Just as i reserve the right to bah-humbug New Year's Resolutions and change things any old time i want to, i reserve the right to make some NYR when the mood suits me. This year, it seems that the mood suits me. I'm finally embarking full-time in my new role at work; things are moving and shaking for those around me, and i feel new-leafy (in the turning-of sense, not the Santa-Cruz-Hippy-Grocery-Market sense). What i've been resolving for 2002:

--To walk the Avon Breast Cancer walk with the bombshells this year.
--To get in shape appropriate to attempting a two-day, marathon-and-a-half walk in June. To maintain that fitness afterwards.
--To not let work rule my life. It will take over upon occasion (that's the nature of software engineering, after all), but it shall not rule me for the majority of the year.
--To cook for friends, at Chez Borogove, at least once a month. Slow Food is this year's mantra.
--To sucessfully build my new team and department into a group that's known for excellence. (Yeah, i know it sounds hokey and like i've been in manager training. But i'm pretty excited about the challenge. Bear with me. It's problem-solving on a scale i've not attempted before, and i love problem-solving.)
--To spend more time with Mom Bornschlegel. She lives too darned close for me not to see her at least once a month.
--To start 2004 with as lovely a NYE as i started 2003, with my friends and family, good food and good wine, camaraderie and love. (Hush. I don't mean to sound like a Hallmark card. It was a really good NYF, and i love these people dearly. Sometimes goopy words are sincere, really.)