It doesn’t say anywhere that you have to do this immediately after the New Year, am I right?  It’s still January.

1) I will ask the extremely cute girl at the bank out.  

Man, I haven’t had a crush this bad in a loooong time.  She looks like a combination of Anne Hathaway and that girl I saw in Ms. 45.  She’s very friendly, and seems nice.  The only problem is, every time I walk into the bank to pick up the store’s deposit slips, she’s never available so I can just get in her line and start the lame chit-chat.  

Today when I went in, two windows were open.  Guess which one wasn’t available.  Some girl was telling my teller this very animated story and just wouldn’t shut up.  My eyes kept darting back and forth, praying that God would zap her with a thunderbolt or something to make her go away.  Meanwhile I couldn’t just look at the other girl doing nothing and say, “Um, no, I like this line better.  Thank you!”

To add insult to injury, just as I started pulling my car away, talking girl leaves the bank.  Dammit!  Of course, now it will take me at least six months to get the opportunity (or work up the courage) to say something lame, to which I will inevitably discover that I’m barking up the wrong tree.  I can’t wait.

2) For once I’ll actually save some money.

And if not, at least I’ll spent that money that should have been saved on something that doesn’t have the letters D, V, or D in it.

3) I will get into some sort of shape.

Any shape will do.  I’m not asking for a miracle.  I just need people to stop looking for me whenever I turn sideways.

4) I will do at least one of the following, if not both: Travel outside of the country/Move West.

It would be really interesting if I actually followed through on something and moved to Seattle this year.  The only thing that should be able to trump a move is a success with Resolution #1.  

Also, I’ve really wanted to visit another country for a long time now.  Australia is the current flavor of the month.   We’ll see…

5) I will actually post the Monday Movie Review at least five times this year on a Monday.

Because, really, is that too much to ask?  Uh, well….apparently so.