[Family visited me in California in January]

[Hung out with the Disneyland ducks at work]

[Played tourist in LA with my mom and saw The Book of Mormon]

[Went biking in Huntington Beach]

[Introduced my dad to his new favorite Cuban restaurant]

[Got accepted to the Columbia Publishing Course]

[Spent Easter with my dad, my cousin, and her family]

[Said goodbye to my job at Disneyland]

[Orange County Walk for Wishes]

[First and only Angels game with my roommate…since I’d been hearing the Angels’ fireworks from my apartment for two years, I figured I ought to actually attend a game before I left!]

[Last Disneyland day]

[Moved out of my apartment and said my goodbyes to California]

[Drove across the country with my mom]

[Visited the Grand Canyon]

[Went to the top of the St. Louis Arch]

[Stopped at Notre Dame to visit friends—new tile floors in the Basilica!]

[Visited a friend in Pittsburgh and stopped by the Children’s Festival, the Cathedral of Learning, and Mount Washington]

[Attended the wedding of two dear friends of mine]

[Watched my cousin graduate from Scranton]

[Helped my sister move into her new apartment in Boston]

[Met Jennifer Fulwiler!]

[Helped my aunt move and said goodbye to her house, one of my favorite places from my childhood]

[Attended the Columbia Publishing Course]

[Found another OLQA and made new friends volunteering at the Sisters of the Renewal soup kitchen]

[Visited Scholastic and had lunch with Arthur Levine, editor of Harry Potter!]

[Completed CPC]

[Hung out drinking wine on NYC rooftops]

[Spent August applying for jobs and flying model rockets with my cousin]

[Spent Labor Day weekend with my sister and extended family in Florida]

[Started an internship in NYC, adjusted to life as a commuter, and joined an awesome book club]

[Morning view of the Meadowlands, as seen from many bus rides]

[Went to AbbeyFest to hear Audrey Assad and met the (cardboard) Pope]

[Saw the Irish play Syracuse in MetLife Stadium]

[Made my annual football pilgrimage to Notre Dame, this time to play in the alumni band at the Stanford game…it poured rain the entire game, but the fourth quarter finish made it all worth it]

[Started this blog and began writing for Ignitum Today]

[Celebrated my birthday in November]

[Spent a quiet, snowy Thanksgiving at home with family]

[Visited with old friends]

[Painted my aunt’s house as a Christmas gift]

[December in the city—got a promotion at work!]

[Enjoyed a noisy, wonderful Christmas with lots of extended family]

It’s been a fantastic, crazy year filled with lots of big changes in my life. I already know that 2015 will have at least one more big change in store—moving into the city—and I can’t wait to see what else is ahead. Happy New Year!