Firsts & Lasts

It feels like this year has flown by in a blink of an eye. But despite how fast time passes, I have to say that this year was definitely one worth noting. It goes beyond saying how blessed I've been this year with friends and family.

Instead of New Year's Resolutions I'm going break this year down into my Firsts and Lasts of 2009. I think every year I come up with these unrealistic New Year's Resolutions, but in reality I should just call them my New Year's wishes. Most of the time, they rarely happen, but I guess my attempts to start them or actually acknowledge these things should be counted as an achievement. I'll give myself that much. A great example of "New Year's Resolutions" is what my brother told me today. He said, "Today the gym is going to be super crowded, as will the rest of the month. After this month though, we can start going back." (demonstrates the failed attempts of resolutions) But I do like the idea behind New Year's Resolutions, they give you something to change, to work on, to fix..Another year to do better.

Firsts

• spending Valentine's day at a chinese restaurant.
• going to a UCI baseball& basketball game
• picnic in Aldrich Park
  
• seeing Relient K/Owl City/the Killers/Blink 182& Weezer** (thanks Dgao) in concert
• riding in a hot air balloon
• riding on a Jet Ski
• driving to Norcal
• planning a Vegas Trip with Jeff and Jamie.
• having a fully loaded summer-complete with internship, job and summer school
• OCCEC's college fellowship.
• saying Good-bye to a friend studying abroad.
• saying Good-bye to someone who knew me for most of my life.
• joining a women's small group
• taking a trip to NY, where I was actually old enough to plan my own trip.
• spending $50 on candy (sold by the pound)
• Roadtrip-ing on the east coast.
• seeing Yale,RISD,Brown University
• planning a snowboarding trip to Mammoth with great friends
• celebrating NYE with the family-(definitely one to remember.)
• taking chocolate laxatives (don't ask)
  

Lasts

• being called a "teen"
• keg stand (that's for sure)
• putting too much on my plate
• "living it down"
• saying Yes, when I should have said No.
• *being a lagger. (I'm going to try to work on this one- its an OCCEC curse)

Well, I guess you can say it hasn't been a year of too many regrets. There are definitely more firsts then there are lasts. I only hope there will be more firsts to come.