Snowballs, resolutions and shyness
Tis the first full working week of 2009, and all is quiet when I finally step out into the new years morn’ at 6.30am and crunch into the first settled snow of the year! It’s hard to dispel the childlike delight when you see the winter wonderland spread out in front of you.. or at least it is for me; I am still a kid at heart trapped in a big gangly body.
I even managed to chuck my first snowball of the year! Â I don’t think my mate expected the snowball to come flying over the 6ft fence, let alone at that time of the morning, or even saw from whence it came.. but the cursed whimper as it went down the back of his neck was most satisfying 
Resolution Watch: The ‘Get Fit’ resolution is still on track, hence the being up and out at 6.30am this morning and have managed to get to the Gym on alternate days as planned, and swimming every lunchtime. So far, so good!
The ‘Two Belts’ resolution doesn’t really kick off until Tuesday when the Senior Karate classes start back up, but I am already in line for a couple of beatings from fellow Sensei’s.. Not entirely sure that’s gonna help with the resolution.
Unfortunately the ‘Get Offline’ isn’t going too well, am still online far more than I should be and have also started twittering – so that’s not a good sign. I am trying to stay off MSN a little more than usual and not post so many facebook updates, but it’s *soooo* hard! A geek’s addiction is never appreciated.
I was thinking of adding another resolution to the already long list, that of ‘Stop being so damn shy!’. Unfortunately this is one trait I have had for the longest time, and is one of my bigger burdens (amongst many other competing burdens).
The online ’me’ is a lot more confident than the physical ‘me’, which can sometimes make for fractured conversations and a lack of eye contact. Unfortunately some people read that the wrong way and think me stand-off’ish. I think the online ‘me’ is the more truthful version, I just need to work on bringing that out into the real world a lot more often!
Edit: For some reason I have the song “Reason’s to be cheerful, Part 3″ by Ian Drury and the Blockheads running around my head as I write the shyness section.. I think that’s a good sign :-/
