Highlights of 2011

The "year in points" post seems to be a popular choice this time of year, so I thought I'd jump on board.

January

• Watched oodles of Olympics at Lenny's house where I crashed with all of my stuff after leaving my (hopefully last) bachelorette pad.
  

February

• Had a wonderful first Valentine's Day with a boyfriend.
• Found our first home to rent! It is so perfect and comes with a super great landlord to boot!
  

March

• Celebrated 1 year with the fantastic Lenny. I could not ask for a better partner in crime!
• Lenny turned 23.
• Performed my first masters recital to an enthusiastic crowd of 7.
  

April

• Did a lot of studying for final exams.
• Probably the peak of my italiano skills.
  

May

• The last session of summer school begins: sociology, computer science, and matrix algebra.
• Started volunteering with the MS Society. Hopefully some of the work I did for their website will be approved and start assisting people better.

June

• Summer school fun continues.
  

July

• Completed my last summer course ever (hopefully)! I've taken summer courses for five years and now it is complete!
• Began researching my family tree and met a lot of new extended family members online. Also solved a family mystery regarding the lineage of my grandpa's parents.
• Took a few weeks of Grade 12 chemistry to explore switching career paths into medicine. Ha!
  

August

• I turned 24. We celebrated with a Fantastic trip to Niagara wineries, complete with the most amazing meal ever at Hillebrand wineries.
  

September

• Started term 13/14. Met my new bassoon teacher for the first time.
• Started teaching my biggest class yet: 15 students!
• Finished my Certificate in University Teaching and Learning
  

October

• Thanksgiving with Lenny's family. Ate a lot of pumpkin pie with whipped cream.
• Started blogging again on a regular basis.
• I fell in love with Starbucks' pumpkin spice lattes. My love relationship with coffee has officially begun.
  

November

• Took Lenny to his first ever Santa Claus parade.
• Had a family adventure in St. Jacobs while Keely was down to visit.
• Caught a nasty pneumonia/bronchitis bug that kept us out of normalcy for a collective 6 weeks, losing a collective 20 lbs.
  

December

• Enjoyed a record number of snow days, 2.5, right before exam period.
• Went to six family Christmas parties.
• Celebrated ringing in the new year with a personal best 5-km race and celebrations with Lenny's friends in Toronto.
  

Here's to another great year with more memories to come!