on the eve of my 25th...some highlights of my 24th year

 

In my 24^th year:

 

August 2011:

~90’s birthday party

~started working in Project DATA

 

September:

~bridesmaid in Lydia’s wedding

~went to the Puyallup fair for the first time in 5 years

~Aunt Marla visited Seattle

~hiked to and sat on the most western part of the contiguous US

~almost petted a live deer

 

October:

~hiked golden ears with Erica

~was a “Black Eyed P” for a costume party

 

November:

~prepared my first turkey for Thanksgiving

~saw a cochlear implant activation for the first time

 

December:

~got bangs

~Applied to go to Kenya

~made salmon for the first time

 

January:

~presented my artwork/photography in public

~mini-high school reunion at Nolan's wedding

~Made a calvin and hobbes esque snowman/snowshark scene with Eric and Tara

 

February:

~dinner date with Dad at Snoqualmie  Falls

 

March:

~went to my first rat city roller girls match
~started making a list of 1,000 things I'm thankful for

 

April:

~Threw Mom’s 60^th birthday party

~showed my aunts around Washington state

~visited Paulsbo for the first time.

 

May:

~raised all the support needed for Kenya

 

June:

~guest blog posted for the first time

~Jeni’s wedding celebration

~went to a “first Thursday of the month free museum night” at the Seattle Art Museum

~finally got a picture by the Bart Simpson spray paint on Alki

~Left for SIM USA

~went on a blind date

~flew to Kenya

~visited the Kibera slum, second largest in Africa for the first time

~ate goat, Ethiopian food for the first time

~made friends from: Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Germany, England, India, Kenya

 

July:

~fulfilled a childhood dream of holding hands and playing with a child in rural Kenya

~Met a child with HIV

~learned conversational Kikuyu, a tribal language

~saw chai plants, banana trees

~went on a Safari to Maasai Mara

~was in two places at once: Tanzania and Kenya

~saw: lions, cheetahs, wildebeests, elephants, hippos, monkeys, gazelles, zebras up close

~fed a wild monkey

~saw the Serengeti

~kissed a giraffe

~petted an elephant

~made my first cake from scratch

 

August:

~put a big dent in my “read all of CS Lewis’ works” goal (4 books)

~made hash browns from scratch

~helped a girl read up to her grade level

~found dairy free frozen yogurt