memories of 2011..

So, 2011..

Yeah, a really big year. Good things..bad things..in between things. Of course, those things happen every year, but somehow, I feel like this year was the climax for all of them. I'm looking forward to 2012, but I'm looking back too. I really feel like 2011 was a great year. I liked it a lot.


Good things..

Well, I'd like to think that for my friends and I, this year we learned/grew more understanding in the friendship area. While we all fight occasionally, I think it was more evident this year than any other that we really do have good relationships with each other. We make it through the good and the bad. At the beginning of 2011, I wouldn't have said we are as close with each other as we all are now. Even though it took a lot to get there..I still consider it a good thing.


So many fun experiences...

At the end of 2010 and on into 2011, I was going through my first year of co-op with the nerds. It was amazing. Best times ever. We (Morgan, Caroline, and I) learned to play football. If you drove down South Park Drive on any given Wednesday, you'd be sure to see 6 kids (Jacob, Joshua, David, Morgan, Caroline, and I) playing "keep away". Good times. Basically the guys would start throwing the football to each other, and us girls would try to intercept in sometimes "brutal" (jk) fashion. Of course, we're several inches shorter than the guys so it was always a challenge. But amazingly..fun. I miss it. A lot.



There was Carowinds. My favorite day of 2011 by far. Somehow, that day made me feel on top of the world. It made sense that my friend and I couldn't get Barefoot Blue Jean Night out of our heads. "Woah oh..never gonna grow up. Never gonna slow down. We were shinin' like lighters in the dark in the middle of a rock show." Yep, that was the feeling. It was our day. A great, unforgettable day.




There are some 'events' that I can't express in words, but are still just as important (if not more so) than the others.


Bad things..



So, yeah, fights with friends. Those can be bad, but I can't remember one that wasn't over and done with in a matter of days. I suppose that's whats really great about my group of friends..we don't/can't not talk to each other for months on end. If you do that with your friends, reconsider it. Talk it out. It's better.

I can't say I remember lots of disagreements between my friends this year. Maybe a solid five, which when you think about it, is nothing. There are 365 days in a year and I only had five friend disagreements during them. Pretty good, I think. And if you're sitting there saying, "My friends and I didn't fight once. We never fight." well..you might seriously wanna analyze your friendship. Good friendships should have disagreements. That means two people voice their own, personal, unique opinions and sometimes don't agree. At least you have a brain of your own, if you disagree with someone ;)



So..thankfully, gratefully, and happily, I can't say much more was "bad" about my year..

except..

I made a mistake. I'm not gonna go into detail..'cause I'm just not. But..I had a friend (for lack of a better term). This friend talked to me and I trusted him, but, unfortunately I was..played. Everything I thought about this person ended up being the complete opposite. Everything. It astounded me that he could appear one way, but be another so easily. For a while, I was sure that I'd never get over it. Yes, I cried some and it really hurt me, but I've moved on.

Yep. It was a bad experience. No, I wouldn't want to do it again. But. That experience..it's helped me and I know it'll help me more in the future.


So, in short, 2011..good and bad experiences alike..was still a pretty rockin' year. I won't forget it.

Only seven days left till 2012..


and by the way..

MERRY CHRISTMAS! :D