2012
January 1, 2012
Last night to bring on the New Year I nannied my boys until 11pm, then went for a two-hour walk with Leslie down to the beach and back. As we walked down to the beach I told her that 2012 would probably be the worst year of my life thus far, but at least I realize that now. It is not that it is going to be bad, but it just will not be fun. Three quarters of nursing school, countless nights up studying, broke college student…. can’t wait! Anyways, we brought on the New Years by doing 12 high-fives and dancing around down on the bridge by the beach, then Raleigh decided to poop right on the sidewalk so I proceeded to pick up her poop using two sticks (you may have had to have been there but this was quite a funny sight)… then when I got home I stepped on my cat running up the stairs, from there I knew this year was off to a great start.
Looking back at my goals for 2011….
- Run two half marathons and run Bloomsday again (ran bloomsday, but just weeks afterwards a horse stepped on my ankle and I was in the ER… so no half marathons for me, I have such a bum ankle and I don’t think people realize this)
- Go on an overnight back packing trip (CHECK! – Labor Day weekend with Leslie and Raleigh in the Olympics)
- Spend 16 days in Jamaica tutoring children (CHECK! – best trip of my life! Definitely would go back in a heart beat… I miss my students)
- Run the staircase at Golden Gardens 10 times in a row (kind of forgot about this one….)
- Become a member of Mars Hill Church (something I have still yet to do!) (Was about to take the Doctrine class this fall, but with nursing school there was no way I could fit it in to my schedule…. hopefully this year)
- Learn how to bee keep (……)
- Put many hours into training my horse (So she still is a naughty girl, but I went on a 9 mile trail ride with her and was surprised at how well she did… )
- Enter in my first agility show with Raleigh (CHECK! – have done two shows, one more to come on January 21st)
- Learn how to play the guitar (haha, can play the ukulele .. kind of.)
- Grow closer to God – always
Looking back on 2011, my favorite memories:
- Jamaica for two weeks
- Visiting Kari in Texas
- 6 Lonely Forest shows
- Getting into nursing school
- Backpacking in the Olympics
- Attending/serving at Mars Hill
… time to get ready for school on Tuesday, I am dreading going back. Yuck…
Learn how to bee keep?????
Yea, my uncle does and I thought it would be neat to learn. Though I still haven’t gotten around to putting that suit on and going out to his hives… perhaps I will learn when I actually have a small farm to keep hives on.