Thursday, January 20, 2011

Thursday night

well not playing basketball sucks! stupid broken hand :-( so it's also really starting to sink in that we are packing up and moving in...tomorrow will be exactly one week till we drive up to sj. seems like it would never get here and now it's on top of me. it's such a bittersweet feeling. i love my life here but can't wait to see what life has in store for me back up north. it feels like this has been a whirlwind trip to SD, i got here almost exactly 5 years ago...and oh that's right i was only supposed to be here 6-9 months. good thing i stayed. between that time and now i have:

  1. reconnected with my sister (i love you and will miss you most)
  2. met my "future husband" (technically i met him in Sacramento, right hayes?!)
  3. bought two houses
  4. adopted a beautiful puppy for life sequoia
  5. spent quality time at the beach with tucker man
  6. traveled to a country i didn't even know existed (Albania)
  7. met "my person"
  8. bought and paid off my first car all on my own
  9. passed my pe
  10. broke my first bone
  11. lived through a total renovation of my house
  12. became a landlord
  13. deepened old friendships and made amazing new ones
  14. parted ways with some of my favorite people, bummer but that's life
  15. became an "auntie" to multiple gorgeous children (way too many to name but it brings such joy to my heart to see them smile when they see me)
  16. held an officer position in a professional organization
  17. helped win an 8 million dollar job
  18. got my first "major" car crash and had to beg my car out of the totalled pile
  19. learned "voodoo" - right loomis???
  20. won the first annual tacky sweater party
  21. discovered i love taking pictures
  22. found out i'm addicted to books and used book stores
  23. traveled to seattle 3-4 times
  24. the list goes on and on...

GOD...i'm going to miss San Diego and all my family here. please come visit me and i love you...what a great life i have, right? i can't wait to see my list for the next 5 years :-)

4 comments:

  1. That is amazing! I am going to miss you a ton. More reason to visit often. SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. ok, lets start talking about when these visits will occur :-)

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  3. Wow... you sure know how to leave your footprint in san diego... we will miss you but we will be up for a visit soon. its really not that far. just get the local hangouts scoped out...

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