Though I had been meaning to post more frequently while up here in AK but time has just slipped by. Which is strange to say, as I have continued to be relatively inactive here. It has been relaxing, yes, but I had many things on my checklist to do here that didn't get done. I had wanted to go sledding from day one and not until two days ago were sleds purchased (to be fair, the whole town was pretty much out of sleds). We were going to sled yesterday, but it rained. Ick. I had also wanted to go to Alyeska, since I haven't snowboarded in at least two years. I had wanted to go cross-country skiing, and rock climbing, and workout every day. Instead, we let the dark Alaskan winter mornings lure us to stay in our warm beds until past 9:30 and then we would watch episodes of ER for at least two more hours before considering getting up, which narrowed the active hours of the day significantly.
That's not to say I didn't do things. I got to have lunch with my wonderful long-time friend, Kim Morris, at Organic Oasis. We walked her dogs on the lake to my house and chatted about her iPad, medicine and hard-knock life in Arizona. We went Christmas shopping at REI where we scored big for loved ones. We got to see the lunar eclipse. We went to the museum and enjoyed the Andy Warhol exhibit and the new Imaginarium. I started my triathlon training at the Alaska Club. We had dinner and played dominoes with Laura and Elliot and I got to take photos of them another day. Nick and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary at the same amazing bed and breakfast where we spent our wedding night.
So it's not as if we just sat around the ENTIRE two weeks we were here. But there was a lot of lounging, especially after Christmas, and apparently I get a little stir-crazy.
New Years Eve was... well, not perfect, but it turned out pretty great. Traditionally, Nick and I join friends for a night of games and drinks but this year everyone seemed to have other plans--except for us. So we decided to go to the Indigo Girls concert at Bear Tooth. I knew they were an old group, and that the only song I owned was because Jim and Andy sang it on The Office, but Nick didn't know this. We also didn't anticipate that there wouldn't be any seating for the four hour show. So, surrounded by 40- and 50-somethings, we decided to ditch it and forfeit our $50 tickets. We spent the rest of the night at my parents' house playing a dice game called Farkle. We almost missed midnight, jumping in at the 5-second countdown. We watched the fireworks go off all over Anchorage from my living room window. It was a wonderful way to start the New Year.
In honor of this past year, here is my year in review:
January: Began 2010 in Las Vegas as newlyweds on our honeymoon. Started my second semester of prerequisite courses at Paradise Valley Community College (A&P II, Microbiology, and Chemistry I)
February: Signed up for my first 5K and started running with intention.
March: Went on "second honeymoon" cruise to Mexico. Tried veganism for a week, then two, then a month...
April: Returned to Minnesota to visit friends
May: Moved to the Glendale apartment, was visited by Laura, and discovered Bikram Yoga
June: Took Chemistry II in 8 weeks. Completed 31 continuous days of Bikram Yoga and fell in love. Also, after reading Eating Animals, decided that veganism was the right thing to do for my body, the environment, and the animals.
July: Spent several weeks in Alaska, photographed my first wedding!
August: Began my second year of prerequisites (Organic Chemistry I, Physics I)
September: Bought my road bike to train for triathlons (have since been too hot or too afraid of Arizona people who apparently will throw things like beer cans at your head). Applied to Bastyr University.
October: Got an interview for Bastyr University. Turned 24!
November: Interviewed at Bastyr and got accepted! Spent Thanksgiving in Oklahoma
December: First wedding anniversary, and all the aforementioned events :)
Best wishes for you, your loved ones, and the earth in 2011.
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