32 from 32

[phobean]

To wrap-up my birth month, I've listed a random assortment of successes/failures/observations/otherwise from my 32nd year:

1. Completed 2nd draft of 2nd novel
2. Bought 1st new computer (ever), the Toshiba netbook Byron
3. 1st time clamming (also 1st class through Newton Adult Education)
4. 1st Boston Center for Adult Education class (promote your blog)
5. Attended many dance parties, two while ill (only death, dismemberment, or bees can keep me away)
6. Walked out of a work meeting in protest
7. Another successful year of National Poetry Month Poemcards (36 sent)
8. Lost two uncles and one uncle-in-law-ish
9. Completed an assortment of my 101 goals
10. Struggled with my work-life balance
11. Hosted two really, really successful potlucks
12. Experienced a money meltdown
13. Enjoyed weekend brunch on a farm with friends Patricia and Yutien
14. Had my first experience with a push mower
15. Collected all of my favorite co-counseling partner's friends, like Pokemon: Ian, Caro, Ashley, Lauren, other assorted roommates who cheerfully wave at me on the street
16. Despite efforts not to, similarly collected all of David's friends: Adam Able, Andrew, Sage
17.  Approached conversations with my mother with new honesty, curiosity, and generosity
18. 1st experience with an arbitrator
19. 1st stolen laptop (work computer, stolen from my office)
20. Grew more comfortable as supervisor
21. Attacked on my bike by children
22. Three seasons of beautiful sunsets from the BU and MIT bridges over the Charles
23. Realized how much I love to inspire
24. Kept up with my favorite blogs: SouleMama and Chookooloonks and Shareable
25. Made mix-CDs for my father and brother
26. "Discovered" (a la Christopher Columbus) and fell in love with Regina Spektor and The Weepies/Deb Talan
27. Got panniers for my bike, love them!
28. Celebrated nine years with the boy by beating him at a footrace beside a health food store in Keane, NH (he won the thumbwars)
29. Guided my family away from a potential argument by seeking everyone's opinion on a subject and reporting back the results
30. Attended a workshop about using dialogue to address big, complicated issues
31. Received hand-knit gifts
32. Noticed an increase in group-hugs

Bring it, 33! (But not too quickly, and a little less force, thank you. And how about some lemonade? Really, age 33, you could be more accommodating.)