Sunday, December 27, 2009

2009 -- A Year in Brief

Quite the interesting year. A lot happened and I learned a lot. As this year comes to an end, something I always do is look back on the year, and list a few of the events that I felt are significant to me this year.

Roughly, but not necessarily in Chronological order:

  • I bought a house.
  • I got a raise.
  • I joined a new ward.
  • I went on a second and third date for the first time.
  • In fact I've dated more this year than any other.
  • I saw a grumpy guy smile. I wondered if he ever would. Yay!
  • June was really wet, huh?
  • I went on furlough for three months.
  • I went camping more this year than any other (in my memory, we probably camped more when I was really young)
  • I hiked to Delicate Arch (among others) for the first time.
  • I went to Yellowstone twice.
  • I used a wave-runner for the first time.
  • I did more biking this year than I have since my mission.
  • In theaters, I saw Star Trek, Up, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3-D.
  • I learned that when a girl texts you "Happy <insert holiday>" it is really secret woman code for, "Are you going to ask me out or what?" Oops.
  • Oh, and turns out they want a second date in less than two months. Actually, in like a week or some kind of ridiculously short amount of time like that. Oops.
  • I got hired by the Federal Government, with another pay increase.
  • I rented a Tux for the second time in my life, and got to dance with several beautiful women.
  • I played Cities and Knights for the first time. Same goes for the Trader and Barbarian scenarios. And all those other non-Catan fun games.
  • The Senior regenerated.
  • I bought a computer. It's the first computer I built for myself.
  • Lot's of "firsts" this year, just because I own a house now.

I did fairly well on meeting my goals for the year. Hopefully I have at least as much success on my new goals.

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