Goals and Wine

So after a very tumultuous few months at home my mom made me make out a list of goals, both long term and short term. I hope that it will be fairly effective. I typed them out one boring, rainy day at work and then laminated them. Not that anyone reading this actually cares but here it goes:

1. Learn Chinese. It will be valuable to me in a foreign relations related career and would give me a leg up in the job market. I will accomplish this by doing well in my Chinese classes and going on a language emersion trip to China.
2. Get a 3.2-3.4 GPA this semester. I need a high GPA to be on student government, it will make me proud of myself and my parents proud of me and it will bring my cumulative GPA up so I can get into grad school. The hard part will be actually doing it since I haven't had a 3.4 since Sophomore year of High School. I can accomplish this by not having cable in my dorm room, not watching tv during the week, only working on weekend and spending a crapload of time in the library.
3. Graduate in 2010. I will graduate with a lot of my friends, the 5 year plan is completely normal, I won't feel like a loser and I will only be 22 when I graduate. I will do it by keeping a high GPA, not failing anymore classes, doing especially good in Chinese and Math. I despise math.
4. Live in Washington D.C. I love D.C. There are so many cool things to do there and there is a very diverse population. There would be a lot of opportunities to work for the government or an NGO on the international level.
5. Go to China next summer on language emersion trip. Will help me with Chinese, I will get college credit and it is an AMAZING experience. I can do it if I do well in Chinese and save some benjamins.
6. Save $ for travel. I love to travel. I really want to go to China, New Orleans, Africa, Atlanta, New York, Boston and India. I can do it if I put money out of each paycheck into my savings account and stop buying useless crap (Gossip Girl season 1 on DVD).
7. Start buying Christmas Presents early. This will make me resist the temptation to overspend on people and I will get it out of the way. I've already made a list of what everyone is getting and I've already bought the presents for 2 out of my 3 best friends! Plus, I get a 50% discount on wine. So everyone will probably get a bottle of wine.
8. Build up credit rating. Mine currently sucks and someday I will want to buy a new car (Prius!) and eventually a house. I can do it by keeping my checking account balanced and I could get a credit card and just put my gas on it. It would be easy to pay off every month and it will build up my credit. Plus I will keep making my regular car payment.
9. Become a size 5/6. I will feel better and look better. Plus, I can share clothes with my mom! I can do it if I exercise, eat better, snack healthier, get regular sleep, drink more water and eat out less. Easier said than done.
10. Pay off Sheila (my car, not female bookie). I have to pay her off and it will build up my credit. I can do it if I just keep making my payments. $120 a month isn't bad.

So anyway, thats it. If you could keep giving me encouragement I would appreciate it. Now it's off to bed for me. I have bronchitis and have taken too much cough medicine with codine.

P.S. Working in a wine store has turned me into a wino. I used to be a beer and vodka girl. Hmmm...