2017.
An interesting year.
To say the least.
I started the year focused on a
trip to Guatemala with Habitat and finished the year planning and gathering a
team for another trip to Guatemala which is just a week away! The things in
between were a lot of usual life sprinkled with a handful of unexpected.
January’s trip to Guatemala was
a highlight of the year and the focus of the month.
February contained visits with
old friends, a Bon Jovi concert for $10, hiking and biking, and the start of new
builds at work.
March was birthday month with
treats in the mail, snow days from work, a trip to OH, an offer on a house, an
art class with London, and a work conference in Atlanta to name a few
things.
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| January-March |
April, we worked deals on a
house and inspected and waited and wondered if this is a good idea at all.
There was also a Harlem Globe Trotters event, a super strict eating plan to
exercise discipline in life, welcoming spring with its loveliest of greens, and
the last week of the month closing on my very own first home!
May was spent packing and
moving, meeting a Netflix celebrity, traveling to Haiti, more packing and moving,
welcoming summer in the annual fashion of Dolly's and Mexican, a visit to OH to
warm my home in SC, and officially living in my very own home.
June came with settling in, a
chipped front tooth, welcoming friends home, going to Ikea, more warming of my
home by dear friends, finding the best running shoes (but still not running
much), another work trip to ATL, and some art to gift to a friend.
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July had visitors for weekends
and visiting on weekends (cousins and dear friends both), another state crossed
off the visited states list, a mom's 60th birthday, an alumni build in Raleigh,
more hiking and biking, learning sleeping in my contacts was killing my
eyes and finally making a better choice to take them out each night, a peace
center show by myself (Finding Neverland), and still settling into owning a
home.
August found my living room officially
nested and just how I like it, a wedding of a friend, more art being made,
honey crisp season, buying a mattress for the first time ever, the building of
furniture, making homemade moon pies and watching an eclipse to remember,
welcoming new AmeriCorps members, and a trip to OH including a Reds game and
Avett Brothers concert (my niece’s first).
September brought some calm and
settling back into work and out of summer, lots of volleyball, hiking friends,
and a weekend spent in the woods.
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| July-September |
October was another strict
eating plan (that made me feel great), new experiences, music, fields of
sunflowers, a photo shoot for head shots, Pretty Place sunrise annual adventure,
work special events, a visit with mom and Tim, Avett Brothers again, more
hiking and less biking, my first ever sprained ankle (no more running) and
recovery from that.
November had another trip to OH
and cousins reunion, new builds and cooler temps, adjusting to being without a
roommate, pumpkin pies, rolls, and friends at Thanksgiving.
December was adjusting and
redirecting, all the Christmas activities and things, a snowy adventure over
the mountain for the newest tiny mug, a week home for Christmas, and welcomin
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| October-December |
2017 contained lots of activity
and new friends and many things not listed.
2018 looks to offer fun trips,
changes at work, and hope of new things.
I wish I had specifically blogged about more of these things this
year, but perhaps the time and words will strike me to recap some of them soon.
Until then, here’s to another year completed and new year and new roles and new
hope found on the horizon.
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