Year 28
It seems like the year was pretty full. I feel like I lived a little more. I made a new friend and reconnected with an old one. Going into the year, I was was severely lacking in friends, but I feel like I’m working on that and this year showed improvement. In terms of doing “things” I can say that between traveling to New Orleans, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Gatlinburg, Helen, Austin, and Orlando I know that I racked up the frequent flier miles and miles on the car … and had a great time doing it. I got to go backpacking this year, gambling, drinking, and learning. I got my first tattoo, switched from the smart car to a jeep wrangler, switched phones multiple times (now on the Droid), had shaggy hair, cut it, and started growing it out again, and lost some weight.
With ups come downs. I went from feeling alright in my job to feeling insecure and now just waiting it out. I had an opportunity on the table that got me too excited too quick. Kali had a brush with bad health (but its a plus she got better!). I had personal drama. When I look at the bad, I feel like it is outweighed by the good. Thats a good thing. 
I fell in to some new music (and rediscovered some old music):
Silversun Pickups – all of their stuff, Placebo – Walking Up That Hill, Vampire Weekend – Kape Cod Kwassa Kwassa and A-Punk, MGMT – Kids, Electric Feel, Janes Addiction – Jane Says, Muse – Uprising, Puscifer – The Mission, and many more! Theres some M83, Nirvana, Matthew Sweet, Jimi Hendrix, Guster, Our Lady Peace, Matt & Kim, and a number of other bands too.
So yeah the year could have been better, but I feel thankful that it was a decent year on the whole. I finally learned something useful in my masters classes too … Appreciative Inquiry. I’ve really been trying to keep that at the forefront of my skillset at work.
For year 29? I’m wishing very hard to continue to grow my circle of friends, wishing for good health, good fortune, and new opportunities. I hope that I continue to learn and grow and that I can help others learn and grow as well. May there be more ups than downs, more sun than rain, and more smiles and frowns.