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Determining to Do Better in 2019


2018 has been an odd year for me. There have been some amazing highlights, such as the birth of my second grandchild, Cormac Douglass Swanekamp; the marriage of my son Jack to the wonderful Erin; and the emergence of Corinne Mae Swanekamp as a remarkable little girl full of personality, humor, and love of her Granddad and Nana. 

However, the year for me seems to have been characterized by a general malaise, or more accurately, a general lethargy. I wasn’t able to do much physical exercise for much of the year, and for whatever reason, besides work and doing some fun things with Donna and some of her siblings, I didn’t seem to do much else at all, except gain weight, watch television and read (okay, and do a lot of Sudoku and crossword puzzles).

I’m looking forward to getting back in the saddle. In January I’m starting back in the pool if there are no more spinal issues and I hope to start training for my fifth Chesapeake Bay swim in June – I’ll find out in January if I got selected through the lottery. I have started doing some intermittent work on the treadmill and I intend to do that more regularly. I hope to eat and drink less, as my discipline seems to have evaporated. I’m hoping that if I get into better workout routines my eating habits will improve as well. I also expect to start a new job at Constellation that will be more challenging and exciting than what I have been doing there.

Finally, I plan to get back into blogging. I have started a few posts but always get sidetracked or just allow drafts to sit and collect dust.

So, as we enter 2019, I’m resolving to make the above resolutions – and keep a few of them.

Happy New Year!




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