happy happy new year

2010
pack my bags
meet up for last-minute coffees with friends in Kingwood
fly to England
move into my house in Chester
heating and hot water break the first weekend--almost die
make friends with other Americans studying abroad
first daytrip to Manchester
join the university Christian union, make English friends
meet Jon
take a roadtrip to Wales with new friend
realize class attendance isn't necessary
learn to use double faucets
first daytrip to Liverpool
Ireland adventure with the other Americans, Cork and Galway
start volunteering at Chester homeless shelter
miss home
find a church in Chester
travel to Scotland, Glasgow and Edinburgh
meet Hendrix girls in Poland, visit Auschwitz
return to Chester and realize I feel really at home
first date with Jon
spend a week in Belgium eating chocolate (Brussels and Brugge)
Jon asks me to be his girlfriend, I say yes :)
travel to Paris, Florence, and Rome with Mommy
Jon takes me to the Lake District
fall in love with Jon
become blind to everything else going on in the world
realize I want to marry Jon
preach my first mini sermon
finish my junior year of college
spend a week with Laura's family in Cheltenham (they also take me to Warwick and Stratford)
spend a week with Becca's family in Suffolk
spend a week with Jon's family
cry hysterically in public (at the Manchester airport, leaving to go home)
go home, six weeks of summer in Texas
begin senior year of college
settle into my first apartment with two amazing roommates
start learning to cook (trial and error)
Jon comes to visit, sees my home and meets my family
Jon asks me to marry him, I say yes :)
get a pretty ring
turn 22
last Thanksgiving living in America for a while
buy a wedding dress
finish the semester
Christmas
go back to England to visit my fiance
have a very happy new year
2011