Resolutions

I’ve recently taken up mountain biking with my sister’s boyfriend. He’s been doing it for about four months, and I’ve been dying to try it out since 1997. My first couple of rides have been seemingly torturous only because I’m out of shape. Biking is similar to running because my legs are always moving, but surprisingly, my thighs don’t feel achy, cramped, or tightened. My legs have always been strong; I just need more workout on the cardiovascular thing.

Now, that I’ve taken up mountain biking, I feel that it should be part of my resolution. I need to start getting healthy—I mean, I already am, but my regimen can always be improved. So, exercise is now part of my routine. Like the organized person that I am, I feel that I should divide my resolutions into categories: teaching, personal life, financial, creativity/self-improvement, etc., but then you would all think that I’m just a freak. Anyway, I can only think of two resolutions right now…

1. Write one story for the year—be it a short story, a novel, several short stories, or even crappy poems.
2. Mountain bike every weekend. (Since my sister’s boyfriend is into this activity, this will be easy to keep.)


More to come as I think of them.