Usually I skill the sentimental year-in-review posts. I enjoy reading them from everyone else, but I don’t usually get so reflective myself.
This year, apparently I’m a sentimental fool. The changing of the year is still rather arbitrary in my mind and the biggest impact on my world is that I need to remember to date things “09″ instead of “08″ and change the various calendars hanging around the house. Sure, it’s an excellent excuse to party and hang out with friends too! But I just don’t feel any sort of annual cleansing of mind and spirit at midnight when the year turns. I think I tend to look at things as longer trends and dread the paperwork that comes with each new year. Yes, folks, it’s almost tax time.
Truthfully, I can probably sum up my year with, “Saw too many movies, read too few book and finally got married…”
The good:
- Oh hey! We got married!
- The end of work stress!
- 155 episodes of Monster Cat!
- Finally got around to taking a writing class with great results, including significantly improved pieces to add to my portfolio for my next grad school application.
- Two road trips to Maine, one complete with SNOW!
- Finally bought a new car.
- Stood in the cold with my tripod to photograph the moon.
- Sewed, cooked and baked more! I’m like domesticated or something.
- Raised my first round of hot peppers!
The bad:
- Some health crap that remains vague and unresolved.
- Work stress.
- Did not get into UBC’s MFA program, but my portfolio was totally not up to snuff so I can’t say I’m surprised.
- Unemployment paperwork and updating my résumé.
- Political advertising everywhere.
For the New Year I want to:
- Read more.
- Take another class.
- Cook, bake and sew more.
- Continue to write and improve my portfolio and apply to more grad programs.
- Go to the Zoo more.
- Do more photography stuff.
- Nanowrimo.
- Start the garden earlier in the spring!
The good stuff outnumbers the bad stuff so I really can’t complain. 2009 will be fun and productive.
tags: 2008, 2009, new year, wishes, year in review
