my dearest friends
What a year. Shall I itemize? (Links go to pictures or otherwise)
1. Moved to a new city from a foreign country by myself
2. Had my first apartment where my name is on the lease and bills (the other two I lived in in high school were just sublet rooms)
3. Started at a new school, that I picked, without my parents ever having seen it
4. Got a 3.9 GPA, take that, college. But only for one quarter.
5. Declared my major, twice
6. Adopted a cat from a shelter
7. Got a good job, where I make between $10-40 an hour, with good hours
8. One of my closest friends died in a freak cave diving accident
9. My grandfather died
10. My Seattle mom/landlady was killed by a drunk driver in rush hour traffic
11. My biggest relationship ended, and went through months of turmoil and drama
12. My ex and I were able to become friends again
13. I paid all my bills on time (meaning, no utilities shut off)
14. I went around the Olympic peninsula, Canada (misguidedly, on a whim), the Cascade mountains, the Pacific ocean, Enumclaw and other little towns, Mount Rainier, Portland, Anacortes, Rosario Beach, and lots of little towns on the way. Got trapped by dogs in Tahola, a tiny Indian reservation town, and dogs surrounding my car made it impossible to move.
15. Had a fling with my high school boyfriend, which ended poorly, and it's my fault
16. Got really into historical early Christianity and New Testament studies
17. Recorded my first rap song
18. Had a fake ID, became a regular at a couple awesome bars, had my fake ID taken at a music venue.
19. Became officially an unteenager
20. Got in my first major car accident and the car was totaled (definitely not my fault), and received a large sum of pain-compensation-money.
21. Went camping on the beach near Port Aransas, swam in the ocean under a full moon, and watched a giant storm come in over the ocean, after my best friend's ocean burial. We scattered her ashes off in the Gulf of Mexico and cool stuff happened
22. Two gangs moved into my neighborhood and started a mini-turf war
23. I started volunteering in the infant room at Childhaven
24. Learned to be alone, and realized I am a much quieter person than I thought I was
Let 'er rip
ac
1. Moved to a new city from a foreign country by myself
2. Had my first apartment where my name is on the lease and bills (the other two I lived in in high school were just sublet rooms)
3. Started at a new school, that I picked, without my parents ever having seen it
4. Got a 3.9 GPA, take that, college. But only for one quarter.
5. Declared my major, twice
6. Adopted a cat from a shelter
7. Got a good job, where I make between $10-40 an hour, with good hours
8. One of my closest friends died in a freak cave diving accident
9. My grandfather died
10. My Seattle mom/landlady was killed by a drunk driver in rush hour traffic
11. My biggest relationship ended, and went through months of turmoil and drama
12. My ex and I were able to become friends again
13. I paid all my bills on time (meaning, no utilities shut off)
14. I went around the Olympic peninsula, Canada (misguidedly, on a whim), the Cascade mountains, the Pacific ocean, Enumclaw and other little towns, Mount Rainier, Portland, Anacortes, Rosario Beach, and lots of little towns on the way. Got trapped by dogs in Tahola, a tiny Indian reservation town, and dogs surrounding my car made it impossible to move.
15. Had a fling with my high school boyfriend, which ended poorly, and it's my fault
16. Got really into historical early Christianity and New Testament studies
17. Recorded my first rap song
18. Had a fake ID, became a regular at a couple awesome bars, had my fake ID taken at a music venue.
19. Became officially an unteenager
20. Got in my first major car accident and the car was totaled (definitely not my fault), and received a large sum of pain-compensation-money.
21. Went camping on the beach near Port Aransas, swam in the ocean under a full moon, and watched a giant storm come in over the ocean, after my best friend's ocean burial. We scattered her ashes off in the Gulf of Mexico and cool stuff happened
22. Two gangs moved into my neighborhood and started a mini-turf war
23. I started volunteering in the infant room at Childhaven
24. Learned to be alone, and realized I am a much quieter person than I thought I was
Let 'er rip
ac