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So, I didn't feel like grading finals today. Instead, I filled out this survey that Alicia sent me about a week ago about the year. Interesting stuff...
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? Traveled to Italy and had a LOT of fun!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don’t think that I made any last year, and I probably won’t this year either.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Stephanie will, Lindsey did in March
4. Did anyone close to you die? Luckily, no, although a lot of people close to me have lost loved ones
5. What countries did you visit? England, France, Canada, France again, Monaco, the Vatican, Italy
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? More time with my family and my girls
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? April 1-7, June 10-21
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Not sure
9. What was your biggest failure? Also not sure
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? My jaw, but that’s just expensive and annoying, not serious
11. What was the best thing you bought? It’s not in yet, but Monday, we’re installing hardwood floors
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My girls and my students (on the trip and at school)
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My brother, students, co-workers and a few friends
14. Where did most of your money go? Child-care and house payments
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Traveling with Brad
16. What song will always remind you of 2004? Toxic (b/c it was our big number in the Spring Show) and When the Sun Goes Down
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter
iii. richer or poorer? About the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Relaxing and reading
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Stressing, worrying
20. How will you be spending Christmas? Breakfast with Brad and Ryan, lunch with my family, dinner with Brad’s
21. What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in 2004? Getting WAAY too drunk at a night out with Brad’s company
22. Did you fall in love in 2004? Nope, that’s not typically a good thing to happen in a marriage, falling in love with someone else, I mean
23. How many one-night stands? none
24. What were your favorite TV programs? West Wing, CSI: Miami, Two and a half Men, Scrubs
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Nope
26. What was the best book you read? The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Two French CDs that I bought
28. What did you want and get? Hardwood floors
29. What did you want and not get? More books and time to read them
30. What was your favorite film of this year? I don’t know, we don’t get to go out and see many
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Brad and I went to PF Changs, then saw the new Harry Potter at the MoG IMAX. I was 27
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Spending more time with friends
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? Low-ride jeans, short sweaters or tanks, clunky shoes
34. What kept you sane? Brad and my live journal
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I don’t know. I don’t get into it that much
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Elections, new women’s rights bills going through Congress and the Senate
37. Who did you miss? My husband (being gone for 11 days is hard!) and Beth & Josh
38. Who was the best new person you met? Don’t really know that I met anyone new that I’ve spent a lot of time with, although I do really like the new additions to Girls Nights
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004. Good things come to those who wait. Patience is a virtue. This too will pass.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. ummm, get back to me
Finals are done...I'm worried about some people. I don't know them quite well enough to tell what's going on for real, but it seems not good. Not really bad, but not really good. Maybe on Sunday we'll talk.
Christmas cards came in today. They have Ryan on them and we have to address them tomorrow and mail them out by noon. How am I going to do that? I don't know, since I don't have all of the addresses, but we'll figure something out. The Internet is an amazing wealth of information.
Gotta figure out what to do for New Years. Maybe we'll just get together a group of people and hang out. Beth and Josh are in town. I haven't seen them since the summer and Brad hasn't seen them in two years, since before they moved to Germany. We had a great time the last New Years we spent together. Plus, now we could show off our new hardwood floors. Hehe. I'm so excited! Brad is sooooo not excited. Oh well. It'll be worth it.
OK, well I'm off to read. Got a new book from Miranda that seems good if I can just actually sit down and read!
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? Traveled to Italy and had a LOT of fun!
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don’t think that I made any last year, and I probably won’t this year either.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Stephanie will, Lindsey did in March
4. Did anyone close to you die? Luckily, no, although a lot of people close to me have lost loved ones
5. What countries did you visit? England, France, Canada, France again, Monaco, the Vatican, Italy
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? More time with my family and my girls
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? April 1-7, June 10-21
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Not sure
9. What was your biggest failure? Also not sure
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? My jaw, but that’s just expensive and annoying, not serious
11. What was the best thing you bought? It’s not in yet, but Monday, we’re installing hardwood floors
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My girls and my students (on the trip and at school)
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My brother, students, co-workers and a few friends
14. Where did most of your money go? Child-care and house payments
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Traveling with Brad
16. What song will always remind you of 2004? Toxic (b/c it was our big number in the Spring Show) and When the Sun Goes Down
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter
iii. richer or poorer? About the same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Relaxing and reading
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Stressing, worrying
20. How will you be spending Christmas? Breakfast with Brad and Ryan, lunch with my family, dinner with Brad’s
21. What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in 2004? Getting WAAY too drunk at a night out with Brad’s company
22. Did you fall in love in 2004? Nope, that’s not typically a good thing to happen in a marriage, falling in love with someone else, I mean
23. How many one-night stands? none
24. What were your favorite TV programs? West Wing, CSI: Miami, Two and a half Men, Scrubs
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Nope
26. What was the best book you read? The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Two French CDs that I bought
28. What did you want and get? Hardwood floors
29. What did you want and not get? More books and time to read them
30. What was your favorite film of this year? I don’t know, we don’t get to go out and see many
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Brad and I went to PF Changs, then saw the new Harry Potter at the MoG IMAX. I was 27
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Spending more time with friends
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? Low-ride jeans, short sweaters or tanks, clunky shoes
34. What kept you sane? Brad and my live journal
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I don’t know. I don’t get into it that much
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Elections, new women’s rights bills going through Congress and the Senate
37. Who did you miss? My husband (being gone for 11 days is hard!) and Beth & Josh
38. Who was the best new person you met? Don’t really know that I met anyone new that I’ve spent a lot of time with, although I do really like the new additions to Girls Nights
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004. Good things come to those who wait. Patience is a virtue. This too will pass.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. ummm, get back to me
Finals are done...I'm worried about some people. I don't know them quite well enough to tell what's going on for real, but it seems not good. Not really bad, but not really good. Maybe on Sunday we'll talk.
Christmas cards came in today. They have Ryan on them and we have to address them tomorrow and mail them out by noon. How am I going to do that? I don't know, since I don't have all of the addresses, but we'll figure something out. The Internet is an amazing wealth of information.
Gotta figure out what to do for New Years. Maybe we'll just get together a group of people and hang out. Beth and Josh are in town. I haven't seen them since the summer and Brad hasn't seen them in two years, since before they moved to Germany. We had a great time the last New Years we spent together. Plus, now we could show off our new hardwood floors. Hehe. I'm so excited! Brad is sooooo not excited. Oh well. It'll be worth it.
OK, well I'm off to read. Got a new book from Miranda that seems good if I can just actually sit down and read!