I have seen people on YouTube make videos reflecting on the past month or year, and I decided I wanted to do that with my blog. I think it will be something really cool to look back on later in life and see what my year was like :) Enjoy reading about my year!
*Since this will be so long, I'm splitting it up into multiple blog posts*
January
This was a pretty uneventful month for me (as are most months - I live a boring life to most people, but I'm okay with it lol). I was SUPER sick from the end of December through the beginning of January. Snowmageddon was also happening, so when I wasn't inside staying away from the cold, I was outside in the cold, shoveling. We have a huge driveway (it's 'u' shaped), so whenever I shovel it takes a few hours, along with a few breaks. One of my favorite things to do during winter is to stay inside while watching a movie and drinking a hot cocoa. Here is a picture collage I made of one day when I did just that (this is a tree in my backyard, my favorite musical, and one of my favorite mugs):
I also tried doing pen pals this month. I still really like the idea, but it didn't work out. I sent out like 10 letters, and got like 3 back...and I don't know if I ever replied to any haha. I really love the idea of having a pen pal, but if I don't write back as soon as I get a letter, I just forget. I should try that again and randomly send people cards :)
One final thing that happened in January is not something I haven't talked about on this blog. I'll probably write about it this upcoming January, on my 2 year "anniversary" (I feel really weird calling it that). Long story short: I had a benign tumor in my jaw removed on January 15th, 2013. It was a huge surgery, and part of my lip / chin is still numb. But there is no sign that it has returned! :)
February
Is February boring for everyone? Looking back on this month, I only see a couple things that stick out to me. One is a funny story (to me), that involves shoveling:
As I mentioned in January, we have a huge 'u' shaped driveway. Our street is also pretty busy, so we get a lot of snow stuck at the ends of our driveway. For me to shovel them, I have to wait for traffic to die down a little and shovel as fast as I can so I don't get hit. If we don't shovel the driveway enough, the snow gets pushed down and freezes to the ground because of the driving my family does going in and out of the driveway. This particular day, some snow plows were going down the street. I backed away from the ends of the driveway just to be safe and out of their way (I was like halfway up the driveway). Well, I didn't back up far enough, because I got dirty, disgusting, mushy snow thrown all over me when they drove by. And some of it went in my mouth. I know they weren't aiming for me (or were they?), but I had never been that angry while shoveling before. I think I stopped after that and quit for the day haha.
A positive thing that happened this month is I won a free book! Ever since I heard about Anne Frank in elementary school, I have been really interested in her story and The Holocaust in general. There is a Holocaust museum around here, and I like their page on Facebook. They were having a contest for a book and had three trivia questions. I answered one of them correctly and won a free copy of Through Eva's Eyes!
Here is the website for the book.
March
3 really big things happened for me this month: my final undergraduate class started, my petition to walk at graduation was granted, and Eric Whitacre favorited my tweet. Let's get to the stories:
Really long story short, I maxed out my financial aid and couldn't return to SAU my final year. Since I had been in college for so long, one of the lovely people who works in student development told me about a different program that meant I would only have to take one more class to graduate with a different degree. I went that route and had one final class from March - April!
Another thing I had to do with school was petition to walk at graduation. Since I wasn't a traditional student anymore, I had to go through some extra steps in order to get everything together. I had to get a 'C' or better in my class in order to walk, and *spoiler alert* I got a B+ :)
The final big thing that happened this month (and probably one of the highlights of my life) was when Eric Whitacre favorited my tweet. I'm not even sorry for the fan-girling that happened when I saw the notification. For those of you who don't have the pleasure of knowing who he is, Eric Whitacre is a Grammy-winning American composer and conductor. Look him up. Even if you don't like choral music (how can you not?), you will appreciate his music. Promise.
Anyway, the choir from SAU (I almost wrote "my choir" :( I really miss it) had the opportunity to perform with a bunch of different choirs in New York, and Eric (look, I sound like we're besties) was the conductor for the concert. I have never wanted to be in choir as much as I wanted to then.
If you're interested in learning more about Eric, here is his website (I suggest you look at the virtual choir stuff...I may or may not have been in a few ;) *3, 4, Glow*).
Click here for April - June
Click here for July - September
Click here for October - December
What are your best memories from this past year? I would love to read them!
XOXO
Jen
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