2016 in Review

For me 2016 was, in a word, surprising.

Many things happened that I did not expect*:

I had only one migraine which lasted only a few hours.

I went to Germany and France.

I was finally able to get back into running. 

I struggled to figure out what I wanted to do with my life after graduating.

Some pretty difficult stuff in my personal life came up.

We didn't buy a house, opting to keep saving instead.

I read 45 books.

I played a couple paying gigs with a chamber music trio.

I hopped a red eye to Washington to see my brother play a violin solo in a regional concert.

I got over 500 mosquito bites from April--October.

I looked normal in a photograph.

I actually sent out Christmas cards, for the first time in my adult life (see previous line).

I pulled a muscle in my neck/shoulder.

Charlie turned 5, which was surprising somehow (WHY DID 5 YEARS OF HIS LIFE GO SO FAST)

I got called to be the Primary Chorister in our ward.

After a year like that, I'm interested to see what 2017 will bring.

*Some things were not unexpected, like the time I bought 30 lbs of peaches at a farmer's market.