Hi! I’m here! I know it’s been almost 3 months since my last post, and no one is still reading this, but I wanted to wrap up this year for my own reference. I did the same in 2009 and 2008, and wanted to continue the tradition. I pledge to post more in 2011, as I suspect I’ll have more to post about!

1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? I started a new job in a new city and a new industry.  So far, it’s great!

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I didn’t make any last year, so I guess that means I didn’t break any! this year my only resolution is to post more often. I love reading my posts back later, and that’s awfully hard to do when there’s nothing there.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? A couple people I knew in high school had new kids, according to their Facebook profiles, but no one I’m really close to.

4. Did anyone close to you die? Thankfully, not this year.

5. What countries did you visit? Nowhere outside the US.

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010? A wedding, a pregnancy, a trip to Jamaica.

7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? September 23, the day I started my new job. Aside from that, nothing earth shattering happened.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting a freaking job, finally.

9. What was your biggest failure? My inability to keep the bad stuff from getting to me, and the resulting undeserved anger towards others.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nothing horrible. Just a cold or two.

11. What was the best thing you bought? I bought a bunch of baking equipment, which made me VERY happy (as well as the people who ate the fruits of my labor).

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Donald, again. He kept me from killing myself (sometimes literally), and supported me even when I didn’t deserve it. He’s just awesome.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Mine, actually. In retrospect I’m ashamed of how awful I was to myself during the time I was unemployed. I wish I could go back and tell myself that everything will turn out fine, but I know that I wouldn’t listen, even to myself.

14. Where did most of your money go? Bills. Like that’ll ever change.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Booking our trip to Jamaica next year! I’ve literally been counting the days!

16. What song will always remind you of 2010? I can’t think of one for this year.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder?
Happier! Much, much happier!
b) thinner or fatter? I think I’m about the same as last year, though I can’t say for sure. I gained a ton of weight this year, and then managed to drop it again, so I’m probably right back where I started from.

c) richer or poorer? Richer, technically, since I now have a job. But I’m still catching up on some bills, so I’m probably more just even with last year.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Been happy for both myself and others

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Whined, and been so hard on myself

20. How did you spend Christmas? We went to my parent’s house in the morning, saw a movie mid-day and then went to Kathy & JG’s house for Donald’s family Christmas. It was a great day!

21. Did you fall in love in 2010? Constantly.

22. What was your favorite TV program? I’m totally in love with Modern Family, and I’m still digging on House and NCIS.

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? Nope! I dislike everyone equally!

24. What was the best book you read? Wow. Just one? I think House Rules was really great. I’m sure there were others, but I’m totally drawing a blank right now.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery? I don’t really think I have one.

26. What did you want and get? A job! (Have I mentioned that yet?)

27. What did you want and not get? Lots of things, but nothing that I’m dwelling on. Much.

28. What was your favorite film of this year? Toy Story 3 and Inception immediately come to mind.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 31 this year, and had dinner with Donald, my parents, sister, Grandma & Manny (Grandma’s caretaker and now part of our family) at my Grandma’s favorite restaurant (It’s her birthday too). A few days later Donald and I went to my current favorite restaurant with just my parents and sister, since it’s not wheelchair friendly and Grandma wouldn’t have enjoyed it.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Getting a job sooner rather than later would have been great, but honestly I’m glad I got one at all.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010? I tried wearing some nicer shirts this year, and some jeans that fit a bit better.

32. What kept you sane? Donald and my fantastic friends.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I admired how Sandra Bullock went through a really terrible time in her life and handled it with grace and humor in public. It couldn’t have been easy for her.

34. What political issue stirred you the most? I was pretty pissy at how Congress handled (or mishandled) unemployment issues, but it didn’t inspire me to march on the capitol or anything.

35. Who did you miss? Heather, Kerry, Tony, Jenn and Duke. My closest friends who I rarely see.

36. Who was the best new person you met? I met a lot of great new people at work. They’re certainly the best part of working there.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010. You can do more than you think you can. You can take more than you think you can. You are smarter than you think you are.