Adulthood, here I come.

This weekend I'm going my first ever singles conference. I'm not really sure how I feel about it as this marks my official entry into being a "Mid-Single" in Mormon terms. Oh goody. The upsides are that I have several friends coming in from around the country to share in the fun here in San Francisco for the weekend; when all is said and done, I'm sure I'll have had a good time. Also, I'm in charge of registration. While I might not be as confident trying to mingle in a room full of people that I don't know, I am confident behind a registration counter. Heck - I'm even confident flirting from behind a registration counter! (Can you blame me? I help register thousands of Ophthalmologists for a meeting every year - some of them are kinda cute!)

Work has been crazy busy lately and the days are going faster and faster. Training for my half marathon has been going well and I'm hoping to go running tonight. I've had some interesting experiences lately trying to raise the necessary funds for my race. Some of my friends who are in no way financially able to donate are more than happy to give to such a worthy cause while others who have plenty of money are much more selfish. It baffles the mind, really.

Over the past few months, I've come up with some goals for my 27th year. Some, I will share with you:

• Be generous - it isn't all about me, after all.
• I'm done traveling so much to see friends who don't make an effort to come see me. I want to sleep in more on Saturday mornings and enjoy San Francisco.
• Spend more time with family.
• Have more friends on facebook than Seth Wheeler. His current count is 991. I'm at 772. It's a tricky predicament though since I will only add people that I know.

Making Myself Honest

So sometimes when you go public with a goal or resolution, it's more likely to stick. Maybe its because you feel like people will know that you're a failure if you fail, so pride stops you from failing or at least stops you from trying to fail.
By the way, do you ever write a word so much that it stops making sense to you??
Ok so here's my opportunity to come clean about some goals that I have. Drumroll please:

1. No more eating crappy for Stephanie. I've decided that if I work out multiple days in a row than I can give myself 1 treat. Yea, that's right. 1. And remember...it's not a diet. This is a lifestyle change.
2. I am resolving to not buy another book until I have read all of the unread ones that sit on my shelf. Yes, I know that there are a lot of them. I should be saving a lot of money over the next 10 years. :) Well, I doubt that it will take that long, but it will honestly probably take me a few years. Accepting books as gifts or checking them out from the library is completely acceptable. I just don't need to add to my collection for a while. Included on the unread shelf are the following: (well, a small part of it)

• Northanger Abbey
• Mansfield Park
• Sense & Sensibility (I've owned the book for years but am afraid to read it because I love the movie so much)
• All 7 of the Chronicles of Narnia
• A Room with a View
• Howard's End
• On a Winter's Night a Traveler (I was supposed to read this book my senior year of college, so don't tell my teacher that I never read it)
• David Copperfield
• Devil Wears Prada
• Tuesdays with Morrie
• The 5 People You Meet in Heaven
• The Mermaid Chair
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Emma
• The Four Loves
• Lots more that I can't even think of....