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The Best of the Worst: The Year 2009

The start of 2009 brought me back to Halifax to start my second semester of my third year. I returned to my house and to my psychotic roommate, Rachel. February marked the ultimate climax of the whole fiasco, with Rachel calling the cops and saying I assaulted her. She moved out shortly after that (like, that week).

March brought with it, as it does every year, St. Patrick's Day. It happened to be the 2 year anniversary of my relationship with Justin - not surprisingly, we spent it apart haha. I spent the day at the campus pub, Grawood, with some girl friends.

April was the end of my third year. I moved home at the very end and started work, at the SCCY again, the first week of May. Returned to Halifax (technically Dartmouth) within the week to do work orientation. Met the newbies and caught up with Holly. Holly and I also managed to find our way into Mark Little (of Picnic Face)'s huge celebratory party for winning like $25,000 or something in a comedy competition.

June was (and is) my birthday month. In all honesty, I don't quite recall what I did to celebrate. I imagine I went to Hunter's or Baba's. Same party, different year. Mandy made me a cake and we briefly celebrated at work.

July marks the month that I actually started this blog. This quote is actually the first one published: "We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it." -Abraham Lincoln. Since then, I've published a lot of quotes, a few funny articles, and a lot of personal problems. Hopefully you enjoyed some of it.

August was Canada Games for my sister. I went and watched one of her games. It brought back a lot of memories of the 2005 Canada Games, which I attended in Saskatchewan. August also played host to the Daft Punk tribute band. They were absolutely phenomenal and I would jump at the chance to go see them again.

September, as we all know, is back to school month. I returned to Halifax and began my fourth (and last) year of my Kinesiology degree at Dalhousie. I enjoyed 4 of my 5 classes, which is pretty good. I also played the part of athletic trainer for a lacrosse team. Made some really good friends from the experience and enjoyed every minute of it.

October was a busy month filled with midterms, fun, and lacrosse. I dressed up as Minnie Mouse for Halloween and it went over really well. Justin's birthday was the 24th of October and it kind of marked the beginning of the end of our relationship, sadly.

The first weekend of November was the lacrosse championships at Acadia. It was one of the best times I've had recently. We ended up beating St. FX in the final to bring home the Telus Cup for a second year. Lots of celebration ensued. After that weekend Justin and I broke up. I attended the Kine Ball shortly after with a friend from the lacrosse team, Connor. I sang kareoke for the first time in November 2009. The song? I Believe In A Thing Called Love. Another first occurred in November: I was quoted in a newspaper article about the air quality at Dal's Life Science Centre. I managed to attend TWO Coors Light Mystery Mansions in November as well.

That brings me to this month, December. December started off stressful with exams to worry about and final papers. I made it through all that and returned to this beautiful Island on the 20th. Finished Chrismtas shopping on the 23rd (Festivus). Celebrated Christmas with my family in Summerside. Morgan returned on the 28th, which is the best Chrismtas present I could ever ask for.

And that brings me to tonight: the last night of 2009.

A simple wish: a happy and prosperous new year for all of you.