2012 recap.

2012 was the year i...

• lived in norway. with my father. for the first time since i was four. and it was both harder and better than i expected.
• worked as a substitute teacher for norwegian brats. who i kinda grew to love.
• fulfilled a childhood dream to work as a cashier at a grocery store.
• was a seminary teacher for the last part of the old testament and the first part of the new testament. (one of my goals for 2013 is to read the whole bible.)
• crushed on much younger boys, and much older men. clearly i am doomed. 
• slowly but surely lost some weight. through a (mostly) regular exercise routine (except during 1 small gap and 1 larger gap), and my dad's bachelor diet of sandwiches and hot dogs, added by lots of candy - almost every day.
• probably developed diabetes. 
• started knitting.
• won two tickets to a concert. that never happens to me.
• went to the concert. performing were 3 contestants on 'the voice - norway', including 1 finalist. that's pretty big. (obviously not justin bieber big. but still. free tickets.)
• turned 26. officially over the hill.
• went on a 3-week vacation to my home country of america. (as proof that i am truly american, i just said that there is a country called america.)
• drove from las vegas to salt lake city through the darkest of night, after 24 hrs+ of traveling. 
• attended (however briefly) 5 wedding receptions in 3 weeks. 2 on the same day.
• went to new york city for the first time.
• walked 114 nyc blocks in thin sandals.
• got my first tooth filling. and my second, third, and fourth.
• went to the dentist for the first time in 6+ years.
• spent $2000+ at the dentist.
• got new glasses that are somehow both less and more nerdy than my previous pair.
• biked. a lot.
• was in a bike/car incident that led to being reported to the police by a crazy woman. to which the police told her they had better things to do.
• went to london for the first real time. 
• watched the midnight premiere of breaking dawn pt. 2 in london w my mother, and looooooved it (with 6 o's).
• got called as the young women's president. yikes.
• finally baked christmas goodies (7 kinds, baby).
• celebrated a lovely christmas w my father. the best in years. 
• was the one opening the most presents in the family. that never happens. 
• spent my 2nd new years eve at a single adult dance w my mother. and i have yet to turn 27. (see #5 regards crushing on older men.)
• read 29 books. and started 6 more. (that i am still working on.)
• had as close to nil as one can get in terms of a social life.
• did not get married. or even meet a potential eternal companion. 
• learned many much-needed lessons, of which i have yet to discover most of.
• was where i needed to be. for now.