Year in Review: 2010

January

-Began final semester in undergrad

February

March

-Turned 22

-Spent spring break at home, resting and reading

April

-Last spring formal, with Sam, my best date in 4 years :)

-Finished undergrad classes

May

-10th Night with the 2010 girls

-Graduated from college!

-Moved home

-Flew to Orlando for job training

-Spent a week lesson planning in preparation for teaching to begin

June

-Began teaching 3 days a week in Greenville NC

-Flew to the ATL for a 24 hour whirlwind teaching trip

-Drove to Richmond for another 24 teaching trip

July

-Went apartment hunting in SC

-Found my apartment!

-Spent 4 weeks teaching in Gastonia and Charlotte

-Visited my aunt & uncle 3 times on my way home

August

-Finished teaching

-Beach week with the family

-Moved to SC

-Began grad school

September

-Got elected to the GEA as the Academic Research Committee chair

-Spent a whole Saturday at a Student Government training session

October

-Survived midterms, thank goodness!

November

-Came home for Corn weekend

-Began working on final papers

-Family came to SC for Thanksgiving at the beach

December

-Took finals

-Came home & saw lots of friends

-Brother got engaged Christmas Eve

-Got the flu

As you can see, 2010 was a year of change. I'm not one for making specific resolutions, because I usually fail at them, but since 2011 will be a year that is mostly stable (no big moves or huge life changes planned), I want it to be a year of small changes: physically, spiritually, intellectually, emotionally. That way, at this time next year when I have to start deciding what my next move will be, I'll be in a mental place where I can look at the big picture and make the best decision for me.

So long, 2010; hello 2011!