Things that happened this year…lessons learned, etc. etc. In no particular order and probably a bit vague (excuse me, but I may have been drinking red wine recently…). And some of these are apparently lessons I keep getting taught and have yet to learn because they could appear on my list every year.
- Finished three semesters of graduate school (in hindsight, summer school was a GREAT idea).
- Complete one internship/roughly half the internship hours required.
- Volunteered at Pitchfork Music Festival and saw some great bands perform.
- Attended (and survived) all three days of Lollapalooza.
- Friends exited my life.
- Made new friends. (life’s handy that way, eh?)
- Wanted things I didn’t get and got things I didn’t know I wanted/needed.
- Worked two jobs for a bit.
- Traveled to Texas twice.
- Cried more than most people would believe.
- Laughed at least as much as anyone deserves.
- Tried some new recipes and made up ones of my own.
- Was brave on more than one occasion.
- Tried and failed.
- Let myself be vulnerable more than I like.
- Wished I had not done some things I did (or at least I’d seriously alter things if given the opportunity).
- Attended my fair share of live performances, but not nearly as many as I aspire to attend…
- Got two new tattoos.
- Moved to a new apartment with two new roommates (one is a cat).
- Finally got to play my Wii Fit.
- Started seeing a counselor–this girl can’t get through her issues alone and her friends need to not hold the burden of the drama.
- Had my closet rod break–is someone trying to tell me something?!
- Got a new niece…the super cute baby Lylah.
- Survived another Tankedgiving and this time I wasn’t the hot mess!
- Had people come visit me in Chicago from far away.
- Had a pretty good birthday considering I had just moved here the August prior to the January (found out my friends are REALLY good at karaoke!)
- Met a lot of new people, including my #1 crush, Patrick Stump. Talk about hot mess. This girl was speechless or at least extremely awkward. Shameful.
- Watched the movie Wolverine with Hugh Jackman (and friends) and later that week saw us all on Oprah.
- Found out I was pretty good at fund-raising and event planning.
- Had fun surprising family and friends at Christmas.
- Loved nachos more than I should.
- Upped my coffee drinking…not a good thing.
Really, so much seems to have happened this year (definitely more than this list includes) that I can hardly believe it’s over; that the decade is (almost) over. I’m looking forward to 2010. As trite as it sounds, I hope that it will be a year of new beginnings in every aspect of my life–that’s the optimist in me, forever hopeful. Here’s wishing you a happy new year!
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