2010

So Hannah inspired me to write a little year in review thing! (Yep it’s all her fault :-P) She also reminded me that last year began with school being canceled for nearly a week before it even started because of the water main break in Jackson. Yeah, remember that? It feels like so long ago. Thus began my final semester of college, and the time when I lived with Ginny! It was awesome of course. I feel bad for her though (and everyone around me, really) because around the end of January I fell into a depression that lasted a good month (maybe month and a half?). That wasn’t so great. We just talked about “being for people” at church today and I’ve been blessed with some wonderful friends who are there for me and that was one of the times I could really see it. (Especially Mary and Emily- love you girls!) Fortunately, I had a pretty light load school-wise (compared to fall 2009 where I very nearly had a complete breakdown), so that was good. (… lent itself very easily into much procrastination though :-P ) It was great being back on campus and being closer to my friends and able to stop by and chat anytime. Spending hours in Hannah and Angela’s room when I didn’t want to be studying so I thought I’d distract them too = good times. :-D
By about February I was fed up with my job (though not the people I worked with ;-) ) but I hung in there. A week after spring break we went on a family trip to Charlottesville, Virginia, and it was awesome spending time with old family friends, and of course a day trip to Washington DC. Quite possibly one of the best family vacations. Graduation is kind of a blur and didn’t seem real or that big of a deal at the time… or now actually haha. Dave didn’t get to come though, and that was sad but we stopped to see him for the day on our way home before he shipped out the next week.
Of course watching all my senior friends freak out about grad school and jobs and everything made me start thinking about what I wanted to do (I’m a little slow :-P ) and I decided to apply to grad schools, which I worked on (with much complaining- sorry guys who had to put up with that!) over the summer/fall. We went up to Michigan a few times, and it was good getting to see people more often. Jenna went to college in the fall, so I’ve basically been an only child… sad! I’ve been getting to know more people at church though, so that’s been great! They’re pretty awesome.
What else did I do in the fall besides procrastinate on applications and look for jobs? Probably not much else. It’s been weird not being at school and around all my friends there, especially since most of them are still there. The week before Thanksgiving I did what I always swore I’d never do… apply for a seasonal position… in retail. *dun dun duuuunnnn* Yeah I work at Victoria’s Secret at the mall. It’s been a learning experience that’s for sure. It hasn’t been a bad job at all, I just dislike the mall environment and it’s not my dream position and it isn’t permanent. But life goes on! I guess it was a pretty okay year, all things considered. I wonder what will happen next!