So far so good, soda-wise.  I'll admit that I had soda twice, but these weren't out of a compulsion to drink it, more out of a sense of obligation and b/c I forgot.  Both times I was at the business-district Carl's, and both times I forgot not to order the combo.  Since the soda came w/ the combo, I didn't want to go back and change it, and I didn't want to just get water once i had the soda cup, and the juices they sell are probably just as bad if not worse than the soda.  I can't drink them, they're too sweet.  But we have had tempting soda in the fridge for about a month now, and I haven't touched it, even with my dad frequently asking if I'd like to split one w/ him.  Also, in other restaurants / fast-food stores I've been careful to order the water. 
 
For some reason there is something about that Carl's that made me forget, twice.  It also shows the effect of the ease of saying a combo # on my ordering.  I used to think that combos were silly things and that you'd be silly to order one.  I though that people should just order what they wanted from the menu.  Instead I have fallen prey to the allure of simply saying, "#4 please."  This indicates to me that either a) my mind is going, or b) combos really do have marketing power, or c) both.  I think that there is either a pressure to order quickly from a line, or people are just fundamentally lazy in speaking or in deciding and so ordering a combo makes it simple, easy, and fast.  Might be a combination of any of those factors contributing here.  But I think I've veered off course here...

As for the rest of my resolutions, I'm working on them.  I'm up earlier.  Soon I hope to take advantage of the non-mountain-lion-inhabited hills and go for a few runs while i still can.  I would like to see the effect of that on my heart rate, both resting and fully-adrenaline-pumped.  As for planning, I'm still meaning to do this.  I have a vague notion of what I ought to be doing.  I feel I am fairly close to drawing up a plan.  I hope to have something ready by the move, like a new beginning.

I think that since I have no obligations, I can up the ante and make resolutions more frequently, like maybe every month.  The soda one was, I think, a really good one.  This month I would like to focus my attention on my acne, and getting rid of it.  Rather than taking my slow-going approach of trying one thing at a time, I think I will try everything I can imagine.  Once the acne is gone, than I can start diminishing my efforts and see what really matters.  Things to consider: diet (no saturated fats), showering (daily, like everyone else), facewash, acne medication, a good pillow-case washing, no picking/popping/touching, etc.  I think here I shall try to be as normal as possible hygenically speaking (or at least my idea of what normal is).  The idea is that if I act normal, maybe my complexion will be.  Hope it works.