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\"My<\/a>I’m following Bleeding Espresso’s year-end meme<\/a>. Drop a comment if you play along–I’d really love to read your analysis of 2009!<\/p>\n

1. What did you do in 2009 that you\u2019d never done before?
So many things: spoke at the AHA<\/a> (the biggest baddest annual history conference), worked in the D.C. National Archives<\/a>, paddled in my first outrigger canoe season<\/a> culminating with my Catalina Crossing<\/a>, testified at my husband’s LDS church trial for Apostasy, swam under the moon in Albuquerque<\/a>, wandered the flats of Cape Cod<\/a>, perused my own medical records in Denver<\/a>, turned 38 years old & raised funds for Huang Meihua’s prosthetic legs<\/a>, leaped into Walden Pond<\/a>, dyed my hair purple<\/a>…<\/p>\n

2. Did you keep your new year\u2019s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
The only one I made was to get limber enough to do the splits. I’m still working in that one…<\/p>\n

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My youngest sibling. Her wee one<\/a> is adorable!<\/p>\n

4. Did anyone close to you die?
My dear blogfriend Sara<\/a> and my GrandmaB<\/a>. I miss both of them dearly.<\/p>\n

5. What countries did you visit?
Just the U.S.<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
My Ph.D. dissertation.<\/p>\n

7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
9.9.09, the date of John’s ex-ing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Being present to the experiences that came my way.<\/p>\n

9. What was your biggest failure?
Being short-tempered or impatient with my loved ones. <\/p>\n

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A nasty cough in August that kept me away from Sunstone<\/a>. A torn bicep that almost kept me from competing in the Catalina race (oh and all that black-and-blueness for a week afterwards). Near-daily achiness from my paddling & cross-training.<\/p>\n

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My black tutu
<\/a>
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My kids. They rock the world.<\/p>\n

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The local LDS leaders (you might remember that I wrote a post about that, but later deleted it)..<\/p>\n

14. Where did most of your money go?
Supporting our family.<\/p>\n

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
I think I get really, really, really excited about almost everything, but particularly travel.<\/p>\n

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
See #38, below…<\/p>\n

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? (c) richer or poorer?
a) just as happy
b) just as fat (tho with a bit more muscle tone)
c) just as rich<\/p>\n

18. What do you wish you\u2019d done more of?
Skinny-dipping (just kidding–I’ve never actually done that)
Gardening<\/p>\n

19. What do you wish you\u2019d done less of?
Stressing about things beyond my control, especially about the depressing job market for historians<\/p>\n

20. How did you spend Christmas?
Relaxing at home with my family<\/p>\n

21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
I think I fall in love<\/a> nearly every day.<\/p>\n

22. What was your favorite TV program?
I watched a few episodes of Mad Men and it looks promising, but not worth getting caught up in right now.<\/p>\n

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn\u2019t hate this time last year?
No.<\/p>\n

24. What was the best book you read?
No idea. It was probably something about diphtheria (my current dissertation-related obsession)<\/p>\n

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Emily Wells,<\/a> live & in person. That girl is a musical hypnotist!<\/p>\n

26. What did you want and get?
Nearly everything (and more)…<\/p>\n

27. What did you want and not get?
Such a complicated question, which doesn’t seem worth answering right now.<\/p>\n

28. What was your favorite film of this year?
Ugh, I hate favorite questions. Harry Potter 6?<\/p>\n

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Turned 38 and celebrated the 25th anniversary of my cancer diagnosis in a spectacular way.<\/a><\/p>\n

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
To get more work done on my dissertation. <\/p>\n

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Cheap, comfortable and eclectic. With an occasional corset<\/a>.<\/p>\n

32. What kept you sane?
Paddling<\/a>. Home<\/a>.<\/p>\n

33. Which celebrity\/public figure did you fancy the most?
AFP<\/a><\/p>\n

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Healthcare, for everyone.<\/p>\n

35. Who did you miss?
Sara.<\/a> The world just wasn’t as exciting without her around to share things with.<\/p>\n

36. Who was the best new person you met?
Every new person that I met was the best. Seriously. And my old friends, they were the best, too.<\/p>\n

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
Still learning this one<\/a>, and doing a wee bit better at it this year!<\/p>\n

38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
There’s just something about this song<\/a> by Muse that grabs right around my ribcage and squeezes, making my heart beat that much harder, reminding me how very alive I am… <\/p>\n

They will not force us,
They will stop degrading us,
They will not control us,
We will be victorious<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let me know if you do the year end meme!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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