So... how did it all start? That is a good question! Let me see if I can remember!
Not a whole lot happened in the early parts of the year. We had a mediocre, but fun, basketball season with a 50% winning percentage. I started getting a little more into disc golf once the cold of the winter started to take a break. School was pretty normal, nothing fancy or unusual, which basically kept things moving forward in life, as expected.
On a sad note, the world lost a most exceptional person, and friend, to cancer in mid-February. It's always tough to lose a friend. Always tougher when that friend is still so young.
R.I.P. - Nicole Divis
I made my first trip to the N.A.B. conference in Las Vegas in April and wow was that fun! It is the premiere event in the United States, that revolves around the film/video industry technical side of things, and it was quite an eye-opening experience! I look forward to going again next year.
The summer came and went pretty quickly. I got to do a little hiking with some friends but would have liked to do more. The Y.S.A. conference was quite a kick since my band Bes got to play at the main Friday night event to an audience of roughly 600-700 people! It was also cool to meet a lot of new people throughout the weekend as well. Work at UPS was pretty easy made possible by the nice weather and early sunrise. Disc golf also benefitted from the great weather and I definitely played more of that this year than last year. Not sure how much I improved but it was cool to bring a few new friends along on a few rounds too.
I took my first(and thankfully my last) online course at school this summer. Flippin' snot-rockets that was an annoying experience! I am sure online classes are great for some people, and for certain classes, but they are pretty much totally not for me! It felt like pure punishment the entire term. Ha.
I also moved back in with my parents this summer in order to make the last few terms at school much easier to deal with. They are kind enough to keep my rent low which makes it so much easier to get the important things done at school and otherwise.
Rolling into the fall, I took on a second job working at the Dairy Bar at the Washington State Fair. It was my first time ever taking a job at the Fair and what a great time it was! I worked a bazillion hours which a bunch of cool people and made a bunch of money in the process! Plus, now I feel like a swirl cone crafting master! Swoooosh!(<-- that's the sound of making an awesome cone, by the way)
I was lucky enough to get some side work doing audio capture on a small video production, which has been great experience. Halloween was fun as usual, along with Movember and Thanksgiving when that rolled around, which led into this year's crazy "peak" season at UPS("Black Friday" on through Christmas.) When I say crazy, I mean like twice as busy as last year's "peak" season... maybe almost literally. I worked about 25 EXTRA hours a week leading up to Christmas... awesome overtime hours but definitely a drain on the soul. Ha.
At the beginning of November my benefits kicked in at work so that was pretty awesome too! I went to see a doctor for the first time in almost 20 years and it turns out I have a pretty clean bill of health. I also got some dental work done and did some physical therapy for a few various lingering back, shoulder and knee issues. And I've hardly had to pay a thing for any of it! Man, I love's me some benefits!
Christmas was very quiet since my parents went to Utah to visit with my sister and her family. I look forward to the new year as one with many big life changes ahead! I am so thankful to everyone who has supported and encouraged me! I am nothing without all of you in my life and I hope y'all have as great a new year as I plan on having!
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