1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?
Got married. Best. Decision. Ever. ;-)
2. What was the most surprising moment of 2012?
A good friend's break-up.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
2012 was a big year for babies. Going to go with two of my college roommates: Teresa & Katie.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
A MT colleague and two of my students passed away over the summer.
5. What countries did you visit?
Hawaii!!! ;-)
6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
Sticking with my answer from last year: "Financial abundance."
Feeling like we're on the right track, too.
7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
July 2, 2012 - Our wedding day.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Keeping my sanity. ;-)
9. What was your biggest failure?
Did not devote enough time/energy to expanding CODA MTS.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had to have my first ever endoscopy, but otherwise was relatively healthy. John, however, broke his arm Easter weekend and ended up with an 'Urgent Care-worthy' stomach illness on Christmas Eve.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Our wedding & honeymoon. Truly a dream come true.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Last year's response still holds true: John. I love him more every day and I am so excited [I married] my best friend.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Rick Snyder and the MI legislature.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Wedding/honeymoon, bills, new transmission, new washer/dryer.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
HAWAII! (Can you tell I'm STILL excited?)
16. What songs will always remind you of 2012?
"In This Life" (Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole) - Our first dance song.
"Gangnam Style" (PSY)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? Slightly fatter.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercise.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Worry/stress.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
Christmas Eve was spent at Urgent Care with my sick husband. Christmas Day was spent nursing my recovering husband and doing laundry. It really didn't feel like Christmas. :-/
22. Did you fall in love in 2012?
2011's answer: I fall in love all the time...fortunately, repeatedly with the same person.
23. How many one-night stands?
None.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, and Mike & Molly.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
My hatred has grown stronger over the year: Rick Snyder.
26. What was the best book you read?
This year's pleasure reading has consisted of the Twilight series. Don't judge! ;-)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Bruno Mars & Hunter Hayes.
28. What did you want and get?
1) Married to my best friend.
2) Acceptance to grad school.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Dark Knight Rises
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
The big 3-0! I took the day off, went to the chiropractor, and I think John and I went out to dinner. I also received a beautiful bouquet at school the day after my birthday from my Heartwood besties.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Sticking with 2011's answer: More time. There are so many projects I wanted to complete this year and just couldn't find the time for.
33. What kept you sane?
Sticking with 2011's answer: John. He's always there to talk me back to reality when I get caught up in all the little things that don't really matter. [That's one of the many reasons I married him!]
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you admire the most?
Gretchen Whitmer & Gabby Giffords.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election.
36. Who did you miss?
John, since he started his job at Quicken and we became long-distance (again).
37. Who was the best new person you met?
All the awesome MT colleagues I met at conference, particularly those I had previously connected with through social media.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
Where there is a will, there's a way.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Promise me you'll always be
Happy by my side.
I promise to sing to you
When all the music dies.
And marry me,
Today and everyday.
Marry me.
(Marry Me, Train)
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| I married my best friend on July 2, 2012 at Waialea Bay, Puako, Hawaii. |
