- I rang in 2013 and received my first New Year's kiss. Props Cody.
- Cody and I officially began telling people we were back together, two months after we had been back together. We were even FBO by the end of the month. ;)
- Cody flipped his car, during icy weather, and I have never been so scared in my life.
- Cody turned 20, and he made me and 2 of our friends go watch Movie 43. He still hasn't lived that one down.
- I got to see two of my favorite bands on tour together, MMF and For Today.
- Cody bought me a huge unicorn for Valentine's Day.
- I put red in my hair.
- I turned 20.
- Cody and I did a "30 day Paleo Challenge" and didn't make it all 30 days.
- My parent's celebrated their 40th Wedding anniversary.
- I saw Cody play with Theory Of Resistance.
- Cody left TOR.
- My best friend and I went to the RED tour, and watching Taylor Swift live was basically life changing. I cried so many times.
- I went to youth camp for the second time as a counselor.
- We were Camp Champs for the second year in a row.
- I celebrated 3 years with HEB, and then applied for a promotion the next day.
- After two hectic interviews, and two months of waiting, I got accepted into SORM.
- Cody became the new bassist for Forever In Your Eyes.
- My grandma passed away.
- I almost died at Warped Tour twice. Once in a pit, Second by dehydration and overheating.
- I decided to take a year off of school.
- I chopped all my hair off, and am still not sure how I feel about it.
- I bought a new car, all by myself.
- We went to the State Fair and easily have grease clogged in our arteries to this day.
- I went black friday shopping at the San Marcos outlets. (SO WONDERFUL)
- I struggled with being content in where God has me.
- Cody took me to Paris and Enloe to visit his family. I saw the Eiffel tower, was in the Enloe town Fourth of July parade, and played monopoly all night with his incredibly sweet cousins.
- Ol South pancake house became Cody and I's "place".
- I planned and had some of the most fun ever at Partner Outings with my HEB family.
- Discovered I'm a pretty darn good cook.
- Was asked to be a bridesmaid in the upcoming wedding of two of my sweet friends, Savannah and Walker.
I went back and looked at my 2012 recap, and at the end I wrote that my one word for 2013 was Opportunity. Now more than ever do I believe that word was from the Lord. I have been blessed with so much this year, and have tried to make the most of it. I spent a lot of this year working hard towards goals for work, and positions that I wanted, some that I didn't even see in my grasp at the beginning of 2013. This year was spent rekindling a love and a relationship, and falling more in love than I ever was before. This year was spent growing, and learning, and pushing myself to new levels. It was struggling with being good enough. It was worrying about things that only God has the plan and answer to. It was learning to be okay with the unknown "what is to come", and letting God be God. 2013 was filled with so much good, so many opportunities that I certainly did not expect or necessarily deserve. But I serve a faithful God who sees so much more in me than I do myself, and entrusts me with some pretty great things. I am thankful for the life lessons that 2013 has taught me, the joy it has brought me, and the memories it has created.
2014, I am ready for you. I believe 2014 will be a year of Change and Challenges, and I stand firm, and unafraid, and nothing less of ecstatic for what is to come.
