- Dinner in the
park and Fireworks in the city for NYE with the girls
- First time
entirely child duty free in 5.5 months
- Changed my
earrings for the first time in 4 years
- Phillip
Island holiday – penguins, kayaking, seals, Christmas away from home
- 5 months in
Australia
- The world
didn’t end
- Rolled
uphill in a chair and went on a free fall slide
- Dinner and
city Christmas lights with the girls
- Started and
finished the Harry Potter movies
- Massacre in
elementary school
- Ben’s last
music class and day of crèche
- Michelle’s
last day of prep
- Celebrated
Chanukah
- Shared my
life story/testimony at church
- Started
paying student loans
NOVEMBER
- My oldest
little sister turned 18
- Ate (and
liked) sushi, chicken wings, and calamari for the first time (not at the same
time)
- Celebrated
Mitzvah Day
- Ben is
toilet trained
- Celebrated
Thanksgiving with my family over Skype
- Found out
Anna-san was pregnant
- Kevin Clash
(Elmo) resigned
- 4 months in
Australia
- Breaking
Dawn Part 2
- Accepted job
extension offer
- Ran (no
walking) 5ks for the first time
- Learned how
to play the violin
- Sweet Sunny
Girl left this earth
- Obama was
re-elected
- Met my niece
over Skype
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
- Hurricane
Sandy
- Lost my
inhaler and haven’t needed it since
- Ran in my
first mud run
- Before Your
Very Eyes – Theatre Performance
- Hold -
Interactive Art
- My niece was
born
- An Act of
Now – Dance Performance
- Got in a car
accident
- 3 months in
Australia
- First
parallel/reverse parking
- Fell asleep
Skyping home
- Flew
business class for the first time
- Port Douglas
– Daintree Rain Forest, Great Barrier Reef, hang gliding, microlighting,
handfeeding and petting kangaroos and wallabies
- Job offer
extension
SEPTEMBER
- Jamie got
engaged
- First ride
in a taxi
- Free hugs
- Hope turned
double digits! 10!
- 2 months in
Australia
- Found all 50
Malis
- First ride
on a tram
- Bounce Inc
- Spent the
night at Nikki and Louise’s for the first time
- 99
notifications from B-Britt
- Australian
Father’s Day
- First time
driving the manual alone
AUGUST
- First
pineapple fritter
- My Great
Aunt RIP
- Watched my
first live footy game
- Went to the
MCG
- 1 month in
Australia
- Said
Melbourne correctly for the first time
- Saw my first
Australian movie
- Started
manual driving lessons (not counting the one in the US)
- First ride
on a train
- Did my own
nails for the first time in 7 years
- Saw the
Brighton Bathing Boxes
JULY
- Drove both
kids to school by myself for the first time
- Went to
Compass for the first time
- Olympics
- Michelle’s 6th
birthday
- Discovered
Tim Tam Slams
- First
driving lesson
- Colorado
shooting
- First
Shabbat and first taste of Challah
- Went to
LifeGroup for the first time and met Louise, Nikki, and Georgina
- Met Michelle
- Arrived at
my Australian home and met Gran, Jen, Joseph, and Ben
- Met Daniel
- 2 hour power
outage in the Melbourne airport
- Arrived in
Australia
- Left home
- My last Taco
Bell
- All packed
- Last night
time Munkie snuggles
- Last snuggles
with my ma
- See You
Later Party
- Acrylic
nails off for the first time in 7 years
- Lunch with Roomie
(Christy)
- First
Australian money
- Lost 10
pounds
- Last hangout
with my little sisters
- Last Sunday
at PIC
- Said goodbye
to Roomie (Michelle)
- Lunch date
with Scooby (Whitney)
- Carowinds
with Fast Lane passes with my family
- Received
gift/book from host family
- Last night
at Grandmaw’s house with Scooby (Whitney)
JUNE
- Pentatonix’s
first music video
- Pentatonix’s
first EP
- My Big Sis
and Big Friend got a house
- My Aussie
kids made me birthday cards
- Anna-san got
married
- Turned 22 –
wedding, family dinner, and birthday twin
- Little
sister’s senior pictures
- Got my
degree in the mail
- Fran, the
Card Club Boss – RIP
- Got International
Driver’s Permit
- 1 month
until I leave for Australia
- Said goodbye
to CCEP
- New deck
- Jessica got
married
- Received
first e-mail from Louise
- Said See You
Later to my Hopie
- Made fire
and roasted marshmallows with Scooby (Whitney)
-Ordered the
shirts I designed for my Aussie kids
- XDA Recital
MAY
- Last
sleepover with my Hopie
- Big Sis’
Worship event – signed in it and found out the baby would be a girl
- House series
finale
- Ohio with my
extended family – just me and them, camping, saw Fran for the last time
- 2 months
until I leave for Australia
- Sleepover
with Anna-San and JenIfer
- Moved out of
my apartment
- Amendment 1 was
passed
- Said goodbye
to my Roomie (Megan)
- Met my
Aussie kids on Skype
- Walked under
the clock
- Graduated
- ECM end of
year hang out
- Found out I’d
be graduating Summa Cum Laude
- Got my canon
T2i
APRIL
- Dogwood Festival
with my Hopie
- Took my
final final exam
- Started and
finished Hunger Games series
- Cap and Gown
photos with Jessica and Ashley
- Toured UNCG
campus with Whitney
- Munkie’s 2nd
birthday
- Purchased
flight to Australia
- Carowinds
with my little sisters and my Hopie
- Got my
Australian Visa
- Said goodbye
to my student teaching kids
- Dick Clark
died
- 3 months
until I leave for Australia
- Student
Excellence Award ceremony
- Interview
and position offer from Melbourne host family
- International
Festival with PIC and Roomie Michelle
- Responded to
Melbourne family’s written interview questions
- Easter at
Mummy’s with the Roomies
- One Tree
Hill series finale
- Anna-san’s
surprise wedding shower
- Found out my
big sis was pregnant
MARCH
- ECM
Game/Worship Night
- Received Student
Excellence Award
- Given “Being
Emo: A Puppeteer’s Journey” as a gift
- Cap and Gown
Photos with oldest little sister Rebeka
- 4 months
until I leave for Australia
- Munkie’s
first outdoor experience
- Got out of
jury duty
- Bought cap
and gown
- Canberra
family said they no longer wanted an aupair
- 3rd
(and final) Canberra interview scheduled, didn’t happen
- K came to
Greensboro to spend the night
-2nd
Canberra interview scheduled, didn’t happen
- 1st
Canberra interview schedule, didn’t happen
- Mall and
gallivanting around town and sleepover with my Hopie
- Discovered
the singer Jamie Grace
FEBRURARY
- Talking
seriously with family in Canberra
- The death of
Jan Berenstain
- Canberra
family is very interested in me as their aupair
- Discovered
the restaurant Red Bowl
- Met my brother’s
girlfriend Lydia
- Zumbathon
- 5 months
until I leave for Australia
- ECM Old
Folks Party
- RIP Whitney
Houston
- Said goodbye
to sweet Trouble boy, RIP
- Sleepover
with my Hopie
JANUARY
- Helena
Bonnett was born
- Helped Joy
Jones unpack and organize their apartment
- Discovered
Red Box
- Discovered
in addition to Manx, Munkie is also part Egyptian Mau
- Bought my first
“big girl clothes” with my Roomies
- 6 months
until I leave for Australia
- Signed at
church
- Received my
first e-mail from an Australian family
- First day of
Student Teaching
- Beginning of
final semester of college
- First
Australian family favorited me
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