did i do it?

it is time to take a tally of my life. 

my 2011 life. 

in the beginning of the year i made a list,

a pretty ambitious list.

and i made another one in june, 

well, not so much a list,

as a taking stock. 

and by june i was on track for a couple of things

but i had already failed on a couple already. 

now the end of 2011 is here,

and it is time to take stock yet again. 

and maybe i kind of failed on almost all of my to do list.

i hate not completing a to do list. 

the feeling of crossing something off a list

may be one of the best feelings in the world.

so not being able to cross things off

kind of sucks.

good job 2011. 

but actually, 

2011 was a pretty good year. 

(even if i didn't complete my to do list.)

it started out good, 

had a couple of rough patches in the middle,

but it finished strong.

and i'm pretty pumped about 2012. 

because i am kind of convinced 

that 2012 is going to be flippin' awesome.

or the world is going to end. 

whatever.

and in case you are wondering:

the goal: 25 ice creams

actual: 19 flavors, 

or 24 if you count the mixed flavors

the goal: 52 books 

(one for each week)

actual: 31

the goal: 5 half marathons around nyc

actual: one, the manhattan half

the goal: learn spanish

actual: kind of? maybe?

i can understand it, sort of.

does that count?

the goal: visit DR

actual: moved to mexico

let's call that one a wash.

the goal: tattoos

DONE!!

obviously the other to dos were colossal failures. 

whatever. 

here's to 2012 

and completing my to do list.