2015: Accomplished

[grrltastic]

2015 in review:

January:

• Started big-kid school at Portland State University

February:

• Bought my car!
• Kicked it with Rachel for the first time in five years
• Officially admitted into the CS program
• Trish and I celebrated our 4th anniversary with a trip to the coast!

March:

• Went to Chicago:
  • Saw Jennifer and Cheyanne get married
  • Hung out with Ryan, Sylvia, and Rachel
  • Got a sweet pinata tattoo
  • (This was my favorite trip of the year)
• Served on a jury for the Curious Case of Mr. Fox and the Ford Excursion Stretch Limousine
• Had the first meeting of the Misandry Express book club

April:

• Turned 31!
• Kicked it with my parents when the came to visit me

May:

• Earned a spot in my internship program!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Got a sweet surreal tattoo based on Welcome to Night Vale art.

June:

• QUIT MY STUPID SHITTY VET JOB
• Camped at Timothy Lake for Trish's birthday
• Trish turned 40!
• Participated in the World Naked Bike Ride
• Started my sweet new office job!

July:

• Susi & Dane came to visit
• Got a sweet cattoo

August:

• Katie & Matt came to visit
• Went to Austin!
  • Did a bunch of swimming
  • Busted my toe open in Dallas :(

September:

• Saw the super moon up at Trillium Lake

October:

• Had way too many jobs
• Made a sweet candy corn costume for Trish!

November:

• Embraced the glory of red lipstick

December:

• Went to Iowa for Christmas:
  • Had an unexpectedly white Christmas
  • Got to see 10+" of snow in one day and still fly out on time the next

Ta da! 2015 was a really good year. I put together a few photos, you can look at them here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskrNE6X5

2016 is going to be a year of finishing up this chapter of my life. I should graduate next December, which means that by this time next year, I'll know what my first "real" job is going to be.