The Problem with Plans…

So….our cruise is coming in 20 days…a little less than 3 weeks.  We started planning this six months ago. I had a plan. Actually, I had several plans. At this point, my plan is to…make peace with myself over my lack of follow-through with my plans. If not, I will spend the entire cruise hiding in my cabin…berating myself for not being thinner, darker and more organized. This would not be fun for my husband…or for me and would get in the way of my parasailing, ziplining and underground cavern exploring.  For fun, however, here was my list from six months ago.

1 – Lose 20 pounds. Actually, I may have achieved this one depending on how you look at it. I lost five pounds at least four times. It may have actually been five. My post-menopausal body is apparently quite frightened of a famine. Anything over five pounds and my metabolism would go on strike until the kidnapped five pounds was returned…with a few friends. So…six months after setting the goal, I am five pounds heavier.

2 – Get a tan. Somehow I missed summer while I was working 70 hours a week.  This is less problematic since there are products that can be sprayed, rubbed or misted on to give the appearance of tan skin. I tried this when I went to Hawaii last time. Don’t hike the Napali Coast in the rain with a spray tan…unless you want to find that the tan has left your feet and taken up residence on your socks.

3 – Pay off all bills related to the cruise….which I will do…next year.

4 – Write a book in 90 days. Ninety days have passed. I have no book. I do have a blog that has been updated almost weekly. Small victories. I’ll take it.

So…six months. I’m still a fair skinned, overweight middle-aged woman that is in debt and has no book. BUT….I’m a fair skinned, overweight middle-aged woman that is in debt and has no book that is going on a cruise and has successfully not gone over the weight requirement to zip-line and parasail. I win. I’m still happy! What lists have you been unsuccessful with this year?