1. Moved to Iowa
2. Had quite a few visits from dear friends and family, including but not limited to a Roommate of Old (in OK) and a Grantford (in IA)
3. Acquired a brand new niece
4. Biked many miles in the woods
5. Helped my husband and brother and Casey from Craiglist
move an antique piano across a vast expanse of rugged terrain in extreme heat.
6. Did not run any races for the first time in many years
7. Finished my first semester of graduate school with a
decent GPA
8. Had an extremely memorable Christmas (ask me about it. it's a whole story that involves firetrucks and ambuli).
9. Took many a road trip on a limited segment of I-35 (between
Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma)
10. Took a plane trip to Atlanta
11. Euthanized many mice for the good of medical research
and still feel weird about it
12. Made my first ever of my entire life Year In Review List
and ended it with a total cop-out item*.And this would be a great place for resolutions. Or intentions. Or a To Do list for the year. I used to take these very seriously, write them down on December 31 and roll them up and slide them into a Pringles can that would be extensively taped up and packed away with the Christmas things and not opened until the next December 31. I did that for several years but I think I abandoned it in 1999, or shortly thereafter.
So anyway. I tried to think of resolutions this year, for the first time since I dropped the Pringles can tradition. I went back and forth between really annoying ideas that could feasibly double nicely as cross-stitch pillow fodder and ideas that aimed really low, for an esteem boost. The whole ordeal annoyed me so I dropped it. No resolutions, no To Do lists.
Except poaching an egg. I want to learn to poach an egg well, but I feel weird about having two egg posts in a row.
*I made this list a few weeks ago, when I was supposed to be studying for finals.
