A Quick Year-in-Review

2009 has been full of adventures - adventures that I don't even realize are all contained within the same year, as some of them seem so long ago.

Anyway, I stole this idea from Liz, hope she doesn't mind - just a quick look back at some highlights!

JANUARY:

My high school best friend, Natalie, and I rang in the new year alone at her house with some champagne... We were so lost in catching up and cracking up that we missed midnight... but it was perfect.

FEBRUARY:

I composed a musical in two months... I finished on February 23, 2009. I was tired... all the time. But friends like Ian got me through it!

MARCH:

Aforementioned musical, The Book of Tink, opened and closed. What an experience.

APRIL:

I had the idea one day to take my 3 best friends and put up Songs For a New World in about 3 weeks. Everyone thought I was nuts... but we did it.

MAY:


I got the privilege of performing in Little Women with 9 of the greatest people ever, who became my family and closest friends. I got four beautiful daughters at the age of 21 - some of whom were older than me. It was fabulous.

JUNE:

Deidre & I threw an epic boat party. I had 95 people on a boat, dancing and celebrating graduation & the end of the year. Honestly, probably one of my proudest achievements of 2009... putting that whole thing together and watching everyone have a blast.

Oh yeah...


I also graduated from UCI!

JULY:

I got my job at SOCSA, music directing Guys & Dolls. You can't see me, I'm in the middle of the teenage group hug.

AUGUST:

This Catholic girl had a job music directing ArtsFest for the teens at the Jewish Community Center.

And I threw my first bachelorette party. Success.

SEPTEMBER:


Apparently nothing exciting happened in September, except that these photos were posted on facebook by my nostalgic sister. Enjoy.

OCTOBER:
I chaperoned my students' choir retreat/campout. Probably the most fun I had had in years... everything from staying up til 2 AM trying to kill spiders, to the talent show & just staying up gossiping with my girls.
Michelle got MARRIED! First girl to go!
I turned 22 and threw a Murder Mystery Party. It was nuts.

NOVEMBER:

Thanksgiving: We had to document the fact that we're all the same height... it won't last much longer.

DECEMBER:

Annie. Read previous post. :)

And we spent Christmas Eve, as always, out of the back of my mom's van singing Christmas carols as loud as we can!


So long, 2009. I can't wait to see what adventures 2010 has in store!

Happy New Year, my friends!