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What did you do in 2016 that you'd never done before
travelled alone, voted in a major election
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year
i think i've stopped doing those a while back
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?human cartoon, anne F from work
4. Did anyone close to you die? no
5. What countries did you visit
france, turkey, greece, india
6. What would you like to have next year that you lacked this year? sex
7. What date from 2016 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? sept 9, the day i landed in india all by myself.
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8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? getting a new job with a significant raise, travelling so much.
9. What was your biggest failure?letting my marriage fall by the wayside, not having the guts to leave
10. Did you suffer illness or injury
they thought i had malaria when i came back from india, but it was a lung infection that lasted a month
11. What was the best thing you bought? plane tickets
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? my lab friends threw me a fantastic going away party, buck buck for always listening.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? KIM T. i swear that woman, actually made me quit the job. and RIchard harrasing me.
14. Where did all of your money go? house improvements, travelling.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? travelling. it was really what kept me going
16. What song will always remind you of 2016? WHeels - by cake
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17. Compared to this time last year, are you: probably sadder. we're on the downward spiral, i just started a new job and its scary being without benefts,
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? travelling always. had sex
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? complained and got in fights with managers.
20. How did you spend Christmas
doing nothing
21. How did you spend New Years? at clint and kristens with becky.... setting myself on fire
22. Did you fall in love in 2016? .. no
23. How many one-night stands?0
24. What was your favorite TV program
NCIS, orange is the new black, gilmore girls reboot.
)25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? KIM.
26. What was the best book you read? dead men do tell tales, not only is it all sciency i also read it on the trains in india.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? maybe not a discovery, but a rediscovery "american girl" palestinian fank sinatra
28. What did you want and got?a new job. i had looked several times, not even getting interviews and after a 12 minute interview i got my current possition. i turned it down bc it was scary and they came back with a 20% raise
30. What was your favorite film of this year? midnight in paris, the new alice in wonderland.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 28.princess birthday party for callie following boozy smoothies for the adults
32. What one thing that would have made your year? not having the DCLS problems
34. What kept you sane? the crew. it was super nice to be able to bitch to them and have them understand
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? the chaiwaalaa
36. What political issue stirred you the most? the election was huge. it basically was 16 months of drama. As always i'm basically a voter on 2-3 issues.
37. Who did you miss? brandon. i'll always miss him, althogh the asshole kinda played me half way through. or maybe that was last year. although after india my heart has healed a bit and i'm no longer sad over him. i kinda missed my not born baby. weird i know.
38. Who was the best new person you met? ammu. he really made a diference in how my trip went.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2016? you can overcome anything.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year? i didnt know i was lonely till i saw your face, i didnt know i was broken till i wanted to change
At the beginning of 2016..
Did you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? no
What was your outlook on the world? positive. excited for my trip to greece/turkey
How were you doing at school/your job? i was kicking ass
What did you most look forward to?travel
Did you make New Year's Resolutions?no
What was your biggest worry? the federal interest rates. i wanted to remortgage the house
Who was your best friend? becky
What did you do with your spare time? not much. watched tv
What did you do for fun? nothing
In the middle of 2016-- the summer
Did you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? no
Had your outlook on the world changed? i was tired and depressed but i felt myself wanting to go out and do things.
What did you spend most of your summer doing? gardening, and being depresed. althogh reading every afternoon on the porch was nice, drinking with becky and jenna
Did you get tan? yes
Who'd you hang out with, mainly? becky, ryan/jenna
Did you go visit anywhere? i dont think so
What was your biggest worry?renovating/remortgaging the house
What was the most fun event that happened? birthday party
And as the year drawns to an end..
And how's your relationship status now? same as allways, married.
How old are you? 28
What major changes have happened since the year began? i've come so close to leaving my home. i want to also succeed and learn at my new job.
Is your life any different from when it started this year? yes. i have quit my job and will be starting another
What thing that happened stands out in your mind? quitting whats a safe and secure job, but a contract gig. its fucking scary.
How have you changed? i'm not hung up on brandon like i was. i feel like i could actually leave this relationship. we've also considered therapy.
What was the most embarrassing moment? falling in the fire.
When was your lowest point? getting off the antidepressants
Are you happy with how the year went? yes!
What thing would you change if you could? i would have the guts to do what needs to be done.
For 2017..
What do you plan to not do that you did this year? have an attitude at work, i have to be a role model
Do you think it'll be better than this year? i kind of doubt it. i wont have vacation time to travel and thats whats kind of kept me sane
Do you think it'll be WORSE than this year? it could easily be
What do you plan to do next year? apply for a masters in germany? maybe do my emerging infectious disease thing?
What are your New Year's resolutions? i quit making those
Who are you spending New Year's Eve with? clint, kristen, peter, dave, becky, a fire
And to wrap it up.
What one thing would you like to say as the year is almost done? making scary choices is sometimes the only way to grow. also i want to remember how amazing and special some people have made me and i want to be able to help do that for others.
travelled alone, voted in a major election
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year
i think i've stopped doing those a while back
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?human cartoon, anne F from work
4. Did anyone close to you die? no
5. What countries did you visit
france, turkey, greece, india
6. What would you like to have next year that you lacked this year? sex
7. What date from 2016 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? sept 9, the day i landed in india all by myself.
.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? getting a new job with a significant raise, travelling so much.
9. What was your biggest failure?letting my marriage fall by the wayside, not having the guts to leave
10. Did you suffer illness or injury
they thought i had malaria when i came back from india, but it was a lung infection that lasted a month
11. What was the best thing you bought? plane tickets
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? my lab friends threw me a fantastic going away party, buck buck for always listening.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? KIM T. i swear that woman, actually made me quit the job. and RIchard harrasing me.
14. Where did all of your money go? house improvements, travelling.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? travelling. it was really what kept me going
16. What song will always remind you of 2016? WHeels - by cake
t
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: probably sadder. we're on the downward spiral, i just started a new job and its scary being without benefts,
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? travelling always. had sex
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? complained and got in fights with managers.
20. How did you spend Christmas
doing nothing
21. How did you spend New Years? at clint and kristens with becky.... setting myself on fire
22. Did you fall in love in 2016? .. no
23. How many one-night stands?0
24. What was your favorite TV program
NCIS, orange is the new black, gilmore girls reboot.
)25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? KIM.
26. What was the best book you read? dead men do tell tales, not only is it all sciency i also read it on the trains in india.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? maybe not a discovery, but a rediscovery "american girl" palestinian fank sinatra
28. What did you want and got?a new job. i had looked several times, not even getting interviews and after a 12 minute interview i got my current possition. i turned it down bc it was scary and they came back with a 20% raise
30. What was your favorite film of this year? midnight in paris, the new alice in wonderland.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 28.princess birthday party for callie following boozy smoothies for the adults
32. What one thing that would have made your year? not having the DCLS problems
34. What kept you sane? the crew. it was super nice to be able to bitch to them and have them understand
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? the chaiwaalaa
36. What political issue stirred you the most? the election was huge. it basically was 16 months of drama. As always i'm basically a voter on 2-3 issues.
37. Who did you miss? brandon. i'll always miss him, althogh the asshole kinda played me half way through. or maybe that was last year. although after india my heart has healed a bit and i'm no longer sad over him. i kinda missed my not born baby. weird i know.
38. Who was the best new person you met? ammu. he really made a diference in how my trip went.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2016? you can overcome anything.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year? i didnt know i was lonely till i saw your face, i didnt know i was broken till i wanted to change
At the beginning of 2016..
Did you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? no
What was your outlook on the world? positive. excited for my trip to greece/turkey
How were you doing at school/your job? i was kicking ass
What did you most look forward to?travel
Did you make New Year's Resolutions?no
What was your biggest worry? the federal interest rates. i wanted to remortgage the house
Who was your best friend? becky
What did you do with your spare time? not much. watched tv
What did you do for fun? nothing
In the middle of 2016-- the summer
Did you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? no
Had your outlook on the world changed? i was tired and depressed but i felt myself wanting to go out and do things.
What did you spend most of your summer doing? gardening, and being depresed. althogh reading every afternoon on the porch was nice, drinking with becky and jenna
Did you get tan? yes
Who'd you hang out with, mainly? becky, ryan/jenna
Did you go visit anywhere? i dont think so
What was your biggest worry?renovating/remortgaging the house
What was the most fun event that happened? birthday party
And as the year drawns to an end..
And how's your relationship status now? same as allways, married.
How old are you? 28
What major changes have happened since the year began? i've come so close to leaving my home. i want to also succeed and learn at my new job.
Is your life any different from when it started this year? yes. i have quit my job and will be starting another
What thing that happened stands out in your mind? quitting whats a safe and secure job, but a contract gig. its fucking scary.
How have you changed? i'm not hung up on brandon like i was. i feel like i could actually leave this relationship. we've also considered therapy.
What was the most embarrassing moment? falling in the fire.
When was your lowest point? getting off the antidepressants
Are you happy with how the year went? yes!
What thing would you change if you could? i would have the guts to do what needs to be done.
For 2017..
What do you plan to not do that you did this year? have an attitude at work, i have to be a role model
Do you think it'll be better than this year? i kind of doubt it. i wont have vacation time to travel and thats whats kind of kept me sane
Do you think it'll be WORSE than this year? it could easily be
What do you plan to do next year? apply for a masters in germany? maybe do my emerging infectious disease thing?
What are your New Year's resolutions? i quit making those
Who are you spending New Year's Eve with? clint, kristen, peter, dave, becky, a fire
And to wrap it up.
What one thing would you like to say as the year is almost done? making scary choices is sometimes the only way to grow. also i want to remember how amazing and special some people have made me and i want to be able to help do that for others.