Crickets…New Year

It’s a new year, and I’m almost all by myself in this little blog space I’ve made.  Hard to believe I started this thing off over 2 years ago with a bang, typing new blogs 3 times a week.  Man, when did I have that kind of time?!  Oh yeah.  It was before family and a baby and working full-time.  Last year was by far the busiest, craziest year I’ve ever had, and I learned a ton.  So my guess is that this will be the “I don’t have any resolutions so I’ll just say what I learned from last year” blog.  Since I’m the only reader these days, it should be easy to keep the audience entertained!

Lesson 1. The old saying, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” only works when you don’t have kids.  When you have kids you sleep whenever you can and as much as you can.  I never thought I’d relish 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep, but I did.  And it was glorious.

Lesson 2. When you’re 21 or 25 and all the older guys are telling you, “yeah, you might be able to eat that now but wait until your metabolism catches up to you.” Listen to them.  They know what they’re talking about. I weighed more last year than I’ve ever weighed in my life.

Lesson 3. Kids…brush your teeth and floss! 2011 was the year of the crown.  I got it after breaking a molar on a popcorn kernel.  I found out in December I’m getting the second one from poor flossing between my molars on the other side.  Braces made my mouth look better, but they are a pain to floss around…especially for a teenager.  Guess who’s flossing more now.

Lesson 4. You can love what you do and hate what you do at the same time.  I’ve always thought “you should only do what you love.”  I did that for a long time, but it didn’t make me happy.  I still dj at home with the music I like, and for as long as I can stand it…or until my wife tells me it’s getting too loud.  I still have a dj’s ears.

Lesson 5. There’s no reason to try and be friends with everyone…especially on the web.  Cut your losses and move on.  Some people will try to keep you around as a friend just because they may need you for something in the future.  They don’t care what’s going on in your life and you shouldn’t be bothered to share it with them.  I removed quite a few friends last year.  I think I was more surprised by those I removed than by those that stayed.

I think I’ll stick with 5.  That’s a pretty safe number, right?  As for resolutions…I think I’ll continue to set small goals.  And I’ll save that for the next post.  Hope everyone…all 4 of you readers…had a great Christmas and New Year!