new year!

time is flying by! it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating christmas and we're already in the new year.  life is going full speed, and i wish it would slow down a little for me to enjoy!  as i reflect back on 2012, overall it was a good one, but we can always strive for better things in 2013.

2012 is sort of a blur, really.  i can remember the big things we did, but as far as the little things they have slipped my mind!   i started off the year studying for a gmat exam, applying to grad school, and finally getting accepted!  in may we traveled to europe (which i still haven't blogged about) for a 2 week long vacation.  we traveled across the big ocean blue for a whirlwind adventure in hungary! i hope to gather my thoughts on this trip eventually and blog about all the fun we had! truly a remarkable experience.  july andrew and i bought a car.  over the summer we went boating several times with our friends in ft. collins.  in august i was promoted within my organization which was exciting, and slowly but surely i have been making the transition to my new duties! yay! also in august, i began my 2nd semester of grad school - even though it was accounting, and i was all worried, i passed that class with flying colors (not sure what my problem was in undergrad!).  september we took a quick getaway to breckenridge with my family for labor day.  we ran not one, but two 5ks (neither of us had run an organized race outside of the ones for school).  we took on a back splashing project in the kitchen.  celebrated the holidays with both our families.  and now here we are already. 

i would say 2012 was by far the hardest year for andrew and i, especially financially.  last time around new years, andrew ended up in the hospital when we were in the mountains, slapping us with a big 'ol hospital bill - thankfully now he's on my insurance! but trying to manage and budget all the time, has been seriously frustrating, and has taken its toll on both of us.  every month it was something - bill this, bill that, car payment, textbooks, license plates, repairs.  we were very limited on the fun we could actually have.  i can only hope and pray that 2013 is much better! 

here's to hoping for health, wealth and happiness in the coming year!  we are truly blessed with a wonderful life and each other!  2013, you better not let me down, i have high hopes for you! 

this year we can expect the following:

semester 3 of grad school for me! (2 classes starting in 2 weeks)
hopefully a trip to florida for my birthday
a wedding in chicago in june
semester 4 of grad school
a wedding in colorado in june
semester 5 of grad school (yay look at me go)
a wedding in chicago in september
and hopefully a ton of other fun things!