I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season. I'm sure quite a few people took an extended break, recharged the batteries, and are now ready to launch themselves back into the daily grind. I did something of the sort myself, though I started early when my car broke down the day before my vacation officially started ($50 dollar repair for a blown fuse ... who knew the fuel pump had a fuse devoted to its operation? Not me!).

I intentionally stayed out of pocket, in part because I've done so much writing and reviewing (three papers revised/accepted, and four manuscripts reviewed in the last month) that I just couldn't face doing more writing on my down time. So when the time came to amscray, I packed up the car and headed out to the family for the Christmas holiday. Lots of food (though I actually didn't gain any weight), lots of laughter, and lots of rest. Very little drama (which is a nice thing), but lots of time in a car (over 2500 miles by the time I turned in the rental).

So here we are now in 2011, and I have made a couple of resolutions, which I haven't done in a long time.

1. Lose 10 to 15 more pounds. I dropped 10 pounds this past year ... little less than half of what I gained in the past couple of years. It's all been diet (low carbs, which is hard for this Italian) but I'm hoping I can start with the P90X again.

2. Paperless office. I've fired up EndNote X3, and I'm intent on getting X4. Combined with Adobe Acrobat Pro there is very little I need to print out when it comes to scientific reading. I'm hoping that I can keep my printing costs to a minimum this year, and will be keeping track of it. So far I've made it to January 3rd and I have yet to print anything off. ;)

So, I suppose this will serve as my first post of the new year. Has anyone else made any resolutions for this year?