Sept. was an adjustment month: Adjusting to a new kid, new sleep patterns, new schedules, new responsibilities, etc. A lot of which caused me to not think about any of the things below. So lets see how I did.
Eat better
The food in our house is generally of better quality now. Most of the items contain ingredients that I understand, meaning that we're shopping in the hippie section of grocery store. Still there are times we just grab some fast food, which brings me to...
Eat out less
With a baby, sometimes you just need to grab a quick dinner. Our eating out has increased from what it was the past few months, but it's still less than what it was last year. Right now this specific goal isn't a major concern - sanity and sleep are more important.
Be less fat
I found out I have a public speaking engagement next March. The new goal for this is to be back at my college weight by that point. I have enough time that this might actually happen.
Become dinner party people
Dinner parties? No. Lunches and other such things with friends? Yes. I'm counting this as a win this month.
Become handy
I'm going to say that this one is complete. Except for major jobs, I feel confident that I can do most things around the house.
Pay off my car loan
I had to debate if I wanted to use a bit of my emergency fund to pay this off. I decided against that (safety was more important than return in this case). The loan should be paid in a month or two (depending how much extra cash I can put towards it).
Be good
Being a dad is easy/really really hard. I'm not going to try and explain the complexity of it, but in the end, I like to think that I'm pretty good at it. To paraphrase our pediatrician, "Parents kill themselves trying to be perfect parents, when all you really need to be is OK parents." I'm not perfect and I'm not terrible, and I think I'm doing better than OK.
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