2013 Evaluation

I found this and decided to answer it.

1. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before? Come home from a mission. Ride a horse. Family History work.

 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Yes and Yes

 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My dear friend Dani had beautiful baby Leah!!!!

4. Did anyone close to you die? Thankfully no

 5. What countries did you visit? Argentina and Mexico

 6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013? Self Confidence

 7. What dates from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? April 24- I was released as a missionary. Saddest day of my life.

 8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Returning with Honor from a full time mission and Completing the WSU Piano Proficiency Exam.

 9. What was your biggest failure? There are too many to count.

 10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Just Lice in Argentina haha

 11. What was the best thing you bought? Plane ticket to Mexico

 12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Caitlin Rose Leger- She’s a missionary!!

 13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Breanna's Ex Boyfriend.

 14. Where did most of your money go? Definitely to clothes. I had to buy a whole new wardrobe! And School.

 15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Mexico, friends coming home from missions, baptisms, Jersey Boys, Audra McDonald, Disneyland.

  16. What song will always remind you of 2013? “Us” by Regina Spektor

 17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) happier or sadder? sadder

b) thinner or fatter? fatter

c) richer or poorer? poorer

 18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Budgeting, Genealogy

 19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Worrying about the Future

 20. How did you spend Christmas?  With my Family!!!!!

 21. Did you fall in love in 2013? Only with Missionary Work haha

 22. What was your favorite TV program? Psych

 23. Do you hate (dislike) anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? Nope.

 24. What was the best book you read?  The Book Thief

 25. What was your greatest musical discovery? Felix Mendelssohn arts songs. Also the Indie Genre. I didn’t like it before the mission but now I love it!   

 26. What did you want and get?   A lot of job opportunities, good grades in school.

 27. What did you want and not get?   A 4.0

28. What was your favorite film of this year? Saving Mr. Banks.

 29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Started school again. Went to dinner with my friends. Turned 23.

 30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? More work on regaining my vocal abilities. 

 31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013? I am obsessed with clothes now!

  32. What kept you sane? Prayer, the Temple, and my friends.

 33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?   No idea.

 34. What political issue stirred you the most? Argentina refusing to exchange pesos to dollars. It really screwed me over.

 35. Who did you miss? My Argentine Family. So Much.

 36. Who was the best new person you met?  Caitlin’s Boyfriend Jackson. He became a dear friend of mine really quickly!

 37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013.  Being a missionary is way easier than being a real adult. I was also reminded that God's plan for us is better than our own plan.

38. What are you looking forward to in 2014? Being in Sound of Music, doing my Jr. Recital, applying for grad school, and possibly going to Disneyland with my Mexicans. Making new friends while my best friends are not nearby.

39.  What else? I really just want to survive school is all.