As you have probably noticed, I have not done a very good job of updating my blog for the past several months. Partially because I've been busy and just haven't found time, but primarily because life has actually been good lately, and I don't feel the need to write in order to process through my feelings so much any more. But then I started thinking, if I go back and read this thing years down the road, it's going to be depressing to read about the crappy part of my life and never document how everything worked out in the end, so I decided the start of a new year would be a good time to get back on the blogging train and try to write about some of the exciting things going on in my life. Although 2010 started out rather depressing, sad, and lonely for me, it ended with more happiness, fun, and fulfillment than I ever would have imagined (had I decided to try imagining such things rather than spending all my time being down in the dumps). And more importantly, it made me into a different person -- not necessarily better, though hopefully a little bit -- and I like the new, different me. Hopefully other people do too...
I would say that this attempt to start blogging again is a New Year's resolution, but that will just make me feel bad when I break it, and I'm 11 days late anyway, so I'll just call it a hopeful New Year's intention and see how things turn out. Today I will try to (briefly) hit the highlights from my 6 month blogging hiatus.
August
- My sister got married! I got to go to Michigan for a whole week to help with the last minute preparations and whatnot. And I was one of the bridesmaids. It was so much fun, and I'm pretty excited about finally having a brother.
- My former roommate Elizabeth got married in Idaho. I got to be her maid of honor, and I drove over there from Seattle with the other two bridesmaids. We had a great time, and her wedding was absolutely gorgeous!
- I moved to Kirkland. It was sad to leave the Teagues behind, but I was pretty excited to get out of podunk Monroe. My new roommate Kristin and I are "two peas in a freaking pod" according to our friend Christina, so that's pretty fun. And my new place is within easy walking distance of all the following places: the Lake Washington waterfront, tons of restaurants, the library, the grocery store, the movie theater, two Starbucks locations, a French bakery, and the Kirkland Dance Center. It's pretty ridiculously awesome.
September
- My obsession with Lindy Hop became even more....well, obsessive, especially considering I now lived so close to the dance center. I started attending every class, workshop, and night of social dancing that I could possibly cram into my schedule and have a lot of awesome new skills (and awesome new friends!) to show for it.
October
- My roommate and I dressed up like Thing 1 and Thing 2 for Halloween because we are giant dorks.
- I started learning a new swing dance called Balboa which is second only to Lindy Hop in the list of most awesome dances ever.
November
- My job officially became full time! I now have health benefits and vacation time and all that good stuff.
- I traveled to North Carolina to spend Thanksgiving with two of my college roommies. We had the best time ever!
December
- I attended my very first weekend long Lindy Hop event, Killer Diller Weekend, here in Seattle. It freaking rocked! And I've already signed up for another one, Camp Jitterbug, in May.
- I went to Michigan for a week to visit my family for Christmas. It was so relaxing and fun. I swear I never laugh as much as when I'm with my family. We played games, watched movies, opened gifts, and ate waaaaaay too much food. I got my first pair of real dance shoes for Christmas from my parents.
January
- I started taking private dance lessons from my friend Ben (who's an awesome teacher in case you're looking for one...) It's hard, but oh so much fun.
- I started looking for a new church and found two that I like!
