2000 – Ushered in the New Year in Vegas, decided to go to law school, visited Hawaii for the first time with K, J, and C, ended a friendship, graduated college, moved back home to San Jose, applied to law schools, got a job as a paralegal at an immigration law firm, taught LSAT classes in SF, Palo Alto and Berkeley on the side.
2001 – Loss a dear friend in a plane crash, visited law schools, flew to England with L to visit old friends and old haunts, got accepted at HLS, moved to Boston, met lots of wonderful people, struggled through contracts, watched in disbelief as the towers fell.
2002 – Finished my first year of law school, explored the north east, showed off Boston to visiting friends, enjoyed too many afternoon teas at the Peninsula and chocolate buffets at Le Meridian, moved to DC for a summer internship, moved back home for another internship in SF, went to Rosarita with M, C and K.
2003 – Discovered pilates and weight watchers, toured England and Scotland with M and K, flew cross country interviewing at law firms, accepted an offer in NY, finished my second year of law school, moved to NY for the summer, ate too much, gained tons of weight, was wined and dined by my law firm, did a little work, accepted a job offer in NY and then regretted it.
2004 – Celebrated the new year with friends in SF, brunched weekly at Johnny D’s, celebrated mardi gras in New Orleans with C, A and S, traveled to Prague, Vienna, and Germany with L and M, graduated law school, moved home to San Jose, visited Hawaii for the second time with L, reluctantly studied for the NY bar, received a serendipitous offer for a job in LA, took the CA bar, took a post-bar trip to Australia and Vietnam with C, moved down to LA, started working as a lawyer.
2005 – Spent Memorial Day weekend in Cabo with C, C and M, celebrated mine and K’s birthdays in Vegas on what would be dubbed the first annual Quad trip, dressed up as a “Business Brownie” for Halloween, visited C in Oregon, went to my first and only country concert, joined a running group, flew to England to celebrate the end of 2005 and the beginning of 2006 with K and R.
2006 – Met my perfect match, ran my first (and second) marathon, spent another Memorial Day weekend in Cabo with C, C and M, went to Tahoe for the second annual Quad trip, took several fun trips up north, dressed up with friends as eski-hos for Halloween, got a new job, moved in with T, took a cruise to the Caribbeans with T, spent my first Thanksgiving with T at my family’s house in San Jose, spent my first Christmas in Fresno with T’s family.
2007 – Ran another marathon, drove to Santa Barbara for the third annual Quad trip, went house-hunting, bought a condo, got engaged, flew to Hawaii for a wedding, dressed up as a sailor for Halloween, went to Disneyland with my new soon-to-be family for Christmas.
2008 – Discovered a hidden crafty streak and DYI-ed everything for the wedding, ran my fourth marathon, researched and met with wedding vendors, took pilates classes, read way to many wedding blogs, got the best dog ever, tasted wine in Mendocino on the fourth annual Quad trip, had the best bridal shower/bachelorette party, took dance lessons, got married to the best husband ever, went to Maui for our honeymoon.
2009 – Attended weddings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Hawaii, went back to Cabo for the fifth annual Quad trip, tried to cook more, celebrated our one year anniversary, learned of my middle sister’s engagement and witnessed my youngest sister’s engagement at Thanksgiving, enjoyed every minute of my life with my family and friends.