Accomplishments of 2008
I have the skeletons of half a dozen journal entries written at any given time, stashed away for a time when I can revisit them with greater mental acuity. But usually what ends up happening is that I forget that they exist and ... la la la la la la ... many months later I discover them and barely remember what my half-thoughts mean!
Today I rediscovered a list of the year's accomplishments that I abandoned in early September. So often I feel bored and unexciting, but the list proves that it's been a full year!
Also, an unrelated thought: I am really looking forward to meeting Johnny and June Carter Cash in heaven, if heaven works like that! His cover of the song "Hurt" moves me.
Today I rediscovered a list of the year's accomplishments that I abandoned in early September. So often I feel bored and unexciting, but the list proves that it's been a full year!
- Kicked off the inaugural Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey!
- Started a new job with The JESUS Film Project (CrossRoads)
- Started moonlighting as an online researcher with ChaCha
- Took an intro to Krav Maga class
- Studied for, tested for, and received my concealed weapons permit
- Bought a 9mm Glock 17 handgun
- Got my little brother safely home from Iraq
- Recieved a beautiful Canon Digital RebelXT 350 from my brother
- Went canoing and camping in the Ozarks
- Went camping and hiking in Joshua Tree National Park
- Trespassed in a WWII army bunker with my brother
- Got stared down by a ridiculously large tiger
- Stood in a plexiglass box underneath a sleeping tiger
- Got certified as a CPR/AED/First Responder
- Completed the Couch to 5K running program
- Acted as a featured extra in the short film Don't Hold Your Breath
- Met chippa, mccurn, blessings101, emily-schlicter, jamielee02, gem_gamgee, kantsuu, rideforruin, and over a dozen of Gerry's kids
- Moved Gerry across the country and into my parents' house
- Asked Gerry to chop my hair ... really short
- Encouraged Gerry to apply to work with me; he got the job
- Designed a 36-page booklet eventually published by Campus Crusade
- Began the task of producing an honest-to-goodness DVD project
- Climbed up a super-tall lighthouse
- Participated in Project 365 with Gerry for most of the year
- Contributed to Ron Paul's presidential campaign
- Planned to travel to four different countries and had plans canceled each time
- Developed an annoying case of TMJ dislocation
- Paid $43 to fill my gas tank in June, and paid $20 to fill it in November
Also, an unrelated thought: I am really looking forward to meeting Johnny and June Carter Cash in heaven, if heaven works like that! His cover of the song "Hurt" moves me.