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| There are just a few of the cookies that I made for my sister's wedding. And yes, I know that I am a fantastic photographer. The angle was purposeful. (Maybe.) |
Despite all the changes in my life, the winter break was for the most part the same. Dad losing at Monopoly (okay, he won... once), pigs in the blanket on Christmas eve, Christmas cards hung up on string in the living room... All of my family traditions brought the year full circle.
Although I try not to limit goal setting and reflection about how far I've come to this time of year, I think that it is suiting to think about the changes this past year brought to me--and about the changes this new year will bring.
This past year...
- I learned that, despite what I was taught in high school (sorry Newton), physics is amazing. The universe is incredibly complex and the mystery of how everything ties together continues to intrigue me. Speaking of which, I just bought a new book about physics! (Okay, so it was this year not last, but minor details...).
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| It has all these recreational experiments that I'm excited to try out. One of them's boiling water in snow! (Although obviously that's chemistry, not physics.... duh.) |
- I graduated from high school! Woot! Also started going to college (gasp!) and started my own blog.
- Traveled to Europe for the second time ever, the first time that I can ever remember. Let's just say that the Mona Lisa is a bit of a disappointment, but the Eiffel tower...? Oh man.
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| Almost fit it into my backpack. Almost, but not quite. |
- I went through three jobs: Dunkin' Donuts, rame-hart instrument co., and now the research lab.
- I watched my sister get married to her best friend. (There was a point where I thought that person was me, but alas. There's no time to be sore about that now.)
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| See, I'm super strong! |
- I applied for internships! Oh wait, I was going to, but then I didn't get to that until... oh, about four hours ago.
- I learned to appreciate a crunchy leaf to a new extent. (Also recently discovered that snow is just as satisfyingly crunchy, and the chances of getting a good crunch out of snow are much higher than finding a non-soggy leaf to crunch. Just so you know.)
- I learned how to play the organ! Formally, anyway.
- Somehow managed to attend college and not become poor.
I can't say that a whole lot has changed now that it's 2013, but hopefully some new (good) changes will come this year. I'm really excited for this new semester; I'm taking 10 classes which I know sounds like a lot, but most of them are easier classes. Like scuba diving! Words cannot express to you how excited I am for that class.
So I'm guessing that this semester will be a little bit more challenging than last (obviously because of that really tough scuba diving class...), but hopefully I'll still have time to post here, bake cookies, sleep sufficiently... and get an internship this summer! I almost didn't apply to any because the lazy part of me told me it would be fine to work another summer at Dunkin' Donuts, but then I did anyway and I'm really glad I did. Although I still have five or so more places I want to apply to.
As for some resolutions...
- Be more open to people and new ideas.
- Read more frequently.
- Spend less time distracted.
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| A perfect example of me being distracted. My apologies for making you see that. Also sorry for the weird effects. I couldn't figure out how to change them. |
- Go to bed earlier (great, already breaking that one... it's 1am right now), and don't fight waking up in the morning.
- Learn how to make some real food. (Enough noodles, seriously.)
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