work in progress

• Started a new job!
• Saw Billy Joel in concert at Madison Square Garden with my sister

• Made several visits to the Met

• Went skiing in the Poconos

• Celebrated Liz’s engagement and helped her with wedding planning

• Went on two retreats at Villa Maria Guadalupe
• Attended Women Speak for Themselves Media Training in Washington, DC, and met lots of amazing women
• Visited the National Basilica while in DC

• Watched Villanova win the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden

• Went to a friend’s bachelorette in Cape Cod

• Went to Easter Vigil Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer and had Easter brunch with my family

• Celebrated Bacon Friday (aka the first Friday after Easter, when we can eat meat again after Lent) with Liz’s masterpiece bacon piñata and a group sing-along of “Gift of Finest Meat”

• Saw my CCD students receive the Sacrament of Confirmation

• Went to my sister’s graduation from Penn

• Went to a friend’s wedding in May

• Visited Governor’s Island and Roosevelt Island for the first time

• Saw Hamilton in June! Also saw two other Broadway shows this year: Anastasia and Waitress

• Spent some lunch hours in Central Park when the weather was nice

• Continued babysitting for the Sisters of Life

• Went to my first Mets game, as well as a Yankee game

• Explored South Street Seaport with my sister and a high school friend

• Visited the Museum of Natural History with my family

• Designed Liz’s wedding invitations

• Saw the solar eclipse

• Became “Aunt Erin” when my friends’ baby was born in September

• Got a new roommate (who is also an old roommate!) when Mandy moved in
• Went out to Notre Dame for the Miami (OH) game and to meet baby John

• Spent an afternoon in Chicago on my way back from Indiana

• Was a bridesmaid in Liz’s wedding

• Started volunteering with Read Ahead NYC
• Met my sister’s new puppy, Aughie

• Started teaching a new CCD class
• Celebrated my 30th birthday

• Published an op-ed at MercatorNet
• Spent Christmas with family

• Read 45 books over the course of the year (not counting the ones I had to read for work)
• Rang in the new year (and celebrated Mandy’s birthday) with friends at home

Onward to 2018!