twenty five for twenty ten: february

1 exercise
i went ice skating twice and for a 30 minute walk once while in canada, which is more exercise than i've consciously done in months. sad but true.

5 keep track of finances
i was doing well up until the day i left for canada. my ds budget game is in yen, so i'm not sure what to do with a whole month of canadian dollar entries. it would be interesting to see how much i spend on groceries, etc. per week compared to japan, but i have a feeling the trip's expenses will get entered in one lump sum. and i don't even want to think about my (new and not expired!) debit card charges, which are deducted from my american bank account. plastic is definitely too dangerous for me. will go back to cash living when i get back to japan. no, must.

8 make two quilts (from start to finish)
the fabric swap is underway and i can't wait to get back to japan to cut and send all my fabric and then to receive fabric and start into a quilt!

11 pass JLPT (dec. 09 test results out in feb.)
i was so convinced i failed until i opened the result postcard and did a double take at the big boxed-in 合格(Passed). i passed! woohoo!!!

21 read a book once a month
i finished the third book of the sookie stackhouse series by february 2nd and took the fourth one with me to canada. i finished it within the first week. found sundays at tiffany's by james peterson in the cottage where we are staying and finished it in a day. then i picked up 3 more books for $3 at a lunchtime fundraiser for haiti at a canadian high school and am halfway through one of them.

23 call home at least once a month
i finally got Skype Credit working on my computer and it's only about 2cents a minute to call home. of course it's free if we both use skype, but this way i can call my parents' house phone without having to set a date and time to talk.

25 keep nails looking nice in an effort to quit biting my nails
i got gel nails before i went to canada and had high hopes; i still have 5 of the gel nails still on and have managed to layer on clear polish on the "naked" 5 and refrain from doing any serious damage. i'll probably get gel nails again in march to keep me from picking and biting them and to re-enforce quitting because i don't think i'm there on my own yet.