2007 Reflections

Well, it's happened again folks. Another year has come and gone. I have spent more time than I care to admit over the past few days writing up this year's "obligatory New Year's post" full of retrospective analysis and other useless drivel, but after reading my uncle's elegantly simple New Year's "top ten" blog post I decided to throw it out and go with this instead, not that this is any improvement...

The Top Points:

• Bus Driving - I loved being a bus driver in Vail; well maybe not when I had to deal with unruly drunks, but the rest of the time it was great. In fact, in recent days I have been struggling with some profound nostalgia for the bus driving, but that's another blog post.
  
  
• Europe with Dad - Europe was better than I anticipated, and it was great to have so much quality time with Dad for the first time in a long time.
  
  
• DC or Bust - This was kind of a big move for me psychologically and I think I've been learning a lot about myself along the way (I'm not sure exactly WHAT I've learned, but I know that I've learned a lot). While it has been mostly all positive for me, it has also not always been easy or smooth.

The Less-Good stuff (and general ideas for 2008 resolutions):

• Not enough exercise. Not enough healthy eating.
  
• Not enough movies. Not enough musical discoveries.
• Not enough socializing. Not enough friends. Not enough fun.
  
• Not enough personal enrichment. Not enough foreign languages.
• Too much dependence and freeloading.
• Too much time wasted on the internet.
  

Hmm, I realize that based on the bullet points it looks like I had more bad than good this year, but that's not true. In fact, I would say that 2007 was a pretty good year for me, probably a 7.5 or 8 out of 10. Thanks to everyone who helped in your own way to make 2007 a great year for me. Special thanks to Mom, Lisa, and William for subsidizing my life through their gracious and generous hospitality, without which I would not have been able to go to Europe or move here to DC. Here's to an even better 2008! Happy New Year!