My 2012 Year In Review

Cutter's Log - Stardate 2102.91.21
Current Song - Ladies Night (Kool and The Gang)

In January I was broke, jobless, and living with my parents. Now I am not-so-broke, got my old job back, and living on my own.

While 2012 started out dreadful, it looks as if 2013 may be a good year.

I did NOT have a good 2011! My first talk with my sister, on NYD, was a disaster because she thought I was someone named Tony. An underage tobbaco sale in February. An underage alcohol sale in September that got me fired. The deaths of two great uncles, a great aunt (the three were all siblings) and a great-granduncle. The death of a favorite regular customer. Winnebago hated me. Exhaustion at both the large school softball state finals, as well as the state football finals. A very bad website decision. Crashing into a fence in Normal. The first major rift between my and my brothers. Finally, the insults about my well-being.

Things got worse in the first three months of 2012: In February I was involved in a car accident on my way to a sectional final basketball game at Varna Midland. In March I broke off a friendship with one of my better sports buddies. I was horribly reeling until mid-April.

That's when Shell took me back. That moment lifted me up so well. I felt like I had regained a sportswriting touch that had been missing. The joy in conversation at my comeback at Shell helped me improve my conversation abilities somewhat. In May I wrote about the 10th Anniversary of my Bikeride to Geneseo, which was great for all involved. I felt great, and the momentum continued. And then it stopped.

The next move was an ambitious one - one which nearly cost me another friend in the sports world. I decided to scale back on website stuff to improve my personal life. So far, this has worked out. Not only did that work out, but also my work with the website was changing somewhat to the point of improvment - as I did different things.

My finances were being reconstructed well. However, my personal life wasn't going all that great. I needed to rid myself of some things.

In August, I started thinking about all of the girls that I loved. There were three girls left - Amber, Emily, and Jennifer - that I couldn't get my mind off of after all these years when it came to love. I really needed to, and I was able to "let go" if you will. The reconstruction process of finding that girl of mine is in the works.

In September, I was given an opportunity to move into my grandparents' rental property. I moved in on November 1. To this day, I am enjoying the learning process of what it's like to be on my own two feet.

Things got bad in November, professionally. I was just out of it at the State Football finals that I left at halftime of the first game I was supposed to cover. That's when the batteries got recharged in the form of my health. After the football finals, I started my crusade to lose weight and improve myself. So far I have lost 20 pounds. I have receipts taped to my fridge for my last fast food purchase and my last pizza order. I went back to the gym.

However, I am ending 2012 a bit down. My car needs fixed, probably a new cadalyic converter. Therefore, my New Years' Eve plans in Chicago were scrapped. In addition, a job opportunity I thought was going to work for me was not in the cards. That really disappointed me.

My 2013 New Year's Resolution? Can I be bold and try for the two-point conversion?

1. Lose 50 pounds.

2. Girlfriend.