Goodbye 2000′s

A look back of the past ten years (yanked from my sisters blog):

2000-

• Last year of high school.
• Meet Stephanie for first time in high school class

2001-

• Graduate High School.
• Start job at Busy Bee’s Bakery.  At the time it was my favorite.
• 9/11
• Skip college, a lot.
• Go to Philmont Autumn Adventure.

2002-

• Skip more classes.
• Elaine sells bakery, lose job.
• Start various other jobs.
• Quit jobs.
• Drive to Port Aransas and back in a day, all the while my parents think I went to Waco to visit friends.
• Do the Philmont Autumn Adventure again.
• Apply for job at Philmont.

2003-

• Tell parents visiting friend in Oklahoma, but really travel to Cimarron, New Mexico.
• Drop out of college.
• Work at Philmont for summer. Car breaks down after driving Stephanie to ABQ. No car for summer.
• Start nicotine habit.
• Start job at warehouse in Roanoke.
• Travel to Lawrence, Kansas to see The Anniversary. Turns out it was one of the last shows.

2004-

• Start geocaching.
• Quit warehouse job.
• Break up with Stephanie.
• Get new car. Xterra.
• Get back together with Stephanie.
• Work at Philmont again for summer.
• Turn 21. Have first legal adult beverage at the St. James Saloon.
• Experience Mary Jane.
• Start another warehouse job.

2005-

• Quit job.
• Start waiting tables.
• Work at Philmont for 3rd summer.
• Spend 20 days hiking. Celebrate 22rd birthday at Cypher’s Mine.
• Travel to Boulder, Co. for three days of drinking.
• Visit Rock Mtn. NP.
• Experience Mary Jane.
• Visit Great Sand Dunes NP.
• Climb Mt. Blanca. 14er.
• Climb Uncompahgre Peak. 14er.
• Climb Wheeler Peak. Top of New Mexico.
• Propose to Stephanie at “Lovers Leap”. So cliched.
• Get cat named Duck.
• Break leg geocaching in Fort Worth. Lose job.

2006-

• Start first “real” job.
• Officially “move out” of parents house. Move in with Stephanie in apartment.
• Get dog, Gizmo. A Boston terrier.
• Get married.
• Go on a 5 day cruise through the Caribbean for honeymoon.

2007-

• Buy a house.
• Get another dog, Biff.
• Backpack Glacier National Park with Dad.

2008-

• Start to grow vegetables.
• Our first child is born. Zoe Grace.

2009-

• Expand garden. Build greenhouse.
• Best harvest – squash and onions.
• Backpack in Colorado with Dad. Climb Uncompahgre Peak again. 14er.
• Travel to Grand Canyon with Stephanie and Zoe.
• Hike Grand Canyon with Stephanie’s dad.
• Find out we are expecting our second child.

What does the next decade hold? I can only imagine.