2005 Year In Review

January: Started the year off with a massive hangover and lunch at Panera with Erin Mulcahy and Cara Shannon. Went back to Ohio for my final semester of college...

February: Went to NYC with Gilmore.

March: Ashlee Simpson Concert, where we were the only people over 15 who weren’t there with children. Took my final Spring Break...a wild road trip with my mother from Los Angeles to Minneapolis. And by wild I mean I saw the Grand Canyon. Oh, and I dyed my hair black. Not hot.

April: Began panicking over impending graduation. Sent my crappy resume to probably 1000 businesses, none of whom ever got back to me. Jerks.

May: Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Xavier University. I say Magna Cum Laude because for all that work, I hardly get to say it enough. So, Magna Cum Laude. Who's gonna put that on a sweatshirt for me? Wrapped up the school year by peacing out of Cincinnati the day after graduation and driving in a tear-filled haze from Ohio to Minneapolis, followed by a trip to Hawaii with the boyfriend. There, I went scuba diving and ate SPAM for the first time. Both experiences were terrifying.

June: Left for Italy.

July: Still in Italy.

August: Still in Italy, eating pasta by the handful and olive oil by the litre. And I do mean litre, and not liter.

September: Back from Italy. I spent one week in Minneapolis before packing up my pink luggage and arriving, like so many before me, penniless in New York City. Get my first real job and start living in sin. See and kill my first cockroach.

October: Began THIS BLOG, thanks to my fantastic brother in law, Jeremy.

November: Hosted my first Thanksgiving Extravaganza in our tiny apartment. Success!

December: Transit Strike Madness! Spent five hard-earned vacation days in Minneapolis with my nutso, crazy, dysfunctional, amazing family. Highlights: My dad singing the praises of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, my mom "accidentally" taking my underpants, and my father accusing my brother's friends of stealing his disposable camera. Not to be outdone: watching my little brother get inked. Again.

Oh, what a crazy year it's been! Here's to more madness in 2006!