Review of 2009

On January 5th, 2009.. this is what I said I would do, In 2009, and this is how I did

I wanted to... and how I did ...

• Be a good student: I was a fairly good student. I really improved in the Spring 2009 semester, compared to the crazy, annoying Fall 2008 semester. But, Fall 2009 was also an annoying, hectic semester, mostly because I didn't really have enough time on the computer to really do my homework. SO the plan to fix that this upcoming year is to buy a laptop.
  
• Graduate with my Associates of Arts in Social Work: didn't happen. :( But, I still made a lot of progress towards my degree. I just was unable to take all of the general classes, with my work schedule, so yeah.
  
• Volunteer MUCH more: this also didn't happen as much. Sadness. But this will be a continuous goal!
  
• Find a super great job: THIS just barely happened. I think. I hope. I pray. See the post from a few days ago, here: My Bday present from Lina, to read what I'm talking about.
  
• Find an awesome resume-building Internship: I did the United Way internship. I need something else though, that one didn't really do much for me.
  
• Eat healthier: THIS I definitely accomplished! HELL yes! I have lost about 35 pounds since last January, and I totally plan on keeping it up. I haven't had hardly any desserts during the Holidays! How crazy is that?
  
• Plant a yummy Vegetable garden: someday.
  
• Spend more time with Friends: I think I did this okay. But I really want to get together with both my high school friends, and my FHL friends.. along with my Rack friends much more this year.
  
• Save money: hahahaha. Isn't that a funny thing? I planned on getting a "super great job" when I wrote this.. so lets just move this idea to 2010, and move on shall we?
  
• Write letters to old friends (i.e.: the Babcocks): did emails instead. yes. yes.
  
• Start the Bachelor of Arts in Social Work program: This was a little delayed.. but I should start the program in May 2010, and then Gradate with my BA in Social Work, with a minor in French in May 2011. YEAH!
  
• Spend more time with Family: Yahoo. We did this. For sure. With our Vegas vacation with the whole family, and then mine and Ash's trips to both Idaho and Arizona. Ash, my mom and I even went to a concert together, so this is good. good.
  
• Blog more.. hahahaha Just kidding! This was a joke. But I actually didn't accomplish this. I blogged less. Hopefully with my better job, with nights, weekends, and holidays off I can work out to blog at least a little bit more than I have been recently. EH?

So, as you can see. I didn't exactly accomplish everything I planned on. BUT its good, because I had the goals written out, and I had plans for some of them - I should have had plans for all of them - but I think I did pretty well, and it was nice to have them published and out there. I will post my In 2010 goals next week! :)

1st time at The Nutcracker

I've never been to the Nutcracker before. Until last Thursday night! My friend Amanda and I decided to go see Ballet West's The Nutcracker at the Capitol Theatre. I really liked it! Amanda has seen it a million times, and couldn't believe it when I told her I hadn't ever gone to see it. For some reason, I was never in on it when my Grandma took my sister and cousins to go see it. Weird. But it was worth the wait, and I really liked it. Some parts I was like, wait, what are they doing? But I thought it was a beautiful thing. My favorite part was when the lady with the giant dress (who I swear was played by a guy in this production), comes out and then she lifts her dress a few times, and little dancers come scurrying out of it. Its so cute!

Amanda also gave me an awesome birthday present on Thursday too. As always. Thanks Amanda! :)

Dinner with the Girls, and Carmen's Farewell

Lina & Me

Me, Heather, and Lina

On the 6th, my "library friends" and I went down to Gateway for our annual Christmas dinner, hangout. We went to California Pizza Kitchen, and then walked around Gateway to see the lights. I love those girls. They are some of my favorite people. And Carmen's kids are getting so big! Jathan talked and talked and talked! It was adorable. They're moving to Pennsylvania, right after Christmas, so this was our last dinner with them, for at least a year. Very sad.. but I'm excited for them and their new adventures. Jathan said more than once, "we're really going to miss you guys." :( We're all going to miss you too!!

Carmen, Brianne, Me, Lina, Kim, Heather
trying to get warm at Barnes and Noble

Carmen with her cute kids, Brianne and Jathan