2013 in Review

2013 is drawing to a close, and I have to say it was an eventful year. Not necessarily the best year. But a lot changed. And change is good for everyone, even if it's bad change. Change teaches us etc etc.

This year, I was eighteen (aside from those first 25 days of January). A legal adult! Not yay...because I got jury duty summons...I never wanted to grow up as a kid, but--to my dismay--it's happening. Being eighteen means being stuck in that strange purgatory of too old to do some things because you're bored with them, but not old enough to do others. Choices for activity were very limited this year, as I imagine they will be for the next couple of years.


I finished high school. Graduation. Prom. All those classic rites of passage. Can't get enough of them.

I got closer to my closest friends, though. I even made a couple of new ones! I worked over the summer and picked up a new hobby thing (guitar). I finished another book, wrote a query letter, and tried to send it in to agents. I didn't get a reply, but that's not surprising, It's a competitive market, and while I loved writing this book, I do realize the whole thing stands on shaky legs. (Maybe I should just rewrite it AGAIN?)

I got sucked into Supernatural and spent far too much time on tumblr.

I started college. Community college. Very boring. Around September, the year became less exciting and a little more monotonous. Each passing day I felt the few wisps of hope for the future I was clinging to slip away. That's my fault, I bet. I let it happen.

But then, around finals, I realized I did very well in school. My teachers loved my writing, my poetry, essays, grades. That's a good feeling.

Both my parents seem happier with their lives. Yay!

2014. I hope this year will be better. I plan to be more active and go out more. Let's see how that all pans out. I want to travel a little bit, maybe visit Alaska since I know people moving there. I've always wanted to go there. Hm. What else. I'm not big on thinking ahead...so HAPPY NEW YEAR. I hope the next one's better for everyone!