2005:the year of poor choices

so its over. the big fantastic year that was 2005. i turned 21. i moved off campus. i got real health insurance. i did not go to texas or california. i did not go camping. i did not take better care of myself, and i certainly was not less of a bitch. so that leaves a lot of room for improvement in 2006.

what did i learn this year? a few things...
-i can't cook. at all.
-sleep really isn't ever necessary
-the drive from bellingham to spokane can be done in 5.5 hours.
-never take for granted the people you care about the most, before you know it they are gone.
-working 2 jobs sucks.
-living with guys is quite the adventure
-wrestling is pretty cool, and totally real, and very painful.
-weddings and children are all very overrated
-went to federal way and tacoma with the Harrey sisters

music that got me through the year: (songs and albums)
Death Cab for Cutie-Plans
Plain White Tees-All that We Needed
Jimmy Eat World- Futures
josh gracin- stay with me
Kenny Chesney-anything but mine, keg in the closet
Relient K- Who i am hates who i've been
Maktub- Say what you Mean
Howie Day- Collide
Hot Hot Heat- Goodnight, Goodnight
Foo Fighters- Best of You
Fall Out Boy-Take This To your Grave
Copeland- Beneath Medicine Tree
and more...but those are the most played, or songs and artists that stuck out in my mind

the year of poor choices. yes. a lot deal with alcohol- the nights with the shot-glass checkers set; the 21 run, driving home drunk from the bars that one night...

i fought with my mom for the first time in a long time in 2005. i went to court for her and helped her win a lawsuit. i bought a new car. i bought a new bed. it snowed in bellingham. i was in a wedding. i went to 3 others. one of my friends had a baby. one of my friends lost their dad.

i made some really poor choices and almost lost my closest friends. i swore up and down i would change, and i didnt. and it hurt them a lot. i'm still sorry.

so the year of 2006...
-apply to grad schools
-find out if i got into any of them, possibly move to St. Louis, Seattle, or Washington, DC
-quit wal-mart (i really hope)
- possibly go to israel
-GRADUATE COLLEGE (holy crap!)
-lose weight
-figure out who i am, and what i want in life
-be in a boat of some sort in bellingham bay (preferably a sail boat, at sunset, but a kayak would be cool also)
-go to Mt. Baker at least once
-watch a sunset from Boulevard Park on my last night in town
-expand my "south of seattle" travels further
-be nicer
-work less
-stress less (haha, never going to happen)

i'm tired. thats all i have right now. i thank you all for sticking with me through everything in the past year and others. i love you all and i am so lucky to have friends like you.

-mindyb