2012 in Review

Wow, what a year.

In February Kristen and I made an addition to our family. In the middle of Irvine Animal Care, at the very end of the day, we found our little one. She was unsure at first but always sweet and loving. Month by month we watched her grow from a sickly, scared, cautious pup to a sweet, brave, and loyal companion. I don’t know how we have gotten so lucky with our rescue dogs, but the right ones chose us. We are so fortunate.

The day we brought Ansel home

 Just when I reached the end of my wits in the call center, right when I was about to quit and run away to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, I got a job in customer service at my company. My sanity has been saved! I have been part of this team since March and I’m happy that I fit right in. I’ve made new friends and regained my sanity. I actually feel like I’m going to work for a reason now.

SK&A Christmas Party 2012

The Galaxy had a rough 2012 season. We spent the first half of the season suffering heart breaking losses and losing our faith in the team. We drug ourselves to the Home Depot Center every match day. Not always for the team we love so much, but also to be around those who will suffer with us.

I love my LARS family, and I’m happy to call myself part of the group.

As the season wore on, a wonderful thing started happening…we started to win. Little by little we climbed our way up the ranks, winning when we thought we would lose, barely scraping by. Every single match we expected our luck to run out and it didn’t. Landon told us he was going to win us another one and we wanted to believe. The team we love so much came through for us and won us another MLS Cup. Those 4 stars sure look good above our crest.

I have struggled this year with my weight loss. I have achieved losing 75 pounds since I started Weight Watchers, and in truth I should have already lost another 50. I’ve been maintaining more than losing sadly, and my resolve is weak. I am committing myself to losing the last of this weight in 2013. I have a personal trainer and I’m not going to let tiredness weight me down. I want to be healthy. I want to backpack and be able to hike at high elevation. I want to wear cute clothes! 2013 is calling for a reboot.

Who knows what changes we may see in the coming year? A move? A new addition to the family? I am confident that I will keep growing and striving to be the person I want to be. I have a wonderful partner in life and she believes in me. 2012 was such an amazing year for me and I’m sure 2013 will be that much better.