It doesn't feel any different - in fact, the only weird part is that it's about 50 degrees and beautiful outside in the beginning of January. 2012 for whatever reason doesn't seem like "holy cow it's 2012!" I feel like I may be that way when 2013 rolls around, or perhaps that's just because I've spent time planning into 2012 and haven't even thought about 2013 yet. I feel like this year will be a big one for us. Josh will be finishing up with law school, he won't take his BAR until 2013 for sure, but it'll still be a huge feat finishing law school. I'm coming up on my one-year-working-at-catholic-medical-center mark in February/March. I was technically hired in February, but didn't start orientation until March. I remember those first 2 months here with no job.. It was frustrating for sure. I said no matter what I would be thankful for my job because I couldn't deal with going back to that nothingness. It's funny to look back at the past year. We would have only been in PA for another 6 days, on the 7th of January we drove all the vehicles up here to NH to move in. Josh's parents and his brother Matt came with us, and our first meal in our new apartment was Checkmate pizza. Rigby went for a walk around the neighborhood - one of her first walks on the leash. Now it's a regular every-day routine. We've managed to make it back to PA every two months or so to see family. Maybe we only see my family, maybe Josh's would come up here - either way we were blessed to be in close contact with family even though we're so far away. Summer was a lot of fun, we went hiking, went to the ocean up here several times, had lots of visitors - that was my stretch of night shift for 2 months. It was awfully hard to stay awake down there in the admissions office sometimes, and I remember feeling over-joyed the nights and even mornings that I could sleep with Josh. I missed sleeping next to him. We also made it down to North Carolina with Josh's family for vacation - it was tons of fun! Josh and I celebrated our first year anniversary around that time and traveled another 5 hours to Georgetown South Carolina to spend a night at the Mansfield plantation. It was very beautiful and quite an out of this world experience. Then we ventured back to New Hampshire, I got hired to the D200 Unit where I work now, and began to develop friendships with the lovely ladies I work with there. Thanksgiving was spent back in PA with Josh's family. My dad had just sold the house in Pleasant Valley, and so my Dad was in Scranton with Steven. So we spent a few days in clearfield and a few days in Scranton. Christmas was weird without anyone here - Josh and I opened presents 2 days early. I wrapped Rigby's gifts and put them under the tree as well. Josh got an Ipad, Rigby got bones and new dog dishes in a pretty stand, and I got flannel sheets (LOVE LOVE LOVE), Beautiful earrings from my lovely husband, and work clogs that are SO comfortable I might just have to get a pair for around the house. It was an excellent Christmas and we both made out like bandits. =] We have more presents to look forward to when we venture home to PA in a few days. And I was able to make it home in time to watch the ball drop with my lovely husband, and we ate Gobs and sipped on Champagne. That's a year in review, with Sara Brown.
Amen!
Love, Sara
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