Let me start this post by saying, yes I am backdating the post date a little, just so I can lie and/or pretend to myself that I didn’t write it more than 10% of the way into 2010. It’s funny…while 2009 was happening, I didn’t think there was that much exciting happening in my life that was worth writing about, but now that it’s time to sum it all up, I am struggling to make it brief while also appropriately capturing the year. Um, here goes…
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Winter: I was in Chicago freezing my butt off while interviewing my face off for an internship. Guess what? Chicago sucks in the winter. Guess what else sucks? Interviewing for jobs in the middle of a recession. So guess what? MY WINTER SUCKED.
Spring: Better than Winter. The crappy weather carried over, but having eventually lined up an internship, I was in better spirits. I participated in a business plan competition, an experience in attempting to launch a business that is one of my most valuable takeaways from school (despite deciding not to move forward). However, it consumed a huge chunk of my time so I can remember very little else exciting that happened during that time.
Summer: Woah summer. So much to say, so much I won’t. Right after school ended, I headed down to Dallas for my internship for 10 weeks. I won’t go into much detail about the internship itself, other than to say that it was a good learning experience and provided me some clarity about my career direction.
Fall: After a month break after my internship, I headed back to school for the start of my second year. The unquestionable highlight of the return has been moving into a pretty fancy house (A HOUSE!) with 3 of my classmates, an experience I’d liken to the grad school grown-up equivalent of a frat house. It’s a blast to be around 3 people who are funnier than me (hard to believe, right?), live in a classy spot with funky light fixtures and snazzy bathrooms that’s nice to come home to everyday, and still be able to jam dozens of people in for raging Halloween and New Years parties.
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Despite the varying ups and downs of 2009, one consistent theme of the year was that I traveled. A LOT. I spent a total of 91 days living out of a suitcase, no small number considering I was employed for a mere 10 weeks. And as mentioned a few posts back, 29 of those days were consecutive.
Domestically, I went to Aspen, Scotsdale, Washington DC, Chicago (while living in Dallas), Austin, Houston (twice), Melbourne (thrice), Anchorage, San Francisco (twice), New York City, Bakersfield, Steamboat Springs, and Miami.
Internationally, I spent 12 days driving around all of Scotland and Ireland.
Financially, I am pretty damn near broke!
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I’m still planning on sharing a few pictures from last year soon, but this has been a (hopefully) short, (hopefully) informative, and (unlikely) entertaining update at where I’ve been. 2010 should be an interesting year as well and I’ll (hopefully) be better at telling you about it.
