be well on my way to fulfilling them.

As such, my year got off to a fairly good start. I've been hitting the gym pretty regularly (mostly running and swimming), started learning French, began a journal (the pen-and-paper kind... remember pen and paper?), and even started reading about agile software development in my spare time. Fun stuff.

But my biggest feat so far this year? Learning to knit. This is something I have been attempting to do off and on for the last year and a half, with the help of Knitting for Dummies. I've found that it is really difficult and frustrating to learn how to knit from a book, and have repeatedly given up in the past as a result. But at the beginning of 2008, I embarked on a relentless pursuit of knowledge and -- voila! -- I can finally purl. (You see how I snuck some French into that last sentence? Pretty slick, eh?) My scarf is a little over a foot long so far. I try to add a few rows to it every night. I think I have about two feet to go, given my size. (This is one of those rare instances where I'm actually okay with being short.)

Yes, 2008 has been treating me well so far. Oh, and I'm finally back on this thing. Just in time to meet that two-week mark. We'll see how long I keep it up this time. Until my next post: bon soir, mes amis!