Breathing through a straw

Trying to get back to some sense of normalcy seems to be a bit of a struggle.  As a child when I faced adversity I just dusted myself and moved on. I seem to be dusting myself these days with an already dirty brush.  So I intend to put some goals together for 2012 and see where we go.  I would say for me number 1 is that I lose weight.  I had made some progress but that has since stopped, and getting started again has been a bit of a pain.  Another goal would be to enjoy others more, I have what I consider a pretty enjoyable group of friends with a variety of ideas and opinions.  I enjoy discussion.  I also find myself with a desire to improve my fatherly/husband skills for this year, I believe there is always room for improvement.  Payten's desire is that I have more "armpit tickling time" with her, I intend to do this.  There just seems to be an awful lot to do, so maybe part of the recovery as it were is to keep busy and put effort towards more positive pursuits.  So lets see where this takes us and lets get moving again.