Resolutions and more

So here we are a week into 2016. How many of your resolutions are no more? Yeah, me too.

One of my coworkers challenged me to quit drinking pop. She cut pop out of her diet the week before Christmas, I think. I still had some pop at home, and I didn't want to waste it. So I said I'd stop once the calendar turned. I did have a Sierra Mist on Saturday (Jan. 2), but I was trying to settle an upset stomach, so it was for medicinal purposes. Other than that, I've been good. I've been drinking tea and water and sometimes putting flavoring in the water.

That's not to say I've cut out the caffeine. As you may know, tea does have caffeine in it, and one of the flavoring packet boxes I have also has caffeine. It is much less than pop, and the sugar and other "bad" ingredients aren't there. I have to re-train the servers at the restaurants I frequent, though. Most of them, when they see me come in the door, fill a glass with Diet Pepsi and take it to whatever table I'll be seated at.

I also got a new phone. It's smarter than I am. This is sooner than I really wanted to get a smart phone, but circumstances conspired against me. So now I have to learn how to use it. I'm not even sure how to answer a call yet. Wish me luck. This old dog isn't really good with learning new tricks.

I didn't really list a bunch of resolutions this year. There's always the generic "get healthier," which could mean almost anything. I do want to read through the Bible again. My start to the year there, though, has been a bit scattered. I'm always trying to get more/better organized. You know - the usual suspects.

So good luck with your resolutions, and have a fantastic 2016.

Oh, for those of you who have gotten/will get my "Christmas" letter, I do have a correction. I said I'd only seen Andrew and family in March when Dru was born. That's not true. They were in Nebraska in July, and we met for an afternoon and supper in Lincoln one day while they were here. It was a fun afternoon. The kids had a blast at the Lincoln Children's Museum, we visited the state capitol building and we had supper at Valentino's. How could I have forgotten that?