The end of 2009 has been a complete whirlwind...I'm not even sure where December went! To pick up where I left off, on November 23rd, we got engaged (see blurry picture of ring below)! It was very sweet (and very "us"...rather than just being easy and accepting his offer of a glass of wine (which actually turned out to be a bottle of champagne that he was trying to quietly open before the proposal), this is how the beginning of the conversation went:PJ, from the kitchen: "Do you want anything to drink?"
Me, from our bedroom, where I was busy putting his sweatpants on, not knowing that this might not be the best night to look like a hobo: "Yeah, just a beer"
PJ: "Um...are you sure you don't want wine? I don't think we have any cold beer."
Me: "Ughhh...just put ice in it!"
Classy.
But in any case, he still decided to propose and I couldn't be happier about it. We've chosen October 8, 2011 as our tentative date...that way we'll have plenty of time to save up and have a really fun, beautiful night!
December was full of getting ready for the holidays...I wrapped up the first semester of my MBA (4.0!) mid-month and had a lot going on at work and PJ was pretty busy with work as well, but we still made some time to make cookies (of course). Unfortunately, I can't put pictures up of the ones that PJ made (other than the tree below) without a censor bar. Those poor snowmen. Very tasty, though.
We had a very holiday-ish night right before we left to go to New York--"It's A Wonderful Life" was playing for free at the old movie theater down the street from us, so we went and watched that and as soon as we walked out of the theater, it had started snowing. The neighborhood looked so beautiful--just like Christmas. Then we went home and opened our gifts to each other before heading off to New York for a week. It was a week full of family, friends, good food, good drinks, and horribly ugly Christmas sweaters.
And so, here we are in the last few hours of 2009. For the most part, I'm very happy with how this year went--I got my first Master's degree, ran my first 5K, got a dog, saw Pearl Jam, did a better job saving my money, got engaged, finally moved into a decent apartment...it's been a pretty good year! I don't think that I'll make any official resolutions for 2010, since they rarely stick, but I do want to put this out into the universe--
I want 2010 to be a positive year. I want to spend more time having fun, and less time worrying. I want to spend more time with my friends and family, especially those who live far away. I want to be more careful with how I treat myself and those I love.
I want 2010 to be a
really
great
year.
I wish everyone a wonderful, peaceful New Year!
