New Year Survey 2015

1. What did you do in 2014 that you’d never done before? There’s been a lot of baby firsts. Threw a first birthday party? Actually, several.
2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Last year I wanted to balance work, family and my health. I guess I did a decent job at that. I also wanted to keep learning new things at work, did that, I’m still breastfeeding and I did lose all the baby weight!
Next year, hmm, I want more than 3 hours of consecutive sleep, I want to be a good bridesmaid for Julia and I want to go out after 6pm.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Carolyn, Sumayya
4. Did anyone close to you die? nope
5. What countries did you visit? None
6. What would you like to have in 2016 that you lacked in 2015? sleep, free time
7. What date from 2015 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? 10/21/15 – Back to the Future day!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Keeping the baby alive
9. What was your biggest failure? That mobilithon went pretty badly
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? No one got sick until Owen turned 1 and now every week it seems like someone’s sick
11. What was the best thing you bought? My sneakers
14. Where did most of your money go? Baby
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Baby and family/friends’ babies
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
l. happier or sadder? happier
ll. thinner or fatter? thinner
lll. richer or poorer? richer, barely
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? I probably could have put a little more time/effort in at work
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? obsessing over breastfeeding
20. How will you be spending Christmas? not sure
24. What was your favorite TV program? Jane the Virgin
26. What was the best book you read? Big Little Lies
28. What did you want and get? To work from home most of the time
29. What did you want and not get? Money back from the insurance company
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Um, I finally saw Big Hero Six
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I’m 30? omg, I’m 30. What did we do? I think we ordered sushi
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? sleep
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2014? this looks cofortable
34. What kept you sane? the 20 minutes a day I get to workout
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Michael J Fox
36. What political issue stirred you the most? oy, I guess the syrian refugees, and I do think we should take them in
37. Who did you miss? Everyone
38. Who was the best new person you met? Connor, Nolan
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2015: Toddlers are a lot of fun
41. Summarize 2015: still, babies
42. What are you most looking forward to next year? DISNEY! DISNEY! DISNEY!
43. What were your predictions last year? sigh, no self lacing sneakers or flying cars. My new assignment was awesome… while it lasted. My new new one, not so much. Owen… Owen did not sleep through the next.
44. What are your predictions for 2016: Oh God if he doesn’t sleep through the night by next year… the terrible twos will indeed be terrible, but we’ll have a blast in Disney