2007: The Rundown

By the numbers: 

Moves: 1 -- hopefully our last for a while

Boxes of books our dear friends lugged upstairs for us: 10 or 15

Flights of stairs they had to climb: 3

Jobs: 2 -- Starbucks Barista and Biolife Medical Historian

Fingers poked: oh, thousands

Times tardy to work: 0!!!!  For once in my life, I'm punctual! 

Times a bridesmaid: 1 (5 total)

Weddings: 1

Times we skipped a wedding to go to a Mariner's Game: 1 

Number of candles on my birthday cake in May: 27 

Races run: 0 (sigh)

Pounds gained: 15 -20, depending on the day.  (double sigh)

Quarters of school attended: 1

Fraction I missed a 4.0 by: 0.10

Fraction Justin missed a 4.0 by: 0.10

Times Justin groaned to have only "tied": 1

Times we got stranded on the side of the road by The Green Judas before I finally decided to junk it: 2 or 3

New(er) cars: 1

Hours we spent at the dealership before we drove away with a good deal: 5

Times I've seen deer in our backyard: 3 

Days I've been grateful to have married the man I did: 365

Highlights:

Learning how to be a better wife/roommate/buddy to Justin

Learning to trust in Justin's patience and understanding and humor 

Celebrating our first anniversary in Leavenworth

My first fantasy football team

Febr-you-palooza

May-you-palooza

Making pals at work 

Learning that I sleep better (translate: sleep, period) if we keep a fan going

Discovering Bham's used bookstore glory

Finding an apartment that I really and truly love and feel comfortable in

Being fortunate enough to have a schedule that allows me to hang out with my hubby, even though we're working students 

Carving pumpkins/Getting a Xmas tree together 

Whatcom Falls 

Figuring out that even though school's hard -- I can do it.

My Writing about Lit class 

Learning how to make Chicken Marsala/Peanut Sauce/Good Snickerdoodles

Our legendary drive to Mt. Baker

Our White Christmas

Things I'm looking forward to in 2008:

More adventures with Justin!  More silly stories!

Justin graduating in the Spring

Getting really close (only a quarter away) to graduating, myself

No longer being tied to my Verizon contract and taking advantage of my husband's employee discount at That Other Big Company He Works For 

Visiting our buddy Chris, if all goes according to plan

Investing more time in friendships as we get used to our crazy schedules

Investing in a closer relationship with the treadmill 

Finally having all the car accident stuff wrapped up and no longer having to deal with lawyers 

Learning how to play Chess

Taking lots of photos

Figuring out how to beat Justin at Carcossonne 

Devoting more hours to photoshop in order to amuse myself and friends (mostly myself), a-like so:







Happy New Year, everyone.  May you be more aware of your blessings than ever.