Can’t believe it’s already time to close this list and start a new one! This year was a year of tuning in to myself and accepting the whole – scars and flaws are beautiful doorways for growth and wisdom. Cheers, 2019 🥂
2018 Firsts and Finallys
– Finally went back to school! Started working on a copyediting certificate, also finally started working on an art history degree
– Visited my first dueling piano bar 🎹
– Stood at the top of my first mountain, Mt. Washington – for a wedding, no less – and stepped foot onto the AT for the first time
– Finalement commencé à apprendre le français and started a library of French books
– Attended my first (and last) Warped Tour
– Played with a pit band for a musical for the first time
– Finally had pie in Alabama 🥧
– Tasted my first Bordeaux
– Played my first real Austin gig
– Finally became military-time fluent
– Took my first drawing class, started my first sketchbook
– Finally caught Gin Blossoms, The Wombats, Metallica, Paul McCartney, Chicago, Weezer, and Eli Young Band
– Hosted my first Christmas in July party
– Finally found Niagara Falls
– Got my first professional facial
– Went to my first crawfish boil
– Attended my first real wine tasting 🍷
– Took a shot off an ice luge for the first time
– Finally learned to change spark plugs
– Discovered that Toto has pretty great non-“Africa” songs (hint, hint)
– Finally saw the Terminator and Back to the Future movies
– Shoulder “surfed” at a concert for the first time #TheCatEmpire
– Stumbled upon my first European Christmas festival
– Learned how to replace a shower valve cartridge
– Finally wandered around Yale, Baylor, and MIT
– Joined my first real D&D group
– Finally gave in and subscribed to Amazon Prime haha
– Clocked my fastest mile since high school at 9:23/mi (today!) 🏃♀️
– New states: Tennessee, Arkansas, Virginia, DC, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
– New countries: Canada, the Netherlands
– New art museums: US National Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, Yale University Art Gallery, Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Rembrandt’s house
Waverly At Dawn 