I suppose I am writing posts on a monthly basis at this point. Not because there is nothing going on in my life--the last few weeks have been quite fun--but because I've been feeling very insular the last couple of months. It is hard to have a group of friends in this city. The whole Seinfeld model of friendship, of people dropping in and out of apartments, of friends meeting up regularly at Tom's Restaurant, seems impossible to me. Perhaps it is just an old model of New York, one in which friends lived in the same neighborhood, went to the same restaurants, and saw one another on the subway. That doesn't happen now. No one in my friend group lives in the same area.

Luckily, in the last few weeks I've had visitors! Edward stayed with John David and I for a few days. A week later Rachael and Erin came up to visit. A week later one of John David's college friends stayed with us. It has been nice to socialize again, and I realize how important steady friendship is. So, I've added a new goal to my 2008 list: Be more proactive about friendship.

I've been doing pretty well with my other goals. I've been trying to become healthier and fitter. I joined a really nice gym close to my work, and I have been going 3-4 times a week. I've been making better choices about food. Unfortunately, I got sick the last couple of days, so I haven't been able to maintain the momentum I started last week, but I am still hopeful. My copyediting class is going well. My Kaplan class is going well. My knitting is still in progress (I've taken a break from it with all these visitors). So, my hope the next few months is to get well, get healthy, and get more friends.
We shall see.