Highlights of 2015

—Moved into a new apartment

—Enjoyed/endured a very snowy winter

—Saw my name credited on the copyright page of a book for the first time

—Went ice skating at Bryant Park (and confirmed that I am terrible at ice skating)

—Took a copyediting class at NYU, in the Woolworth Building

—Got my last wisdom tooth removed

—Continued volunteering at the Sisters of the Renewal Soup Kitchen

—Walked (most of) the Pilgrimage of New York

—Went on a ski trip

—Watched the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

—Spent a week working from home after a gas explosion happened on the block where I work, destroying a few buildings a few doors down from my office

—Saw ND basketball advance to the Elite Eight and won my March Madness pool (For Glory and Baked Goods)…not my family pool this year, but I at least won my friends pool

—Spent Easter at home with family

—Went on the spring Frassati retreat in April

—Enjoyed spring and summer in Astoria Park

—Saw five plays over the course of the year (Les Miserables, An American in Paris, The Surprise, Ever After, and Laugh It Up, Stare It Down)

—Won a lot of trivia nights and hosted several game nights

—Began playing flute at Frassati holy hours

—Spent a few summer weekends by the pool

—Brought some NYC friends to visit my hometown in NJ and walked across the Delaware River

—Visited the Cloisters Museum and the Museum of Natural History

—Saw Fourth of July fireworks in Astoria Park

—My sister and cousin both moved to NYC this year, which means I’ve gotten to hang out with them more often!

IMG_3488_2 — I am the oldest and shortest cousin of the group.

—Got a promotion and took on bigger projects at work

—Fought off an infestation of bugs in July…I have pictures of this, but I’ll spare you ;)

—Took a brush lettering class with Erica of Be A Heart Design and began experimenting with watercolor calligraphy

—Wrote monthly for Ignitum Today and for the BIS Blog in August

—Went camping with friends in August

—Played tourist in NYC for a weekend in August when a friend visited

—Was retested for food allergies to gluten and dairy in August, and the tests came back negative! I’ve outgrown the allergies that I was diagnosed with a few years ago (I had a parasite that has since been treated), and now I can enjoy all my favorite foods again! I didn’t think that would ever happen, and it had been three and a half years since I’d eaten any gluten or dairy, so it was exciting this fall to try foods for the “first” time again after so long.