Bye 2018 in Ponderings of the Universe

Kinda fell off the PB bandwagon, again, which is what seems to always happen after NoJoMo.

I have no idea what I’ve been up to since I last wrote. The end of the year always tends to be a blur.

Too many social interactions, for sure. Had a somewhat awkward and somewhat nice dinner outing with the other 3 doctors at work. Definitely the type of thing where I wished I was a better conversationalist but c’est la vie. Have also done Christmas activities with various family people and still have at least one more.

We (Aaron, mom, dad and I) went to the Como Zoo on Christmas and it was so wonderful. Lots of cute critters and we brought some Bailey’s spiked cocoa. Would definitely do again.

No plans other than staying home and avoiding the outside world for tonight. Very pleased.

I guess I’ll do the year end survey that’s floating around. I don’t think I did it last year.

What did you do in 2018 that you’d never done before?
Got engaged, performed a leg amputation, got a 21% raise, went to 10 concerts in a calendar year.

Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I have no idea. I don’t think I made any. I probably won’t make any definitive ones for next year either.

Did anyone close to you give birth?
3 of my coworkers

Did anyone close to you die?
I don’t think so…

What countries did you visit?
Just stayed in the US

What would you like to have in 2019 that you lacked in 2018?
Less anxiety, more time with Aaron

What date(s) from 2018 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
May 6th, Aaron and I got engaged.

What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I really kicked ass at work, especially with 2 other doctors going on maternity/paternity leave

What was your biggest failure?
I honestly don’t know. I’ve had plenty of smallish failures but nothing catastrophic that I can recall

Did you suffer illness or injury?
Fairly certain I broke my tailbone at the beginning of the year, have been dealing with discomfort from having to get fillings redone last month

What was the best thing you bought?
Aaron’s Christmas gift- he cried, I cried, my mom cried…and my father played the kazoo :P

Whose behavior merited celebration?
Aaron’s-he’s been working so hard in grad school

Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Politicians

Where did most of your money go?
Bills

What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Our engagement, Johnny, all the concerts we went to, the MN State Fair

What song(s) will always remind you of 2018?
None spring to mind. I definitely listened to a lot of Shakey Graves.

Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
About the same

ii. Thinner or fatter?
About the same, maybe a little fatter

iii. Richer or poorer?
A little richer

What do you wish you’d done more of?
Spent more time with Aaron, read more, exercised more

What do you wish you’d done less of?
Less anxiety for sure

How will you be spending Christmas?
We went to the zoo and it was one of my favorite ways to spend Christmas

What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in 2018?
…ummm....I’m always doing dumb, embarrassing things. Either nothing horribly mortifying happened or I’ve blocked it out

Did you fall in love in 2018?
Stayed in love

How many one-night stands?
None

What was your favorite TV program?
I watch too much TV. I adored The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. So good. Also enjoyed GLOW. Can’t remember what other new things I watched…

Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No

What was the best book you read?
I think I read only 6 books this year. This is very sad. I especially enjoyed the final two Lunar Chronicles books.

What did you want and get?
I guess a raise, but I wasn’t expecting it. And Johnny, who was also kind of a surprise

What did you want and not get?
More time to spend with Aaron (::shakes fist at grad school::)

What was your favorite film of this year?
I didn’t really go to movies this year

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 32. Had dental work and went to the Bell Museum of Natural History

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Less anxiety

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2018?
Lazy and what I could find in the clothing pile

What kept you sane?
Will power

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I don’t know. I don’t really have any fun celebrity crushes

What political issue stirred you the most?
Ugh.

Who did you miss?
Aaron

Who was the best new person you met?
I have some amazing new coworkers

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2018:
Did I learn any life lessons? Probably not

If you could sum up 2018 in three words, what would they be?
I did OK.