The firsts of 2018!

Weather
Don't get me started on this topic! Everyone doesn't want to hear about it anymore and well, I don't blame them not one bit. So, since my last post our weather did go back up to the 70s and I do believe they stayed around there. Once it hit the week of Christmas, then its when it got worse. We plummeted to the 50s, then 30s and during those mornings we were at teens if not 20s and only made it to the highs of the 30s. I'm sure no one expected that and at one point, we did get snow, but it didn't last that long and in total we had 2 days that we got snow. They were not back to back though and not even close to 2 inches on both times. Right now, we are expected to be in the 50s as the high and by the weekend, we might get to normal temps for this time of the year in Texas, which I do believe they are around the 70s/60s. We shall see about that!

2018 
So its the new year and I hope everyone has a happy, healthy and safe New Year! I bet most of you have made resolutions and I hope that they are being taken care of and if you slip, then no worries, you can get yourself back up and start again. If you didn't make any or just don't want to call them that, then it's ok. Just be the best that you can be, fix what you want to fix within yourself and around you and if there's something new you're going to try, then I hope you succeed and it goes into your favor. I myself have made resolutions or things that I want to accomplish to change myself or improve myself. It's not a long list, but it's definitely a short one so if I slip or forget then I won't be so hard on myself for "forgetting" or "failing". My list is:

1. Exercising- by working from feet to head and I will focus on only one part of my body for one month and change on to the next month. I might do 2 days within the week, if possible. I just might decide to do this on Sundays, so I have something to do while my husband is away at work and work my butt off during them to make up for the other day I might have missed or not do.
2. Photography- I will be doing a challenge on this. I found a great one online and will be doing it weekly. There are so many of them out there, but most of them are daily and I know I don't have the time to do those type, so I found one that is only weekly and as well focusing on what I need to work on, portrait. I need to improve on that since I'm not well in that department and I do need to improve a bit more on it. I will still be taking classes soon for it in March, so I would like to know or have the knowledge on it before entering the class.
3. Writing- I used to come up with short stories like there's no tomorrow or my dreams would help me with this to create one, but recently I haven't had a good dream to make it into a story/novel. I would like to get back into writing and if need to, improve on it. So I also found a daily challenge to make me think and improve on my writing. The challenge I found is a daily one, but I will be making it into a weekly one. I can't keep up with daily challenges and its why I make them into weekly.

Most of the challenges I'll be doing I'll be putting my progress or what I am doing in my tumblr page. So if you would like to keep up, be a supporter, or join me find the challenges there. I have already added my first writing challenge, so be sure to read it when you can. Most of them I have found on Pinterest, while others I searched for in the internet. So join me, read along or just be a good support system in reminding me to do these things. I do need to get into shape, get my brain working when I have tons of time, and improve on what I need to improve on.

The other challenge I have for myself is finding another job. As easy as the one I'm working in now is, it doesn't have its perks. No raise, lack of communication, and any other departments/accounts around me are less pay than what I'm getting unless you're licensed or they are seasonal. The only raise you get around here is if you turn team lead, supervisor, or trainer, anything of that nature that you potentially are not an agent anymore. Evidently, I will be looking for somewhere else by this year. I have told myself that I don't want to stick around a negative place for more than 3 years, well, I am already in the 3 year mark sadly. Hopefully I find something after March, since the photography classes I'm planning on taking are in March and this schedule I have now is a good fit for it. Once I learn more of that trade, I can make it into a side business for more income and I might focus on product photography as well. My husband is trying to get a small business going as well and might as well be his photographer for his products. More on his small business later, once it picks up.

The X-Files
Well it is back! For you friends of mine who are fans of it as well, what did you think of the first episode of season 11? Were you disappointed in it? Happy? Shocked? Did you throw a big party and didn't invite me to it?

Well let's just say that I was happy it came back, but shocked towards the end of it. Although the opening title did give us a small clue or eye opener, I bet it is that. If you haven't seen it, then I'm trying not to disclose too much detail, but you should go and see it! I will be or wanting to make some pointers on this, but I think I shall wait on it. There are some other shows I'm waiting for them to come back up, like Handmaids Tale, Mindhunters, Humans and well luckily Black Mirror came back already, but I'm sure I have a bigger list on this. I will need to back track on it. Do you have any shows that you liked and would recommend to someone else? How were they memorable and why?

Well, we shall see what the new year will bring for my husband and me. Hopefully its more fun adventures of travel, of learning new things, and any other way possible and that God let us enjoy them as well. Hopefully for you, the reader, I hope its a better year than the last and that it brings you joy and well safe and healthy one too!