Some year end reflections
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Graduated from college. Got a full time job. Moved out of WI.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't think I made any last year because I don't believe in them. I did grow as a person, though.
3. Did someone close to you give birth?
nope
4. Did anyone close to you die?
never
5. What countries did you visit?
stuck around home after last year's eastern europe foray
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
a well-behaved dog
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
sept 24, dad's 50th. may...12th? hehe okay not so etched! but the day we graduated.
8. What were your biggest achievement(s) of the year?
dude. graduating college like whoa.
9. What was your biggest failure?
probably giving up on people
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
just the usual dorm stuff. ovaries worse this year than ever.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
tickets to portland for thanksigiving?
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
I'm going to go with jennie here too. she really calmed it.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
at times, my little sister's.
14. Where did most of your money go?
transportation
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
graduating, getting a job, getting a PUPPY.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you...
I. Happier or sadder?: happier.
II. Thinner or fatter?: hmmm maybe thinner.
III. Richer or poorer?: richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
writing, reading, seeing people
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
vh1...maybe.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
quietly, with all of my various families
21. What was your favorite month of 2007?
June
22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
I worked to stay there.
23. How many one-night stands?
yeah that's not really my thing.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
got really into the american office and season 2 and three were great. getting into angel now :)
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I think I may hate Ann Coulter now. That's new.
26. What was the best book you read?
Non-fiction:
oh I'm sure there's something....This was acutally 2006 but Promises I Can Keep by Edin and Kefalas
Fiction:
Norwegian Wood
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
the weepies
28. What did you want and get?
a puppy
29. What did you want and not get?
a fulltime boyfriend
30. Favorite film of this year?
I can't remember all of the movies I saw so...I did watch Shaun of the Dead for the first time
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Golden birthday. Important. involved naked viggo and delicious pastries with phil's females.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
knowing I didn't need to worry about finding a job...having Phil around.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
What can I wear to work...
34. What kept you sane?
Bat, dad, computers.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
yeah. none.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I really don't recall...
37. Who do you miss?
philip, nicole, allison, austen
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Maria
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
Emotions are like milk. They need a container or else they get everywhere.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Need I remind you that I am the king of RnB? Do you know what that means? That means if you love your chick, don't bring her to the VIP cause I might leave with your chick." Definitely.
Here we go...2007 in a nutshell:
January Went back for last semester of college, determined for it to be better than the one before. Hit the books and started working out.
February Was working of pretty regularly with Nicole. Became really close friends with her. Lots of school pressures, though. Phil's play was in rehearsal here, and his evil director broke her promise of letting us have a Valentine's Day.
March I suppose spring break happened in here. I think I watching some veronica mars. Phil's housemate stuff started to come to a head, which was annoying. After break, I started to really worry about post-college. Had a nice St. Patty's with the girls and Phil.
April Basically wrote papers and freaked out about not having a job after school/listened to other people freak out about it. I know there were some sweet things too. Had a great Rubic's Cube party for Phil's 22nd.
May Graduated from the MFin college. And so happy I did. Felt very surreal. Bawled my eyes out when I left Donna and my girls.
June Phil stayed at my dad's house with me. We cooked nice meals and enjoyed each other's company. It was very sweet time.
July I went to Beloit to see phil in the Foreigner and spent some time with him before I Started by job and he went back to portland. It was fun and sweet. otherwise, got a tan, worked out almost every day, read books. Watched a lot of the american office.
August I went to VISTA camp, which turned out to be really fun and great. Met some very interesting and amazing people. I started my job at Habitat and immediately felt overjoyed and overwhelmed.
September Had an HFH VISTA training and really met the other HFHV's, who are really fun people that I've come to just adore. Dad turned 50! GOT BAT!
October Got into the swing of my job to the point of hosting meetings and setting up fairly successful appointments. Bat and I hung out all the time. Starting feeling like the mother of a newborn. Broke ground on our St. Joseph project, which was amazing. Started played Med again just for something to do.
November Realised I lost 7 pounds from walking bat all the time. Went to Portland for TG/Bday which was great. It was a lovely trip and a nice diversion. Made up hiphop names for all of my coworkers and really started to get to know our intern maria who is very sweet.
December Had another HFHV training and it was really fun. Heroed my med character after 7 years. Hah. So lame. Thoroughly enjoyed the company of my neice every time I saw her. Had relaxing christmas with everyone. did not get hit in my car despite stc drivers.
For 2008, I wish ...
to think of a cool tattoo and possibly get it
to get my little sister to open up to me more and hopefully help her through some of her stuff/encourage her to go to college
to learn to train bat to behave a little more
to be good at my job, at least a little
to write more
to learn a new craft
to make a new friend
to reignite an old friend
to learn to cook one more awesome thing
to grow