I love the idea of a year in review

However, when I started thinking about it I was worried nothing would stand out...

Until I started going through pictures.

It's been a busy year with ups and downs

But I'm really looking forward to 2013!

January:

We began the new years with some of our friends. We all had a brunch on January 1st. Other more notable things: since my dad decided he was going to die we also went through his will, bank accounts, etc. and added my name to everything so I could continue to run the household. fun, fun. I also started my last full year of undergraduate classes.

February:

I turned 22! Birthday celebration number one took place in the castle at Disney with my dad. Once again I was able to get in without a reservation. I tell you, it really pays to be a group of two. We chose to take this trip "just in case" it was our last together. The weekend after we got back my dad had his first surgery and they found out the tumor was MASSIVE.

Birthday Celebration #3 was at the Busy Bee with some of my favorites. They have this drink called the Queen Bee. A-MAZ-ING. If you're ever in the Raleigh area I highly recommend it. 

March

March signified Robert and I's 5th anniversary. 

For Spring break we took a trip to Disney.

April

The Semester was winding down. 

We had some Easter celebrations with family. 

At the end of April we picked out an engagement ring!

May

My last spring semester was OVER!

And on May 19th Robert proposed!

Obviously I said yes!

My dad also started the part of treatments that were every day for a month.

June

I bought a wedding dress (well my mom did, she's the best).

We set a wedding date!

And I spent most of June taking my dad to his appointments at the cancer center.

July

July marked Robert's 22nd birthday
and 2 days later, a year until our wedding date!

My dad's treatment frequency went down and he got a clean scan.

My last living grandmother passed away.

Robert and I also moved into our first apartment together!

August

What I thought was my last semester of school began.

And I learned that living with a boy had its ups and downs

(mostly ups :) )

I met with this lady who introduced me to Chris, THE person to talk to about the graduate school program that I am now in.

My friend from Liverpool came to visit and a bunch of us got together to celebrate!

September

I took the GRE after a hellacious week of exams.

Didn't blow it out of the water but did okay.

The bridesmaid that lives in Orlando came to visit the Bern.

October

October mostly just marked the beginning of my Pumpkin Spice addiction

November

I found out I got into graduate school!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with our Reno family!

And Robert started wearing a pair of jeans that he has worn almost every day since... without washing. It's gotten so bad I've had to threaten to damage the pants.

We also took a billion some engagement photos

December

And here we are at December.
You can read my recent blog posts for that.

Basically:
We graduated (finally)!
Moved to a new apartment in a less sketchy area.
Celebrated a billion and 5 Christmases (sp?)

December also marked a year since my dad found out he had cancer.

And this is my last year as a non-married person. CRAZY.

Now time to end the year the way we started it: with a group of our friends, an oyster roast, and hopefully a nice brunch to begin 2013.

Happy New Year Everyone!

So in case you live under a rock and don't know

The end of the world was supposed to have been yesterday

And in case you also live under a second rock

This is an infamous video about the "end of ze world"

END OF ZE WORLD

Warning: language is a little strong

0:41-0:49 are my favorite parts. "But I am le tired..." genius writing.

No wonder the French hate us.

Back to meteor strikes and doom and despair...

I imagine it went something like this:

I mean you can't have an infinite circle that goes on forever.

Okay strike that last comment. You can have an infinite circle... 

just not an infinitely big rock to cover all of time on.

Furthermore I'm not sure when the Mayan calendar got linked up with the Christian rapture. I mean why would Jesus end the world before his (not actual but moved in order to convert pagans to the christian religion because it was near winter solstice) birthday.

I definitely wouldn't skip my birthday.

The 26th is starting to look suspicious.

Rightttt?

Anyhow all that randomness aside

The Mayan's predicted an end of a cycle. Hence the circle.

And all historically correctness aside (Mayan's didn't account for leap years)

I felt like yesterday marked the beginning of a new cycle. 

Robert and I also officially moved into our big boy and girl apartment.

We officially share a room instead of more or less living in separate rooms and switching off whose room we would sleep in for the night.

And we definitely share a walk in closet

And one bathroom (end of the world?)

So far so good. 

So in a way, even though they didn't know me

And didn't take into account leap years

It's true, a new cycle started for me yesterday

We are one step closer to being real adults

And at the risk of jinxing it Robert it one step closer to getting a big boy job.

And I got this 

Mentioned here when I talk about not being homeless

It was an early Christmas present and I am in love.

So some one would have had hell to pay if the world ended before I got to really enjoy my new rug. HELLLLLLLLLL.

But we all survived the end of the cycle/ end of the world/ sike out rapture

So I'll get to enjoy Christmas, and my rug a little longer

I thought maybe

Kasi, Bachelors of Science in Molecular and Structural Biochemistry

Might have had a better ring to it

But is is rather long.

My mom, step-dad, brother, dad, and (the lady who might has well be my second mom) Wanda all took their seats in Dabney, the building I had my first science class, CH 101.

Dr. Knopp (our undergraduate advisor and first BCH class teacher) gave a speech about how awesome we all are for making it this far. AND THEN HE QUOTED MY RESEARCH PAPER!!!

Then all 20 ish of us including the master's and Ph.D students filed across the stage front of the classroom and got our empty diploma covers because they don't have those out until we've been "cleared" in January. 

We made it!

Family met outside for some photos

(promise my family loves me more but most of the photos are on my moms computer and only Lord and Savior sweet baby Jesus knows when she will get around to getting them off...)

The family (except for my dad) went back to the apartment

Hung out, ate some snacks, and opened presents

(one of which my kitchen aid mixer mwuahahahahah)

It's

Friday Confessional

Head on over to A Blonde Ambition to link up

This Friday I confess...

That I'm more excited to move into a new apartment than I am about graduation. As mentioned previously I look terribly in red and our robes are RED. That's right, capital and underline RED. Boo. And its cold outside. And I have to wear heels in the brickyard (flats in the brickyard are dangerous). 

But I confess that the color choice didn't keep me from bedazzling my cap!

And made some themed cupcakes for tomorrows festivities.

I confess that I have face-timed my kittens twice this week. TWICE.

And I might be a crazy cat lady but my dad and brother both helped.

Enablers. 

I confess I am the worst daughter on the face of the planet.

I realized that in the 10 years since my parents got divorced

I may have stayed with my mom on Christmas eve once.

ONCE.

So this year I'm choosing to stay with her.

Not that it makes up for anything but it's the least I could do.

I confess that I feel so guilty complaining about all of this when there are families who have lost their children and parents today in the shootings in the Connecticut school.

And then Robert just came in and said

"It's so close to Christmas,

their parents probably already bought them Christmas presents..."

Breaks my heart that people can be this evil.

Prayers go up to everyone effected on this sad day