My December in 9 photos via Instagram. Sadly thanks to the awesomeness of my iPhone 4S, my poor DSLR and point'n'shoot cameras do not get used as often. Add that to my 2012 resolutions: use camera more and stop eating after I get off of work.
I can't believe the holidays came and went that fast. My birthday was spent on the slopes of Stevens Pass, snowboarding with Makoto and Wayne. That's right MAKOTO! He came to visit and took us snowboarding. Now I'm going to be honest I was very scared about snowboarding. I last went over a year and half ago, and I absolutely SUCKED. I called my sister and watched some youtube vids for some tips. Luckily we started on the bunny hill, and I got to ride the magic carpet (something which my sister wouldn't let me do because she said it was embarassing). After my first run down the bunny hill, all of 50 feet, I got my snowboarding swag back! That was until I decided to take the ski lift and do the beginner run. The ski lift, my mortal enemy, I know I was overthinking the dismount, and I landed right on my tailbone. And I landed harrrrrrd, so hard I was hurting for the next week. Birthday dinner was spent at Spaghetti Factory with Ryan, May, and Wayne, we had great conversation over great food and wine. One of my best berfdays ever despite missing my girls.
The rest of December was pretty busy, breakfasts, lunches, and dinners with Chelsea and her bf; the Deloitte Christmas party in Bellvue, thank you May and Ryan for taking us; hanging with Grant, Michelle, and the girls in Maple Valley; and working ridiculously hard. But thankfully my hard work paid off and I was kept on board as a regular (best Christmas gift ever... well for this year).
Christmas eve was spent watching Jonas Brothers on Netflix with Wayne. The next morning we woke, put on some Christmas music and opened our presents. Wayne got a Keurig coffee machine, my favorite gift came from Priya, a little hand towel with embroidery that read "Citron Kid"... loved it. After we spent the afternoon feeding the homeless at City Hall Park downtown. It was freezing cold but it was an amazing experience. People were so grateful to get some food, clothes, and bedding, truly blessed to be apart of that. We headed to Bremerton for dinner with the Higa's. It was such a great day, one of the best Christmases EVER!
I spent New Years in HAWAII, but I'll leave that for another post! I'm currently in the middle of a Dawson's Creek marathon, even better the Pacey-Joey years, reliving senior year of high school-freshman year of college. Oh brother, what have I re-gotten myself into.