i had the best intentions to take an afternoon over christmas vacation to recap my twenty-eleven and set forth goals for twenty twelve…

but that never happened. 

i had eleven days out of the office. plenty of time to find an hour or two in which to accomplish these two things. but all eleven days were spent in the company of the one person who makes it possible for me to forego technology and an internet connection…sooo yea. 

in a nutshell…

twenty-eleven was great. 

there were ups. so many ups.

  • new job (rockstar job!)
  • my first lollapalooza…the highlight of which was, of course, running into sameer gadhia on the street at 2 am post foster the people aftershow

    

  • meeting ed macfarlane after the friendly fires show at the metro on october twenty-second...a night that started out as one of my most anticipated concerts of the year…and turned into something so much more…

    

  • concerts. so many concerts. young the giant (2x). foster the people (3x). friendly fires (2x). lydia. speak. wye oak. local natives. city and colour. mayer hawthorne. minor characters. cameron mcgill and what army (2x). miles nielsen and the rusted hearts (3x). two door cinema club. phantogram. dale earnhardt jr. jr…
  • paying off a substantial amount of debt (woohoo!)
  • falling head over heels in love with the most amazing person i have ever met and ringing in the new year with him by my side

   

    there were also a few downs…although only one that springs to mind

    • i had this crazy dream one night that i had skin cancer. so, for the first time in my, then, twenty-five years…i scheduled an appointment with a dermatologist. funny thing about that dream…it turned out to be totally true. it was a down that was quickly followed by an up. it was caught early. but i’d be lying if i said it doesn’t trigger a mental breakdown every two and a half months as i gear up for my quarterly checkups. so now i am just collecting scars. road maps of where i’ve been…i think i will one day be particularly fond of this one…

       

    personally, i think it looks like a lightning bolt. nick is convinced i have an n carved into my arm…fate, he always says with a grin :)

      overall…i can’t say that i am sad or happy to see twenty-eleven go. but i can say that i am oh so excited for all of the things that twenty-twelve is going to bring. so many plans already…and it’s only january fifth. 

      something just tells me this year is going to be the best one yet…and i can’t help but think that they will just keep on getting better. 

      <3