Flashback Friday: 2009 Year in Review

I tend not to make New Year's Resolutions--officially at least--but one thing that never fails to make my nonexistent list is journal writing. I am officially the world's worst journal writer. My paltry attempts to jumpstart my chronicling could literally fill a bookcase with beautiful notebooks full of empty pages.

So my first unofficial goal of 2010 is to sketch out a little more of my life than I did in 2009, which is sadly best represented through my (usually sketchy) facebook statii:

In January, Meagan Brady:
6 • writes on steamy mirrors and frosty windows
12 • dreamt about the freshman dorms and woke up feeling young again...
18 • spent 24 of the last 48 hours in InDesign and now feels InDesposed...
21 • coughs a second-hand smoke serenade
23 • buys plane tickets to Seattle from her Denver hotel room. She loves her job but misses her bed...

In February, Meagan Brady:
3 • never did like rodents. She supports Spring and the right to bare arms.
9 • prickles at needles.
13 • bad grammar makes me [sic].
17 • can't wake up in the morning 'cause her bed lies vacant at night...
24 • attempts to clean her room. Again. (Once more unto the breach, my friends.)
27 • has been reduced to checking under her bed for monsters. Thanks a lot guys.
27 • sighs over sushi. Yum.

In March, Meagan Brady:
3 • is walking the dog. And her puppies too.
5 • once was blind but now she sees...
7 • wishes she could start every day with a baptism.
9 • thinks there's nothing quite getting an early start Monday morning...
10 • would rather be the second mouse...
12 • is sleepless in Seattle. Sans Tom Hanks. But with a sweet Meg Ryan early 90s-esque windblown 'do.
15 • is still sleepless in Seattle, but on a plane stuck on the runway. Not as cool.
16 • has a tummy ache from too much water and too much laughing.
21 • misses Sammy
23 • is manic mondaying. per the usual.
26 • is surprised at the number of pics that were on her camera. Oops.
30 • never knew that late nights + 'special brownies' + Mexican train = mayhem housed in faux Spanish accents. Fabulous.

In April, Meagan Brady:
1 • prepares to mess with texas...
4 • kind of loves Southern accents...
11 • soaks in rain and baseball. Love it.
15 • feels talking politics might make for more inane conversation than the talking about the weather. At least for today.
18 • knows way more about css files than she ever really wanted to...
19 • does not speak HTML...
21 • made her bed at 9 p.m. and it looked so comfy she got right in it!
26 • is going through tissues faster than Kleenex can chop down trees.

In May, Meagan Brady:
4 • thinks a little bit of mascara goes a long way to improve a Monday morning...
12 • is hoarse from cheering. Orem LAX is going to state!
16 • wishes flying were as fun as it used to be.
17 • 's birthday was earth-shattering. Well, at least earth-quaking...
27 • wants to sit on the front porch and eat a popsicle. So she is.

In June, Meagan Brady:
2 • is an 'uncle' again!
11 • hasn't been this tired since Winter Semester Finals Week 2004.
18 • only wants to play all day!
22 • STRESSES ALL THE TIME.
23 • burns things to melt stress. Thanks, friends...
24 • has been transformed...
25 • intends to live forever. So far, so good.
29 • + 2 weeks in July = East coast(ish) vacation(ish).

In July, Meagan Brady:
7 • might be leaking a little bit...
7 • is missing her flight. Right. This. Second.
9 • loves how her prairie diamond sparkles in the sunlight.
14 • just stopped at a red light and saw police in vests with drawn weapons start canvassing a neighborhood on Chicago's south side.
14 • waits for Harry Potter and reflects that she didn't stop to think about the consequences of wearing a black jumper and sweater, grey tights, and Mary Janes when she got dressed this morning...
16 • relaxes with a Boston cooler after a day of far off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise, and imaginative, rambunctious cousins.
17 • eats lunch in the original greasy spoon cafe after literally running into Sister Tiffanee Barker in Kirtland, Ohio.
17 • 's car broke down in Buffalo, so she's chillaxing in the lobby of a hotel where she doesn't have reservations...
17 • arrives safe and sound in Rochester with a story that will make you cry with laughter.
19 • flies home with a ten-hour layover in NYC. Oh the possibilities...
19 • flops into Jet Blue seat 12F after a day of Liberty and Ellis Islands, Ground Zero, Trinity Church, the Manhattan Temple, Central Park, Times Square, and a hotdog outside Grand Central Station.
21 • endorses Photobooth as the next big thing in ab workouts...
22 • may or may not be watching Killer Klowns from Outer Space, but she's also eating homemade raspberry shortcake. So...
23 • dropped $1300 on a housing deposit and is starting to realize just how poor she's gonna be for the next 12 months...
29 • is ranch dressing. (As in dressing for the ranch...)

In August, Meagan Brady:
3 • braces for another 24-hour crush.
3 • thinks she might be hyperventilating, but can't get enough oxygen in her brain to know for sure.
4 • appreciates people who help her talk it out and walk it off...
5 • came blearily stumbling in at 2AM to find a bottle of Pine-Sol in the fridge and a bottle of white grape juice on the counter. Her sixth sense says that someone has it in for her. Or maybe it was just 'The 6th Sense'...
13 • did the math. She has time for 38 more 24-hour crushes plus one 12-hour fling. Hmmm...
17 • sure does some stupid things for being such a smart alec...
21 • is going to the doctor. There will most likely be blood involved.
23 • takes masochism to a whole new level.
25 • needs a break from work ASAP.
28 • just blew through a 200-page manuscript in two hours. It's amazing what eight hours of sleep does for the brain...
29 • loves the smell of asbestos in the morning...
29 • may have used Lysol wipes instead of baby wipes to get all the dirt off her face. So this is what a chemical peel feels like...

In September, Meagan Brady:
1 • sold her car and did three loads of laundry this morning. She hasn't been this productive since that one time she cleaned her room back in 1997...
4 • is a speed demon. A safe speed demon.
13 • wants to go on a scenic drive. Probably not in the middle of the night though...
14 • can finally plan her London debut outfit based on the weather.com 10-day weather report.
18 • limps like a gimp from a charlie horse, of course.
21 • hates the sound that goodbyes make.
23 • made it to London. Sans luggage.
24 • has no dishes. So she's alternating Cheerios straight from the box and milk straight from the carton. Judge if you must...
25 • has luggage! And dishes! Now life is just a BOWL of Cheerios...
27 • loved Baroque night at St. Martin-in-the-Fields just as much as ever. Broken back night not as much.
27 • was an English major, so she's just going to say Happy 18th Birthday, Mom! (For the 32nd time.) All you math majors can solve for 'x'.
29 • dreams of Cortisone shots and memory foam mattress toppers...
29 • needs to pick out a first day of school outfit. Strangely, having an entire wardrobe of only four choices doesn't make the process any easier.

In October, Meagan Brady:
1 • saw Les Mis again last night. It was awesome. And as always, it reminded her how fabulous Orem High's production was. Now I am homesick. ):
1 • is here to audition for the role of kicker.
6 • thought it was just a drill, but those fire trucks were pretty real...
15 • is the blog-stalker from London showing up in your analytics.
20 • spent the morning with a first edition of the Book of Mormon in her hot little hands.
30 • is Mrs. Peacock, in the Library, with the Candlestick.

In November, Meagan Brady:
2 • thinks she has Daylight Savings to thank for her internal clock being reset to Mountain Standard Time...
3 • broke a World Record today. And saw Colin Firth. But not in that order.
8 • burns the candle from both ends. And up the middle. With a blowtorch.
11 • picks herself up off the floor after a pudding oh-so-appropriately labeled as 'chocolate overload'...
13 • is a mover and a breaker, apparently...
16 • plans to celebrate her half-birthday in style.
18 • has become nocturnal of late.
20 • gives you everything just by breathing...
24 • was on Team Jacob before you were. Or would be, if she cared enough to pick a team. But she doesn't. Obviously.
28 • sends good vibes to Provo from across the pond. And you can bet she's decked out in Cougar blue!
29 • now knows that someone whispering German sweet nothings into her ear isn't romantic, but rather...wet...

In December, Meagan Brady:
3 • is doing the same thing she does every day.
5 •loves when people break into spontaneous yet meticulously choreographed song and dance. And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die!
7 • just sold herself for £12...
10 • comforts herself that the 3-degree weather back home can be offset by long, hot, high-pressure showers...
12 • packs her suitcase full of goodies for all the good little boys and girls back home...
13 • IS FLYING HOME IN TWELVE HOURS!!!!!! (Er, not that she's excited about it or anything...:)
15 • is home, she's safe, she's alive (:
16 • takes here a nap, there a nap, everywhere a nap, nap.
20 • has missed all the fun stuff you can do in a car.
20 • did not mean it like that.
21 • used to play sports. Then she realized you can buy trophies. Now she’s good at everything.
22 • loves her some Cougar football!
23 • catches her breath at the shock of electricity that passes between us...
24 • orders her Christmas Eve pizza Good King Wenceslas-style: deep pan, crisp, and even...
28 • must. sleep.
28 • lives vicariously through herself.