A Year in Review

Ok, so the year of 2008 has been filled with triumphs and tragedy, but it is time for a recap.

January - I started the new year off with cutting 10 inches of hair off and donating it to Locks of Love. I moved back to Bacone for my last semester there and my final season of track. I made new friends, hung out with Jeremy for the first time on the 8th, and competed in my first indoor track meet (and only one). In the middle of the month, after my first indoor track meet, I found out that I had to have glaucoma surgery at the end of the month. No bueno. So there went half my track season right there pratically.

February - It was an interesting month. Jeremy and I were officially together by now. I got to watch him play baseball since I couldn't practice. I was a student assistant coach and team photographer for the track team. I got to see Jeremy's first home run of the season (and got a photo of the connection!!!)

March - I got sucked into doing photography for the Baconian. Was kind of competing in one event at a time at the track meets, ie one meet I'd through discus, another I'd through shot put, and a third I'd throw javelin so that I could throw all three at the conference meet come April. I got to watch more baseball and track.

April - The month started off ok, but I had no idea of how bad it was going to get. I was excited because I'd get to see Jeremy and was staying at the same hotel as the baseball team (they were playing their last conference game of the season), but saddened by the Conference Track Meet in Texas since it was my last one. Then that first night in Texas, I got a call from Jeremy's roommate and a friend of ours, saying that Crystal was dead, killed in a hit and run. I then received text messages. I called Jeremy crying my eyes out, called my parents. Then the next morning I had to be the bearer of bad news to the track team, since many of them knew Crystal or had her mother for a math class. It was a somber April 19th. After the meet was over and I finally got a hold of Jeremy, I was informed that his cousin Charlie had been found dead that morning in his car. So I got to play telephone central, communicating between Jeremy and his dad. Then that next week was Crystal and Charlie's funerals. Crystal's funeral was extremely tough on both Jeremy and I, if it hadn't been for the friendships we had formed with her, we may have never gotten together. But one good thing did come from the day of Crystal's funeral, I got my mustang. Then that Friday, Jeremy and I sprinted up to Tulsa for Charlie's funeral that Saturday. It was hard on Jeremy and it hurt me to see him saddened even more than he was at the beginning of the week. After the funeral, we had to sprint back to Bacone because he and the baseball team were leaving for their Conference Tourney. I finished my last week at Bacone without Jeremy but was excited to know that even though they got knocked out of the tourney, he would be back in time to go to graduation.

May - I graduated from Bacone and got everything set and ready to go so I could attend UCO. May was also filled with sadness. Jeremy's grandmother on his dad's side passed away, so off to another funeral. The rest of the month was ok. I got to spend a lot of time with Jeremy. He took me to my first Tulsa Driller's baseball game.

June - It was a good month. I got a job at a bridal store. Everything was going pretty good with my eye. Nothing really major happened in June.

July - Jeremy hit his head and had to get staples put in his scalp, but I still love him. lol. I got to spend the 4th with Jeremy. I loved being held by him while watching the fireworks. Went to my track coach's wedding and had a great time. Ended up having to take Jeremy to the ER the night before we were to go to Branson. He ended up with a staph infection about 3 inches below his belly button. So yeah, going to Branson after being awake for over 24 hours was no fun. Needless to say we crashed when it was bed time that night. I got to play nurse for Jeremy to make sure he was doing everything he was supposed to do. Had a blast a Silver Dollar City. It was my first trip ever. We had a tintype kind of photo taken of us as a southern bell and Confederate officer. We went shopping. Found out though that I'd be having cataract surgery at some point, but that was minor compared to the other two surgies that I had had previously. Other than those things, July wasn't too bad.

August - The start of a new school year and a new school for me. It was weird not having Jermey around. He decided to stick around at Bacone for another year. But that would change after all hell broke loose with baseball. I was still working at the bridal shop and trying to keep up my studies.

September - It was getting harder to spend time with Jermey, but it happens. But come September 6, even though Jermey was supposed to be back at campus because of stupid stuff thanks to the Napoleon of a coach, he was down with me. I had no idea what was going to happen after I got off work from a stressful day of dealing with brides. Jeremy and I were supposed to go to Olive Garden for dinner but he had changed his mind and had decided to take me on a picinic. Fine with me, I was hungry and tired. Well needless to say, it wasn't a picnic. It was a proposal!!! We still had Italian but at a different restuarant. The rest of the month was ok. It had its bumps.

October - I found out that besides the cataract surgery, I was going to have to have full blown glaucoma surgery. Woo hoo...not. I celebrated my 22nd birthday and got surprise roses even though Jeremy was in Muskogee...gotta love it when your finace and mother plot against ya. Halloween was fun, but I don't think I'll ever dress as a Playboy Bunny again..lol.

November - This was a pretty stressful month for me. I found out that I'd be having surgery during my finals week in December, way no beuno, and was trying to finish my term paper for a military history class that I was taking. But I did get to spend Thanksgiving with Jeremy, but was sicker than a dog on Thanksgiving Day. Bleh. At least he still loved me and offered to try and take care of me.

December - Well, I had to rearrange a few finals and had surgery on the 9th. We found out what was causing the pressure to still be an issue but it was fixed during surgery. Finished taking my finals, got to deal with some crappy weather. But I did get to meet with my wedding photographer Kriea, who's amazing! And we booked her. Had a great Christmas with my family. I can't wait for New Year's Eve to be here in 3 days!!!

So that is my year in review. I can't wait to see what the new year will bring and what stresses come with it as I begin even more wedding planning.