I have really split feelings about 2012.  On the one hand, I feel like it was one of my best years yet, but on the other hand, I feel like I spent the whole year just waiting for whatever I was going through at that moment to be over.  Waiting for the furniture to arrive from Atlanta so we could sleep in a bed again.  Waiting for the workday to be over.  Praying for the exercise class to be over.  Waiting for Jason to get back from a trip.  Waiting for the WSOP to be over so we could go home.  Catch my drift?  Emotionally, it was “the year of delayed gratification.” But more objectively, I moved over 2,000 miles to a city I love, rediscovered a life-long passion, traveled a ton, and got a great new job.  Heck, I was even relatively thin part of the time.  So pretty good, actually.  Let’s revisit some photos:

Winter:

Kicked off the year in Atlanta.  Jason’s friend threw the best party ever, and one of my best friends was there (visiting from Charleston). I’ll never forget it.  A week later we hopped in the car and drove to San Diego.  It took 5 days.  And I started this blog.

Spring:

Was all about getting settled into our new home, meeting friends for weekends in Vegas, exploring San Diego, weddings in upstate New York and Florida.

Seal Beach, La Jolla

What a fun shop entrance!

Summer:

Brought us baseball games, Opening Day at Del Mar, the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, and a girls weekend in Palm Springs.  Late summer, my handsome nephew hit the scene, and we started renting a condo in Mexico.  It was a busy season, even for us!

My man doing what he loves.

Poker waffles and champagne for breakfast! AKA Breakfast of champions.

Ashley and I in front of their 26 ft. Marilyn Monroe statue

Fall:

This stud trotted his way into my life, baseball season ended, we celebrated a friend’s birthday at a winery in Temecula, and we ran off to Hawaii… Then Lake Tahoe… then Indiana for Thanksgiving.

Maui, Hawaii, US

Winter, again:

Prague, then I started my new job, and then Christmas in Atlanta.  Now we’re back in S.D. gearing up to ring in another new year!