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So February’s and<\/em> March’s goals<\/a> were all pretty much a bust. The other ice rink closed for the season the weekend before I tried going. I invited people for an evening gathering, but opted to make it less stressful by holding it elsewhere. I did sign up for my spring volleyball league, which was then cancelled last week due to lack of interest. (I thought about taking this as a sign from the heavens to give up on an activity that I only semi-enjoy, but instead I signed up to play at a new, closer venue. Hopefully playing there will be people who don’t care if we win or not, but I haven’t found that those people tend to pay to play sports.)<\/p>\n

Since they didn’t work out, let’s try three new goals for April, shall we?<\/p>\n

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  1. Send a postcard to a little person or two.<\/strong> This last trip to Salt Lake was, I believe, the first trip I’ve taken as an adult where I sent no postcards at all. Since I’d meant to send cards to my favorite kids (as well as to some of my favorite adults), I’ll instead ship off a couple of D.C.-based cards to them. They’re small, and I hope from their perspective, the cards of animals from the National Zoo are just as good as cards of animals located in Utah.<\/li>\n

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  2. Make homemade pasta.<\/strong> Last year my folks gave me a pasta maker and a ravioli pan. I haven’t yet used them, but would like to give them a shot. Plus, think how awesome it would be if I could achieve a decent pasta in time to put under our homemade sauce.<\/li>\n

    <\/p>\n

  3. Weed through my bookshelves.<\/strong> I have a really hard time getting rid of books, but I know there are things taking up space on my shelves that I didn’t care enough for to read a second time, and it would be good to clear them out.<\/li>\n

    <\/ol>\n

    How are your goals (of the New Year, birthday, or randomly set date variety) going?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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