another year down...

2011 is here already. we are actually 2 weeks deep into it. i didn't do my normal let's reflect on this past year post. while this is long over do i still feel the need to do it. because one day i will look back at this and remember the good and the bad and how they changed me into the person that i am now.

it blows my mind to realize how much i have changed in the past year. how much more sure of myself i am now than i was ever before. some people say that how you spend your new years is a reflection on the year to come. this year it seemed true. i rang in 2010 with a new group of people. some of these people were old friends, others new. little did i know how close i would grow to everyone, all in different ways. the begining of the year was rough. it really is true that what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. everything i had to deal with for those first few months. the tears, frustrations, feelings of being all seem to be just a clip in what last year was for me. because all of the good outweighs the bad. i let go of friendship and built many new ones. i needed to let go. i needed to get rid of the last thing that was holding me back from really becoming this. this strong, confident woman. i'm starting to realize all this hard work is actually paying off and that maybe, just maybe i can become something.

since i love lsit so much here is mine for this year...

here's to...
new years and dancing in carlos' kitchen. bjorn and the wonderful friendship we had while working together. laurel's birthday party and the aftermath. hannah visiting and moving here. the mustache may birthday party. hot bird and the fulton grand. beach trips. driving to see my grandmother. my brother and sister in law and everything they have given me. pub crawling with megan kelly on sunday afternoons. sunrises with kara. all the dates i went on this year. impormtu dance parties no matter where we are. gentrify brooklyn and madcar. all the real dance parties. going to knoxville to see steph and tubing for the first time. my promotion. getting my first assistant. my new tattoo. halloween. living with two of my closet friends. sunday brunches with laurel. youtube at work. all those nights we drank too much. the times we laughed so hard we thought we were going to pee our pants. hannah and matching necklaces.

here's to everyone and everything that made 2010 amazing. i hope you all know how much i truly love all of you and how i appreciate your friendships.