Seeing as I did pretty good (IMO) with last year’s resolutions here’s a list, in no particular order, of this year’s resolutions:
- Get new tires for the car that (thankfully) I didn’t sell and will need at new job city.
- In addition, get the title of my car from new job city as soon as I can (ie. within 30 days of moving) and not delay it like I did in NYC (still waiting on the stupid title, oh how I dislike NYC’s bureaucracy).
- Pay off credit card #3 (the one with the lowest balance, which is still pretty high, IMO) while saving money for the wedding (and perhaps the honeymoon, though for now we’re not counting on having a honeymoon immediately after the wedding).
- Marry Mr 30 and a PhD in City Hall before we embark on our new adventure in new job city.
- Leave everything I need to in order at my current place of employment so my labbies feel a bit relieved that I didn’t leave them hanging.
- Take advantage of the free public transportation initiative that new job institution offers; hopefully I’ll save some money by not filling up my tank as often, keeping the environment cleaner, and of course, avoiding cursing others as if I still lived in NYC.
- Attend a conference, workshop or some such networking thingie outside of new job city.
- Get my tubes checked. Once and for all. I hate having painful periods. Grrrrrr
- Lose 20 pounds, no more, no less, so I can fit in my wedding dress.
- Cook at home as often as possible. I’d lost some weight in my previous apartment and with me previous roommate, who was never there. At the new place I have more roommates, and they’re almost always there. I hate not having a kitchen for myself.
- Appear in a paper coming out of the new lab.
- Prove that my new lab is essential for the institution and hopefully score a tech, even if it’s just part time. I know I’m going to be a busy bee.
- Start saving for a DSLR or a Macbook Pro (I know, with the wedding and the kicking a debt in the groin it seems almost impossible, but even if it’s just 300$, I want that money put away for just that purpose).
What are your resolutions?
I have a Canon EOS Rebel T3 and its really great for an entry-level DSLR (and for those of us who don’t have an extra $1,000+ to spend on cameras).I usually take photos of nature and people so I just wanted something a nicer than a point-and-shoot. Its an oversimplification, but I recommend Canon because it really brings out the colors whereas Nikon focuses more on depth and detail. You can also go to http://www.flickr.com/cameras to get a sense of what quality the cameras come out with. I spent hours on this site before I finally decided on the T3! (camera porn ftw)
Here are some pics from my Puerto Rico trip to give you a sense of what the quality is like: http://asociologyphdstudent.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/puerto-rico-trip/
Good luck on camera hunting
Woo!! Thanks for the link and the info. I’m looking into both Canon and Nikon, though the BF has a Nikon and it looks a teensy bit less intimidating. The pictures are awesome! Thanks for the input. I greatly appreciate it and thanks for visiting
The only times I actually play with the settings is when the place I’m shooting is dark and I need more control over the settings.. Those photos I took were taken on auto-mode. I just like to snap and shoot, and to be in the moment rather than fiddling with the settings
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