{"id":2698,"date":"2009-01-06T18:37:50","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T18:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2009-01-06T18:37:50","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T18:37:50","slug":"recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/recap\/","title":{"rendered":"recap!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>let&#8217;s see&#8230; what sticks out about 2008 (in no particular order)?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>i worked out a lot more than the year before. <\/li>\n<li>i learned i really like to run and want to do more of it.<\/li>\n<li>then i borked my knee.<\/li>\n<li>i went to physiotherapy and massage therapy.  a lot.<\/li>\n<li>my new-to-me car developed mystery problems i spent a few thousand dollars trying to repair.<\/li>\n<li>my boss quit and i cried.<\/li>\n<li>my boss came back and didn&#8217;t give us his present back.<\/li>\n<li>i splurged and got really good sneakers (Nike Vomero+ 3&#8217;s FTW).<\/li>\n<li>i made pies! yum.<\/li>\n<li>i turned 36.<\/li>\n<li>i finally, finally! got a firm handle on my finances so, even though i&#8217;m still fairly deep in consumer debt, i feel more optimistic about money than i have in many years.<\/li>\n<li>i drove in the snow. and didn&#8217;t die.<\/li>\n<li>i spent a lot more time with my friend colene (whom i miss).<\/li>\n<li>i discovered the best sushi in Vancouver &#8212; but, i&#8217;m not telling you where so it gets too popular for me to get my fix.<\/li>\n<li>there was a lot of purging of physical things i owned but didn&#8217;t need\/appreciate\/want.  it was liberating!<\/li>\n<li>i got orthotics for my shoes because my physiotherapist told me i have ridiculously flat feet.<\/li>\n<li>my friend, whom i&#8217;ve known for over 12 years but not yet met, came to visit and&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>we went to see REM!<\/li>\n<li>i sold a bunch of stuff i knitted\/crocheted\/crafted!<\/li>\n<li>i attended a mini highschool reunion and learned it&#8217;s true you can&#8217;t go home again.<\/li>\n<li>i broke my fake tooth on a piece of Dove chocolate.<\/li>\n<li>i cut off all my hair.  well, a lot of it, anyway.<\/li>\n<li>i had a photo displayed in an actual art gallery.<\/li>\n<li>i turned into a clean freak (aka my grandmother).<\/li>\n<li>i lost some friends.<\/li>\n<li>i realized, thanks to facebook, that i don&#8217;t really care to rekindle a lot of relationships from my distant past.<\/li>\n<li>i had an MRI!<\/li>\n<li>i went to see a couple plays.<\/li>\n<li>i let myself try a whole bunch of new foods and liked most of them!  but, i still refuse to eat mayonnaise.<\/li>\n<li>i went to two fantastic weddings!<\/li>\n<li>two hard drives crashed.  one was recovered, the other died and took 14 years of net.memories with it.<\/li>\n<li>became dejected regarding my photographic abilities and hardly shot anything at all.<\/li>\n<li>i hope i learned to accept gifts graciously.<\/li>\n<li>there was a lot of being spoiled by christopher evans, my amazingly generous and sweet boyfriend.<\/li>\n<li>i went to Victoria and hung out with my lovely friend mrs. boo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>i&#8217;m sure i forgot some wonderful things, but these are what stick out with a few moments reflection.<br \/>\n2008 sure went by fast, though.   even with all the trauma and stress (car, teeth, money, knee), i seem to have ended the year on a pretty positive note.  i feel fairly optimistic about my self and my life.  sure, there are things to be worked on (and be sure they will be), but nothing seems unsurmountable right now.<br \/>\nit&#8217;s taken me a long time to reach this place in my life.  i sometimes feel i was a very slow learner that way, that people my age reached this level of maturity sooner than i did or, maybe i just think *i* should have reached it sooner.   i suppose it doesn&#8217;t matter <i>when<\/i> you get there, just so long as you eventually do.  it&#8217;s a much calmer place to be within yourself and the world at large and i highly recommend it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>let&#8217;s see&#8230; what sticks out about 2008 (in no particular order)? i worked out a lot more than the year before. i learned i really like to run and want to do more of it. then i borked my knee. i went to physiotherapy and massage therapy. a lot. my new-to-me car developed mystery problems <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/recap\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}