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Hello, Twenty Twelve

I spent a good hour or so going through Google Reader, taking it all the 2011 recap posts that most people have taken to doing today. I honestly can’t remember too much in specifics off the top of my head to provide you with anything remotely comprehensive. I also don’t chronicle my life too well even in photographs to help keep a visual guide, either.

January

  • I had my first tooth pulled; my lower left wisdom.
  • Bowled my 2nd or 3rd ever 200 game, buzzed no less.
  • Opened Veracity MB with Angel, Jennfur & Kristen.

February

  • Grandma turned 80!
  • Bowling in my company’s bowling tournament.
  • Devin’s dad got married in Costa Rica, but I didn’t go :( .
  • Took Drew Bree’s order at work; I had no idea who he was.

March

  • My first trip to & from L.A. on the train.
  • ZinFest with my parents.
  • Bought my new camera.
  • My first experience with the flu in concious memory.

April

  • Ordered my first Animal Fry from work.
  • Watched my first baseball game at Petco Park.
  • Experienced a 14 hour day/night in Gaslamp. Way too much drinking!

May

  • I made my newest, awesome friends from my bar: Jessica, Missy, Henri & Bobo, amongst others!
  • Was named customer service person of the period at work.
  • My brother turned 21 and we all went wine tasting in Temecula for the occasion.

June

  • Went fruit picking with my Marinara group.
  • Devin’s sister was married.
  • Got to see Jennifer Love Hewitt sing her own song karaoke (and got it on video!).
  • Went up to Silver Lake for the first year without my grandma.

July

  • Was surprised by Moon Amtrak day!
  • Saw Wil Wheaton at an outdoor screening of “Stand By Me” at Stone Brewery.
  • Went to Rocky Horror for the 2nd time ever!

August

  • Moved to a new apartment.
  • Turned 25 and celebrated at my first gay bar!
  • Saw Jimmy Eat World!
  • Served Kobe Bryant his food in the drive-thru at work.

September

  • My Marinara friends visited me down here in S.D.!
  • Experienced the massive blackout that affected most of Southern California
  • Snorkeled for the first time.
  • Went camping alone with Jess.

October

  • Bought my first corset.
  • I was served divorce papers on the anniversary of my grandpa’s passing.

Yes, there are two more months that I haven’t mentioned, but that was just the cherry on top of what had been a very tumultuous couple of months with Devin. Everything else since has seemed to be overshadowed by my dealing with that. I experience a bunch of up & downs, of course, but I think I’m not doing too badly in regards. It is what it is and for the best. We just haven’t grown up together and we want different things. Or rather, he doesn’t want to be married and I can’t keep trying to make things work on my own. Time to start anew.

Here’s to a new year with many new beginnings to come…

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One Down, 364 To Go

I rang in the new year with a marathon of House. I would have liked to take a coworker’s closing shift, but I started too early and would’ve had two hours of overtime which… wouldn’t have been willingly given, especially since they were sending people home early since it was that slow. I didn’t even stay for my entire 6 hour shift.

I faced some of the same old bullshit from the husband just hours into 2011 after thinking he was fine. It’s forcing me to really consider what I can do for myself to make myself happier and just forget whatever his problems are, because trying to take them on and make myself feel good isn’t going to work. Who wants to be with somebody insecure and isn’t happy? I don’t even want to be with myself. So, that’s my resolution. I’m going to make myself happy. Let’s see how this goes…

As far as recanting the past year, most of it was kind of shitty due to the huge issues in our marriage coming to the surface, his ex-girlfriend popping back into his life, his family finally revealing how much they don’t like me and how little they respect our relationship. Positives were moving down to a beautiful city 1, loving my new store and coworkers 2, I met two awesome girls in person that I’d been getting to know great online and even went out to AZ to say hi for a week ;) and during all this, I’m down 20 pounds from my max.

Is it seriously still New Year’s Day? It feels like another regular day to me.

  1. Even if it this is Padres country. ↩
  2. Even if the accents are more difficult to understand. ↩
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