I Want Doughnuts

Donuts.

Dough-nuts.

Those delicious mini cakes that are fried and glazed and frosted and filled and heaven in my mouth.

Is there anything so magical as a doughnut? NO. THE ANSWER IS NO. We are, of course, forgetting the existence--I promise it's real--of the wizarding world and all sub-genres of that realm. But otherwise, doughnuts are the most magical. So magical, in fact, that they warrant day-long adventures to find the best doughnuts. Do I hear a re-do of that splendid day in the near future? Yes, Johnny from the Bronx, yes I do.

So I guess, now that I'm ten days into 2014, I should make a list of things I want to accomplish this year. Should I include things I know are already going to happen (because they're already booked) just for the sheer joy of knowing I'll accomplish AT LEAST ONE of my list items? Nah. Let the challenges...BEGIN! And may the odds be ever in my favor.

1. I want to get my passport. I've had one before, but that was prior to turning into an adult. Aka I was less than 16. Womp womp American government says you have to actually get a new passport after that age or some nonsense. Le sigh. My goal is to have applied for it by February 28th. Better be getting on that, home slice.

2. I want to get a real job. "But Hannah, you have real jobs! You make real money!" No, no I don't. I do have jobs, yes. And I do make actual money, yes. But these are not jobs that I want to be doing by the end of the year unless something in my life HAS GONE TERRIBLY WRONG. Which I hope it does not, but now that the fear has been laid out for all to see...wouldn't be completely unexpected. In the past few days, I've applied for almost ten different jobs (okay, so it's seven. Don't be so pushy) and I know that the odds are against me that one of them will work out. BUT IT'S 2014 AND I REALLY WANT SOMETHING TO WORK OUT FOR ME IF I WORK HARD ENOUGH FOR IT. Yup. #admittingit

3. I want to travel more. So this one goes hand-in-hand with the first one, and also goes with the listing I said I wouldn't do because it means that I have a guaranteed plus-one for Hannah success column (I'm going on a cruise to the Bahamas at the end of the month #coloryoujealous)... Yeah I'm not even going to continue. I just want to travel more. Which really doesn't sound accomplishable if I get a real job...UNLESS MY JOB INVOLVES TRAVELING!!

4. I want to write more than once a month. At the beginning of 2013, I was doing great with the blogging! Multiple times a month, ideas were regularly flowing, blah blah blah. And then the final semester of college hit and I became an insufferable know-it-all. Actually, despite the harsh labeling by a certain Severus Snape, I was not such, I was just incredibly bogged down, as one of my few blogs from that time would suggest. 55 hours a week, full time school requirements, regular ping-pong tournaments, dance competitions, promises I don't intend to keep, etc. Just leave me alone! If you think of things I should write about, send me a message on Facebook. Shoot me a tweet. Comment on one of my blogs. I COULD DO AN ENTIRE SERIES ABOUT SOMETHING IF YOU'D JUST GIVE ME IDEAS. Let's form a partnership.

5. I want to read at least one book every two weeks. I was going to say "I want to read more" but given my reading habits during my college career...this would mean reading a book a year. I was then going to put "I want to read a book a month" but how hard is that? In the past two weeks, I've gone through two books and I'm finishing a third...probably tonight. As long as my old lady tendencies of falling asleep super early don't kick in. So, one book every two weeks. Or two books a month. Should not be that hard.

6. I want to stop feeling so sorry for myself. Plain and simple. Start thinking happy thoughts.

7. This isn't so much a resolution as it is a confession: if you post things on pinterest about a wedding you want and you aren't engaged, I probably stopped following that board. Sorry I'm not sorry, but your significant other shouldn't be the last piece to your perfectly planned event. That's just so many levels of wrong.

8. I want to eat more ice cream. And as I plan to move to a warmer climate with a new job (if everything works as I'd ideally like it) I think this is going to happen. Especially with the cruise at the end of the month: unlimited ice cream bar? Mickey premium bars to the room WHENEVER I WANT WITHOUT CHARGE? Yeah. The ice cream thing is happening. Not even a challenge, but I accept it.

9. Sandwiches.

I can't make ten items this year. I just can't. But god how I love sandwiches. Sandwiches and pizza. Mmm. Obviously I want food tonight. Maybe I should make a food blog instead of a blog about how much I want to eat food.