learning to fly

a year in review:

january: i rang in the new year with kelc, i got super drunk. dad broke his foot. i started my spring semester of school. i started up with yoga again. the shooting happened. i started to get a crush on a boy with a beard.
february: got really drunk at the superbowl party. worked a lot. broke my ipod right before valentines day. had my annual valentines day meltdown. became aware that i was the “bad guy” which started my unhealthy relationship with a shop in town.
march: struggled with my math class. turned 21. celebrated being 21 with aimee and kristin. got drunk quite a bit. had jury duty with andrew, neither of us got selected. learned to just enjoy life for once.
april: went to the street fair. got drunk and made an ass of myself, wouldn’t be the last time. bought my plane ticket to washington. stressed over math.
may: took finals. passed all my classes. went home to washington. met my niece for the first time. saw anna, kelsey and their families. spent two days at the beach and one day in seattle. deleted a certain person from my life. got discharged from pysical therepy.
june: started my three, nine hour shifts a week at work. dad ended up in the hospital. met two professional basketball players. monte carlo broke down. cancelled my florida trip, then it was back on. started hanging out with jasmine a lot.
july: the monte carlo broke down again. i flew to florida with my mom. i went to the holy land. i drank a lot with my cousins. i hung out with an old friend. someone who chose to walk out of my life tried to walk back in. i didn’t let them.
august: i traveled to glorieta with some amazing and some not so amazing people. a bond between chelsie, ashley and i grew. i applied for namb i was criticized and judged. i broke down, a lot. i grew really angry and bitter. i started school. i hated my classes from the start.
september: i was pretty sick. constantly exhausted, and miserable. i was letting other people control my happiness and i hated myself for it. i got really drunk one night and called someone i’m not supposed to. i burned all bridges with that person the following morning, it was for the best. i started a texting friendship with someone who ended up waisting my time.
october: my bond with the girls grew. i went on a terrible blind date. i found out someone was saying really malicious things about me and i started to act out in anger. i was miss frizzle. i spent a lot of time with jasmine and her family. i met davey.
novemeber: i struggled through the first week of this month. i almost gave up. the monte carlo had to be put down for good. my feelings were still extremely hurt and i was trying my hardest to put on a brave face. i was failing. i had to talk everything out with someone who had been judging me. i was a miserable wreck. thanksgiving was a beautiful blessing though. i started hanging out with jay.
december: i was really stressed. i had finals and a toy drive to run. the toy drive did not go as i wanted. i stepped out of my comfort zone. i went to a lot of christmas shindigs. i saw pretty lights. i started hanging out at the guys house a lot. i let someone walk out of my life again. i learned to forgive. i got to see heather and josh tie the knot. i covered the boys house in glitter, and wine. my bond with a group of wonderful people grew.