Another year has come and gone. I think for sure that this has been the fastest year in my whole life. I can't believe it. Anyway, at the end of last year I made a blog. I wanted to be able to post at least once a week. That was my goal. Well, I have failed. I started off strong, and then I just dropped it completely. I started getting really busy with school, a new job, and a new house. BUT! I did post my first post on here as a recap of what happened to me throughout that year. I want to do that again this year. I like to keep tabs on the things that have happened in my life from year to year. So...here it goes. My life. 2012. Major points.
1. Multiple friends had new babies! Baby Cameron, Baby Brynleigh, Baby Rylin, etc
2. I turned 21!
3. I went to Vegas over Spring Break!
4. I lost 3 of my senses for months at a time. I could not smell, taste, or hear for a while. SO not fun, but memorable.
5. I fell away from a few friends. Not on purpose, we just all have different lives and sometimes even though you TRY to keep things on a good path, they stray. It takes two to keep the relationship, not just one.
6. I made awesome NEW friends. I LOVE people and I have been content with the group of friends that I have had for a few years, but every now and then someone cool comes along and I bond. I may have met them in 2011, but we became best friends in 2012! I plan on keeping these around for...well...the rest of my life. Not sure if THEY know that, but, surprise! You're now stuck with me :)
7. I got to be in another spring show at SCC (Once Upon A Mattress). I take those memories and moments and hold them dear. I always have. That theatre department is struggling hardcore right now. I always treat shows like they could be my last.
8. I went to a bajillion 31 purse parties! Lol. One of my best friends Taylor started selling 31 products, and when she first started...I went to like a party a week. No lie. But all of those parties were memories. It about more than just the purses. It's bonding time. (I know, I know, LAME)
9. My baby cousin graduated from high school and started college. She's the only cousin that I have that I've continued to be close to my entire life. She's the very first one that started calling my Bri-Bri! It just makes me feel freakin old!
10. My little brother turned 18! What the poo! Talk about me feeling old. There it is again. He also grew what I like to call a Mexican mustache and got a two pack...instead of a six.
11. I taught group piano lessons for a month in the summer. It was really the first time that I had ever been left completely alone in a room full of children. I had to learn day by day, make mistakes, and decisions. It was in the school that I grew up in, but it was all new to me. I would say that it made me a step ahead in school when I started teaching the 3rd graders for my Block II at SEMO.
12. Some "old" married friends celebrated their 1st anniversary. Woah! I was in a wedding and then BAM it was a 1st year anniversary. Time flies!
13. I stuck with my usual tradition of going to Beulah Jr High Alive as a sponsor. I feel like that place has such a special place in my heart because I was saved there. I just haven't stopped helping out there ever since I reached the age limit where I was too old to go.
14. I saw some other AMAZING shows/musicals. Kevin! Dude was rocking it this year in the show world. Legally Blonde was my favorite of his.
15. I moved out of my parents house and to Cape Girardeau. MO. This was different. Not really terrible. I actually made it up till Christmas before I ever had a day of homesickness. This was because I was snowed in at my place with no friends or family and only work for a week.
16. I finally made it to see The Lion King on stage. Best. Show. I loved it SO much. I would see it again and again...just like Wicked.
17. I started working my very first job in retail. This has been a roller coaster of experiences. I worked really hard as a sales associate for 4 months and right before the New Year I was promoted to a Key Holder/ Assistant Manager. It shows that when you have a positive attitude and you work hard, even when it sucks, things can turn in your favor. Yes, I had to work all of my Christmas Break, and I still have to, but on the plus side, I am making a lot more than I was. I'm saving up for when school starts back, and I have to drop back down from Full Time to Part Time.
18. Now for some BADs. I made my very first zero on a research paper at SEMO during this year. It was dreadful. I will never forget the feeling and the looks of disappointment. That day of finals was a terrible one.
19. I also made my first C in college in this year. That zero on the paper mentioned in the latter caused me to have a C in the class instead of an A. It dropped my gpa and made me feel like poo.
20. I also lost a loved one and some other people that I knew this year. My paw paw went to heaven that same week I had terrible finals and a zero. It was the worst week of the year 2012. He always supported what decisions I made and what I wanted to do in life. When a few major people in my family thought "music and teaching" wasn't going to be enough for me, he told me he was proud of those things. He gave me his guitar and said that he knew I would make good use of it.
21. I also had loved ones in and out of the hospital. My great aunt had a heart attack...that same terrible week that my paw paw passed away and my grades sucked.
22. The last thing I can think of right now is I had to learn how to remain calm in times when I was SO irratated with people. These people were usually not at school or work...but...closer than that. I'm glad I had my best friend/ roommate Kirsten so we could rant together.
That's all folks!
Hopefully I will continue to have time to Blog every now and then, buuut, I can almost promise you that I won't once school starts back. I'm coming up on my very last semester on classes. No more sitting in classes after this. I'm closing the gap. But! I have to make it through 10, count um, 10 classes before this is all over. I'm finishing them all at once while working part time as a manager. This will be my life. Am I ready???
And that's what Breelynn Believes...
