A simple post about my year in review. 2008 brought many things to me, whether they be ups, downs, or mid points (not to get mathematical). My year started off with a slightly dull bang, if that's possible, by being broken up with on New Year's Eve. Fun, right? I bounced back quickly and rekindled things with an old flame from my freshmen year of high school. Things went swimmingly, the first four months of the year were joyous. In April, I received my learner's permit after several long months of waiting and procrastination on my part. I'm sad to say, I still have my permit and am not a licensed driver, yet!
In May, I turned Sweet Sixteen and hosted a boisterous birthday party which got the cops called on (not for anything illegal, the music was just too loud for my volume-sensitive neighbors). To this day, the party has not been topped. In June, things were looking up. My family and I were moving out of our house that we had taken up residence in for ten whole years and summer was rapidly approaching. The week before the move, I was struck ill with a pretty bad case of the flu, it affected everything from schoolwork to social life. By the end of the week, I was feeling a little bit better and just when I had gotten back up, I was knocked down again. My some-what serious relationship was ended, bringing on typical teenage drama and heart break. That very weekend, my family and I moved. The next day, my dog Louie was diagnosed with heart failure and died. Louie was the family dog (although we have two others, Parker and Beamer) of thirteen years. It was said that Louie and I were both the same age, in human years, do I look like I'm 112? Don't answer that. Anyways, the first and second weeks of June were probably my lowest point of the year, maybe even in life. The events took place on the eve of finals week of my sophomore. Let's just say I didn't do so hot, due to emotional stress. School was out and I had completed my second year of high school at Technology High.
My summer was a dull one, most of my days were spent lazing around the house, reading tons of books. Come August, my typical day consisted of waking up too late, snacking through out the day, plowing through a 500 page book, and staying up into the wee hours of the morning. But things changed, I adopted a new routine to get me back onto my school year schedule of waking up earlier and heading to sleep a tad earlier as well. But one day, mid-August, I went on the Internet and did some lurking. I had recently become infatuated with a band most 5 to 13 year old girls obsess over, the Jonas brothers (maybe you've heard of them?), and I stumbled upon a social networking site (Facebook to be exact) and was immediately drawn to a discussion board where thousands of fans would get together and well, discuss, the Jonas brothers. I made fast friends with the site's frequent visitors and we would host weekly discussions about anything and everything (this still occurs quite often). When school came back into session, I was thrown into the routine of seeing the same people at the same time on the same days. Quite hum drum if you ask me. But this year of high school is/was my junior year, a pivotal point in my academic career... my class load was tough and I managed to trudge through it with a complaint here and there.
The first month of school was over and then came October, which brought with it two of my favorite things... Halloween and brace-free teeth! My braces were finally removed after a grueling three and a half years at the very end of the month, just in time for the spooky holiday. Halloween was mellow for me this year and it dawned on me just how much I have grown up. I didn't dress up in costume and I didn't 'trick-or-treat' for the first time in my sixteen and three quarters of living. Once October passed, November came and oh boy did November bring a lot of fun for me. I embarked on an excellent adventure with my mother, my best friend, and my best friend's mother (who also happens to be BFF's with my mom). We journeyed to Southern California for a Disney-infused get away. For three days, I got to be a five year old again. That was fun. The trip was over, sadly so was the fun and sparkle for November.
The cold weather of December made it's way into my life and thus started the holiday season (my favorite). Christmas was great although anti-climatic at points. My family ended up eating frozen chicken soup after the power went out at my Grandparent's house, rendering us incapable of using the oven to prepare a traditional Christmas meal. I was full of Bah-Hum-Buggish spirit when Christmas was over and I was dreading what was coming next for me.
The removal of all four of my wisdom teeth, all of this happening two days before New Year's Eve... deeming me unavailable for any type of fun with the New Year's festivities. The removal of the teeth was fine, well, actually I don't know because I can't remember any of it. But the aftermath was terrible, I was in a lot of pain; probably the worst I'd ever been in. Did you know redheads have a lower threshold for pain than any other person of a different hair color? No? Well, now you do! My New Year's Eve was spent in bed, with a mouth full of gauze, and a body full of vicodin and penicillin; all the while watching Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve on TV. Woo for prerecorded events! That night capped off my year and I ushered in 2009 with the help of my dogs barking at the annoying firework noises and my parents snoring. Truly a Kodak moment. Not. This new year brings new challenges and opportunities, hopefully I will have my license soon and maybe this year will be a little better in the relationship/friendship department. God only knows and time only tells. Here is to a wonderful start of 2009 and many many more blog posts!
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