January

• Inherited $$$ from Endicott Grandparents
• Granddad's funeral
  • Met/got to know all my cousins
• Started dating
  • Jared
  • Josh Wallman
• Las Vegas

February

• Started my weight loss journey (172.5 lbs start)
• Got an offer accepted on a house
• Prague and Budapest
  • Ate at a Two Michelin Star restaurant

March

• Terminated 18th St house contract
• Wine tasting with Kelsey, Jane, Emily, Mel and Caitlin
• Kelsey came down to visit
• Offer accepted on Kurth St house
• Went on a date:
  • Kai
• Carol moved to Oregon
• Joined Beach Body

April

• Seattle
  • Visit with Kelsey, Sonja, Lucasz, Bill, Michael, Jessie and Ava.
  • Sounders game
• Closed on my house!
• Went on a date:
  • Marco
• Moved into my house
• Wine tasting at Willamette Valley with Ellen
• Dan May's memorial

May

• Picked up and moved in all my furniture
• Plant sale with Mom and Carol
• Kael's birthday celebrations at Pietro's and Uncle Jims and Jane's
• Got my first veggies in the ground

July

• Went to Hawaii
  • Hung out one on one with Johnny, Kelly, Heidi and Lin and Harry.

August

• Puzzy's colon cancer surgery

September

• Watched Puz get stronger every day after 2 trips to the ER post surgery
• Lunch with Emily
• Dinner with Kristi and Jordan and then Matt's show
• Old Car show with Mom, Puz and Laurie
• Started to watch the AFI Top 100 Movies
• Watched Vertigo at the Elsinore
• Aerated, overseeded and fertilized my yard
• Started playing WoW
• Stopped going out after work

October

• Had Eli and family over to play cards
• Started getting a new visiting cat in the house
• Continued not going out after work
• Started Atkins on 10/20
• Started doing yoga
• Put down the final fertilizer of the season on the lawn
• Met with Emily for lunch
• Went to Annie and Derek's with Geana (+Fam), Heidi, Lilly, Kelly (+Fam), Mom and Puz
• Baked 2 birthday cakes and ~300 cupcakes for Puzzy's birthday
  • With the help of Puz, Heidi and Lilly
• Partied with Puzzy's family for 3 days for his 100th birthday
• Went to Johnny and Ali's BnB with Heidi to hang out (did power hour)
• Had a successful party at Ventis
• Job offer at Amazon
  • Declined
• Started to get active on Tinder and Hinge again

November

• Broke into the 160s on Nov 1st
• Visited Ronan and Mary's new house in Wilsonville
• Jessica Carey's 30th Bday and new friends
• Started a new 3 week yoga routine
• Interviewed with Amazon for Shift manager position
• Offered Shift Assistant position at Amazon and accepted
• Watched the Sounders win the MLS Cup
• MEXICO!
• Thanksgiving in Lincoln City at the Olsons
• Set up my first Christmas tree in my house
• Started my "unofficial" shopping ban

December

• Made my first GF breads and cookies (4 different kinds in one week!)
• Did my background check and drug test for Amazon
• Venti's Employee Holiday Party
• Got crazy into baking again (my first...GF cookies, GF Breads, Creme Brulee)
• Broke in to the 150s on Dec 13th
• 5th Annual Marrakesh and Nutcracker adventure with Jude and Kael
• Made 8 different types of cookies the week before Christmas. Delivered to Harrison, McNultys, Snyders, Copelands, Justin, Brenda, Andrea, Paul, and Mat
• Had the family over for Christmas Eve dinner
• Had my first hosting shift at Ventis the week before I quit
• Celebrated Christmas with Mom, Puz, Jane, Brian, Jude, Kael, Eva, Eenie, Marion and Edwin
• Not really a "highlight", but came down with the flu (12/27)