2012 in review

2012 was a very interesting year for me. More uncertainty than I'd ever had - and while that was stressful I had a great year and never expected I'd end up where I am right now. 2012 started out slow but got super crazy by the summer with all my traveling and then moving to Virginia at the end of August! So total I went to 18 states - with 2 of them new Colorado & Wyoming! 

So here is the month by month recap:

January: A quiet month with a lot of physical therapy, I decided to work State again and training in DC where I got to see my DC friends! 

dc fun

February: Still lots of physical therapy and issues with knee braces. Superbowl fun with Meg & Suz, lots of NJ ZTA time!, substitute taught in NJ for most of the month , Boston conference, my last great grandmother died at 98 and trying to enjoy the month in jersey! 

superbowl fun

March: Still lots of subbing! Going to Chicago for a conference and having a wonderful time there -  lus it was 80 in March! After my conference in Princeton I was given the ok to go back to Charleston! Woooo! Finally! It was so nice to get to go back home to Charleston!

Chicago!

April: Back in Charleston! Woooooooooo! April was a busy month with being back in Charleston and taking advantage of everything there. I also subbed a lot and also had conferences in Atlanta & Irvine. Atlanta was a blast and I got my National Parks Passport! Which only set off my obsession! Went on a lot of first dates. And I went to Denver to visit Annie and fell in love with that state!

exploring Charleston with Amy - Old Sheldon Church ruins

Atlanta fun with coworkers!

NPS Passport!!!!

Fort Moultrie - you can see Fort Sumter in the background!

 

COLORADO FUN! Yay for seeing Annie!


 

May: Super busy! I subbed almost every day! Watched a lot of hockey with the Devils in the playoffs! Had a fun weekend in Columbus, Ohio with a conference. My aunt came to visit Charleston. And enjoyed going to the beach every chance I could! 

Columbus state capital

with my aunt in SC

spent a lot of time at Sullivan's Island!

June: Kicked off 7 weeks of traveling! Jeanne's bridal shower & bachelorette in New York. Had a few 36 hour visits to Charleston and saw a Phil Vassar & Dustin Lynch at Party in the Park concert, went to Denver for a conference and then went camping in Rocky Mountain National Park for 3 days! It was a blast and I saw a moose! I loved all the hiking and just taking in the most gorgeous scenery! And my quick last minute trip to Wyoming where I enjoyed lunch in Cheyenne!  Another conference in Houston and then a surprise trip home for a job interview, but I enjoyed being in jersey longer than I had planned for twin's shower - and a fun hiking trip with her & Andy. A few hours in Charleston before headed to Philly for a conference at UPenn.

Jeanne's shower

gorgeous sunset in Charleston at Party in the Park

Rocky Mountain National Park fun!!

Woooo! State #34

hiking with twin at the gap

co-worker fun on UPenn's campus!

July: More interview fun at another school in NJ (aka I got to see my parents a lot this summer). A fun weekend at Yale for a conference (the Mean Girls quoting weekend!) And then a wonderful weekend for Jeanne' & Travis's wedding!! 10 days in Charleston - it was glorious! Working a session of NYLC in DC and celebrating my 27th birthday being super excited to get passport stamps on the National Mall and catching up with my DC friends!

Yale conference fun!

Crew loves at Jeanne's wedding!

summer 2011 loves reunion! froyo for life!

happy 27th birthday! woo! passport stamps!

August: Continuing the FA fun in DC and interviewing for the position here, spending quality time with MJ & Patricia after the conference, spending a lot of time in the car driving between NJ & SC and stopping at as many historical sistes I could! Reuniting with my big for a fun time at the beach, twin & Andy's wedding! Finding out I got the job in DC!! Wooo! Packing up and saying goodbye to Charleston, my parents coming to vist Charleston to help me move! And going to my first Civil War 150th at the Second Manassas.

a fun night with MJ & Patricia

my big & I! Hadn't seen each other in 6 years. 

Twin's wedding!

mom & dad in Charleston

Fort Sumter with my parents

September: Started working!! Wooo, and the fun of apartment searching. Stayed with MJ while I was looking and had fun with her roomies. Drove 8 hours in one day for the Luke & Jason concert with Momma & Kelly and then drove home for Grandma & Pa's 60th wedding anniversary dinner,  moved into my apartment. Continued with my 150th Civil War with Antietam, enjoyed getting to know the NoVA Zetas with a Redskins game, enjoying my National Parks in the DC area and just loving getting to see so many of my friends.

with MJ & her roomies at UVA - we went to say hi to Thomas Jefferson!

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J-E-T-S!

150th at Antietam

My Apt!

yay for fun DC days with friends!

October: Kicked off the month by going home for an Army football game with my parents and the NNJZTA Think Pink game with the Giants! Moderated a panel for work, went to see Zac Brown with friends, a hilarious night in Baltimore for kspice's bachelorette where I met a guy with my same name (so freaky!) a hilarious trip to Skyline Drive with MJ & Patricia, lots of running, a fabulous Kip Moore/Justin Moore/Eric Church concert, and sadly ending the month with Hurricane Sandy - where I saw my state get destroyed.

momma & i at the Army football game

Love my NNJZTA sisters

kspice's bachelorette in baltimore

a wonderful day on Skyline Drive with MJ & Patricia

meeting Kip Moore! SO EXCITING!

lots of running in prep for my half - marathon! 

November: Helped kspice celebrate her wedding! election day, lots of fun with coworkers, more national park exploration! Going to Arlington Cemetery to honor our veterans, a great weekend in Philly for the Philly Half Marathon with Jeanne & Chelsea! Woooo 13.1 miles a year after tearing my ACL, enjoying a long weekend home for Thanksgiving, did my first Turkey Trot for Team Steve, stopping at Gettysburg on the drive back to Virginia and more fun with friends!

congrats kspice!

love this quote! at Arlington

13.1! Woooo! Philly half!

coworker fun

team steve!

December: A fun time at Walburn's annual holiday party with my college friends, continuing my historyness with the 150th of Fredricksburg, an amazing Redskins-Ravens game! catching up with college friends at the WAC holiday party, wreath laying at Arlington, Amy coming to visit in DC, a great Christmas at home with my family, the annual NYC trip with my parents, 3 more national parks that week and ending 2012 with Becca & Suz in a hilarious night- we all rang in 2003 together, so it was even more fun 10 years later! 

wreath laying at Arlington

WAC holiday party - love these ladies

Redskins- Ravens game with the NOVA Zetas

The Capital Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas!

parents at Rockefeller Center!

Happy New Year!

So a really great 2012! I was able to go to 18 states, 2 new states, 3 weddings, a lot of work conferences, waaaay to many days subbing, a lot of first dates (and a few got 2+ dates), lots of physical therapy, 42 flights, 5 drives between NJ & Charleston, 41 national park sites!, 132 nationa park passport stamps, 138 books read, 3 NFL football games, waaaay too much put on my credit card, so many visits to visit friends,  5 country concerts, 6 job interviews and 1 job!! 

Hope you had a wonderful 2012!