Two Thousand Nine

So it's a new year. Time to take stock of the year gone past and make plans for the year to come. It's really all arbitrary anyhow...

2008:

I went through the worst winter I've ever experienced. 

I made an appearance on stage at my alma mater for 2 nights only.

I was perpetually cold for the first 5 months.

I had surgery.

I got to travel for fun.

I went through some body changes.

I quit two jobs.

I wrote many many letters.

I packed my car and moved across the country.

I was completely alone for 5 days straight.

I camped in my car twice.

I moved into an apartment with an almost complete stranger.

I learned what it meant to be truly isolated.

I was unemployed for several months.

I made new friends.

I fell in love.

I went to a queer nude beach.

Every weekend for a month.

I got frustrated a lot.

I saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time.

I went broke.

I sold my car and bought a bike.

I knew what unrequited love felt like.

I cried.

A lot.

I got a new job.

I got a raise.

I cried some more.

I received a love letter.

I went on a date.

I got another raise.

I worked through a holiday.

I cried again.

I renewed a relationship.

I got a promotion.

And another raise.

I worked through another holiday.

I spent a week alone.

I drank a lot of tea.

I spent a weekend in bed.

Not alone.

I cried.

I decided that things needed to change some more.

I felt deeply happy.

I was held tight in loving arms.

I fell asleep that way.

On many nights.

2009:

More friends.

New homes.

More travel.

Quiet.

Weekends.

Dates.

Beaches.

Vacation.

Music.

Nights out.

Camping.

Hiking.

Tea.

Unplanned spontaneous happenings.