Happy New Year!
Well, sort of. As of now, it's not exactly the new year, but it will be very soon. 2005 means college graduation! We won't start on that though. Plenty of time for worrying in the future. :)
Anywho...
It would seem that now would be a good time to reflect on 2004 as a whole, but I'm not sure if I can reflect on the whole year in less than about a million pages. So I will refrain. Notable moments (both good & bad) include, um....
*Being in charge of Delta Psi recruitment and getting six new girls for the house. :)
*Having to witness a sad deterioration of my grandparents over a very short period of time. :(
*Celebrating a year and a half of a relationship with Andy in March. :)
*Breaking up with Andy in April, at one of the worst parts of junior year of college. :(
*Now single, finding plenty of time with both the girls in my sorority, my music geek friends (namely Stephanie & Amanda, who gave me my home away from home), as well as some new friends - all of who have meant so much to me. :)
*The solution to all the problems? Run away from them. May 7 marked the day I got hired in Sandusky, Ohio. :)
*May 16 - graduation, one of the most bittersweet days I've ever had. Saying good-bye is not my forte, especially when saying good-bye to some meant not seeing for three months, six months, seven months, or haven't seen since. :) :(
*May 19 - the beginning of my problem-free existance in Sandusky! At least problem-free for a while. :)
*The summer made a bad start...I was lonely, I was working alone, I was stuck in a room with a roommate I loathed AND all of my friends that I had spent countless hours with were now, at best, nine or more hours away. :(
*Bad start didn't stay bad...got my store placement at Snoopy Boutique, and immediately bonded with some of the most awesome girls (and a few guys) ever: Megan, Themis, Kim, Kelly, Donna, Lida, Heather, Leopold, etc. :)
*Began to meet even more people in the middles area & we had a blast: Brandon, Jonathon, Kevin, Jason, Monica, Angie, etc. :)
*End of June - Andy came to visit me, and we got back together. :)
*Mid-July - really started to bond with the girls, had one of the greatest nights of CP ever with Megan, Donna & Chrystina, running around like chickens with our heads cut off in order to get to the train station on time! :)
*July 11 - my 21st birthday. Need I say more??? :)
*August - passed too damn quickly! Had lots of fun! :)
*August 20 - last day of work...very bittersweet. I knew I was going to miss all my new friends, but I wanted to get home, too. :) :(
*August 23 - well, I had survived my summer, but Ripon was not a welcome change. It took more than a little bit of adjusting to get used to being back in rural Wisconsin. :(
*First semester was, overall, not going the way I wanted it to. I had had such a blast at the end of the year, the drab days of hanging out with nobody were not very much fun. :(
*Fall break was a welcome change to the monotony of Ripon life...not that I did anything exciting, mind you. :)
*Got to see Sam Shaber at the end of October, AND got to talk to her and hang out with her. Does life get any better? :)
*Formal weekend...oh what to say? It was great? It sucked? Both would be right on target. Had so much fun with Beth, Dana & Matt on Friday night, stayed up too late for my own good, had a miserable day on Saturday, but sort-of had fun with Beth, Dana, Erin & Matt on Saturday night...but not really. :) :(
*November 30 - my semi-senior recital on piano...went infinitely better than expected, and I was extremely proud of myself. Hell, my recital even sort-of helped make amends with Calah! :)
*After the recital, things went semi-downhill again...lots of work, not lots of time, a research paper from hell, end-of-semester stress, ugh! :(
*Spent time with the old crew from last year though - Dana, Beth, Liz, Maureen & Matt...just like the end of last year! :)
*Christmas was good. Spent time with the Joe, the family, the boyfriend, all around a well-rounded affair. :)

So, overall, the year doesn't seem too bad in retrospect. Of course, a lot of the bad stuff I have imminently blocked out because who wants to remember the crap?? But I have had worse years, so this one can go down as one of the better.
Happy New Year!

- posted by L. @ 5:28 PM