Let's recap, shall we?
January -I rang in the New Year in Broadripple with the Indy and Chicago girls as the tradition goes. Then took a quick trip to LA to visit my cousin Selen and friend Kathryn. Then it was off to Turkey for 3 weeks for work!! I got to see lots of family as well as show Americans around Istanbul for the first time!
February-I was still in Turkey for most of it but then came back and headed to Wisconsin with some of the Chicago girls to visit Kylie! I still had ants in my pants so then I headed down south to Dallas to visit Nicole and Brigid!
March-Wedding Season 2009 began and I hit up my first wedding of the year with Tyler. I also made a trip to Chicago for St. Patrick's Day! The trip was so fun that I decided to keep on celebrating St. Patrick's Day for about another week.
April-I accepted a job in INDY and went down for some training. I also got to see Flight of the Conchords and Demetri Martin perform! And all the going away celebrations began...
May-Wedding Season continues--Congrats to Titus and Trey!! I officially moved to Indy and had my mom as a roommate for 2 weeks. Apartment searching galore. And a quick trip to Chicago for Memorial Day weekend was squeezed in for some good Mother-Daughter-Sister bonding time!
June-We officially moved into our new apartment in Broadripple...it takes me almost the entire month to unpack . Third Annual Monticello Lake House trip. I turn the big 2-5 with yet another week long celebration!
July-I celebrate my first 4th of July in the U.S. in several years. It rains and I have to watch all the fireworks on TV. I miss airplane rides so I head to Turkey for two weeks and Stacey becomes the first friend to ever travel to Turkey with me! I also get to watch my cousin Hakan get married and welcome my new cousin-in-law Canan to the family!
August-I start off the month with great tickets, a great band, and great friends (the almost Roski's at that point) at the DMB concert! Then it's up north for Holly's shower and then even farther north for a trip back to Midland to visit friends! Then the next weekend it was back to Wisconsin to visit Kylie!! Kylie was one of the 3 Kappas who made a trip to Midland while I was there and I am forever greatful! And then I wrapped up the month at Purdue for Lynnie G and Todd's wedding!!
September-We celebrated Labor Day weekend and having people in town with a rough night out in Broadripple! Wedding season continued in September as we watched Julie and Michael get married in Chicago! I went to the State Fair for the first time and Stef and I went to the Jason Mraz concert! Then Kyle came down and we watched Katie and Justin become "The Roski's!!" Work was a little crazy this month so I actually stayed in town and finally managed to hang some stuff on the walls of my room.
October-Damla and J.B. came to town to play!! Then the next weekend I went up to Chicago to visit them and go to a wedding with Derek! After that Gina and I took a trip to STL and got to see Laurent while we were there! Stef and I went to go hang out with some hippies and went to the Michael Franti and Spearhead concert. Then Damla and I took off for our 3rd Annual Sister Trip --this time we went to Spain to visit Selen!!
November-I got super into sports this month and went to the Purdue vs. MSU game (which ended up being a mini-pledge class reunion). Then I watched the Colts beat the Patriots!! And we went to a Pacer's game (thanks to Pacer's Kevin) and then visited Ben at IU all the while enjoying Purdue getting their bucket back! I wrapped up the month with a small but hilarous Thanksgiving weekend with the fam!!
December-Since moving here I've made some great new friends (the boys of 6461) and we celebrated the holiday season with some tacky Christmas! Then we started enjoying people coming home for the holidays and seeing all the familiar faces out at the bars. We had a mini-cousin's reunion at Chirstmas which was so nice and I dont' know when we'll get to do again! And I got to hear all the wonderful things people had to say about my uncle who retired after 29 years of teaching.
I have to say 2009 treated me very well!! I am so thankful for all the blessings I have had. I have a wonderful and loving family, great friends, fabulous roommates, safe and happy travels, a great job, and I'm healthy!! I wish you all a happy New Year! Cheeers to an even better 2010!!
