Honestly... I have no idea where the past year went. The fact that it's already December freaks me out. I feel like this year whipped by so fast, but it still feels like it should be summer. Except, the bitter 10 degrees in the morning reminds that oh yes, it is in fact December.
Since it's December, it's hard for me to not look back on the past year and all the choices I have made, all the things I have accomplished, everything.
January 2011 - I start hanging out with my beloved on the 1st. Went to a movie that night and then started going out to wine maybe two or three times a week. January 10th comes around, and while I am nervous about this person and this connection, I welcome a kiss. A kiss that made me go, "that was hot."
This is the final semester of graduate school! That means I have a shit ton of writing to do for my thesis. Because, I am a procrastinator, and of course I like to wait till the last semester to really get this shit going.
January 11 marked a year at USGS... holy crap, I survived with my big, bright, sunshiney smile and personality. Shocking
Made reservations to GO SKYDIVING!
February 2011 - Superbowl party was hilariously fun, especially for someone like me who doesn't really watch football regularly.
Meeting with my advisor on a bi-weekly basis to figure my thesis out.
Broach a difficult subject with the beloved, which may or may not end whatever we are currently doing.
Bought BRANDI CARLILE TICKETS!!
March 2011 - Decide to perk up about he beloved and make the most of it... something too good like this can't be passed up for something that I probably misinterpreted (which, come to find out, I totally did!)
Continue to work on my thesis. Set up the date for my defense.
April 2011 - Work on the thesis... and my other two classes... and try and stay sane. Get pictures taken for my grad invitations. Getting bumped about graduation. Even if it is in a tent.
Do my defense... get an email from my advisor about an hour before my defense saying to be prepared for the worst... what? excuse me? an hour before my defense? Seriously!? What the fuck.
Defend my thesis... and PASS! Go out to celebrate with the beloved.
Make the shit ton of revisions to my thesis
May 2011 - Send my revised thesis to my advisor. Get the ok after MORE revisions and I am le done!
Send thesis to the printer... to only find out I sent him the wrong version. So, I resend the RIGHT version to time.
Celebrate AGAIN with the final farewell to the thesis.
Sleep for the first time in months for a consecutive 12 hours... holy fuck did it feel so damn good.
WENT SKYDIVING FOLLOWED BY SEEING MY MOSE FAVOURITE ARTIST, BRANDI CARLILE in Tucson with my ice ice baby and my auntie.
GRADUATED FROM GRADUATE SCHOOL! WITH DISTINCTION!
Moved out on my own!
Start reading books for fun!
June 2011 - Spend as much time with the beloved before he goes on a month long vacation to Spain and Portugal.
Read, read, read.
Learned to play cribbage!
Dropped beloved off for his trip
Volunteered at Beer Fest with my roommate
spent time with my person
July 2011 - read, read, read.
Get a tattoo!
Spend time with my person
Miss the beloved in spurts. luckily, the last week of his trip was for work in San Diego, so I got to hear his voice and send him text messages
Pick my beloved up at the airport! Felt so good!
Went and saw the last HP... which is just sad in some cases because I grew up with that!
August 2011 -
Said the L work to my beloved
Asked the beloved to be my boyfriend (pretty much already was, but wanted to make it "official"
freaked out when school came and realized I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO! SO MUCH FREE TIME!
Played video games with the beloved
Went to Reno to see family and freaking BRANDI CARLILE (I may be obsessed, but hot damn, she's amazing and i love her).
September 2011 -
Boss quit... YAY!
read, read, read.
Spend time with the beloved
Go on road trips and hikes
October 2011 -
Go to D.C. for the first time ever to spend some time with a dear, dear friend. Go to all the monuments and museums. Run into someone from Flagstaff at the Holocaust museum (freaking weird)
November 2011-
Saw the house that the beloved has loved since May.
Celebrated the beloved's 31st birthday in style.
Beloved made an offer on the house
Offer got accepted by owner
local banks approve the offer, just waiting for the main bank now
Made my very first Thanksgiving with 100% organic, dairy-free, and gluten-free ingredients with the beloved. Quite the success if I do say so myself.
December 2011 -
Paid my first $200 in my loan (ouch...)
Paid off my credit card (woo and ouch...)
Bought tickets to see family (woo and ouch...)
Waiting to hear back from the last bank for the beloved's house. Hoping to move in by the end of January if everything goes well and the inspection proves to be good.
I know it's still early in December. But as soon as I look at a calendar again or think about blogging, it will be 2012! It's been an amazing year. Mostly ups, but some downs... but everything has worked out just as it should.
Love is all around me. I could get used to this intoxicating feeling.
