In conclusion: 2006
Well, as 2006 has come and gone, I feel as though the past year deserves some reminiscing. A common theme was travel. I've flown more times in the past year than I have in my entire life. DC to Milan, Milan to Naples, Florence to Milan, Milan to DC, Baltimore to Denver, Denver to Baltimore, Baltimore to Boston, Boston to Baltimore, and then finally Denver to Baltimore again. To this day, I still hate to fly.
When the year began I was getting ready to make the big trip to Italy. 8 hour flight... ick. But, it being Italy and all, I gritted(drank heavily) through it. A week in Pompeii, a week in Rome, and a week Florence, more or less. To give you an impression of how awesome that was, if I had been into blogging back then it would have been the most MIND-BLOWING piece of internet literature ever created. So that was cool. Anyway for the next few months I took school very seriously, and I got the grades to show for it. During those months I was making the difficult decision of where the hell to go for grad school, and we all know how that turned out. So basically school kicked my ass, but in my defense I left most of my mind in the bottom of a bottle of Chanti somewhere in Florence. Despite this, I graduated!
The summer was nice as I wrapped up my life in Maryland, and before I knew it I was on the Road to Boulder. And well... if you've read my blog at all you'll know what happened from there. Loneliness, disappointment, and several unsuccessful attempts at healthy living.
But even though the last five months have been... questionable for me, I now feel like I've lived a bit more. At the very least, now I have a pretty useful conversation starters that goes a little something like, "Heh, so this one time in Italy..." or "Welp, I can tell you this, we do things a bit different over on the east coast..."
Enjoy 2007 everyone. I'm gonna do my best to.
When the year began I was getting ready to make the big trip to Italy. 8 hour flight... ick. But, it being Italy and all, I gritted(drank heavily) through it. A week in Pompeii, a week in Rome, and a week Florence, more or less. To give you an impression of how awesome that was, if I had been into blogging back then it would have been the most MIND-BLOWING piece of internet literature ever created. So that was cool. Anyway for the next few months I took school very seriously, and I got the grades to show for it. During those months I was making the difficult decision of where the hell to go for grad school, and we all know how that turned out. So basically school kicked my ass, but in my defense I left most of my mind in the bottom of a bottle of Chanti somewhere in Florence. Despite this, I graduated!
The summer was nice as I wrapped up my life in Maryland, and before I knew it I was on the Road to Boulder. And well... if you've read my blog at all you'll know what happened from there. Loneliness, disappointment, and several unsuccessful attempts at healthy living.
But even though the last five months have been... questionable for me, I now feel like I've lived a bit more. At the very least, now I have a pretty useful conversation starters that goes a little something like, "Heh, so this one time in Italy..." or "Welp, I can tell you this, we do things a bit different over on the east coast..."
Enjoy 2007 everyone. I'm gonna do my best to.
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