#30daychallenge day 17: highs and lows of this past year

it's going to have to be in traditional list format this time, partly to save you all from a wordy response which starts with a point but disintegrates into complaining about being single (not really, being single is awesome).

highs include but are not limited to:

• learning to drive a manual and being better at it than my ex
• moving into town and unpacking my clothing for the first time in actual years
• making new friends
• starting a book club
• starting my masters
• writing this here blog and feeling validated by actual people telling me they read it, to my face
• making friends with my parents, like real life friends
• falling in love with armidale
• armidale sunsets (and sunrises when i get up early enough)
• my acquired whiskey appreciation
• my ongoing conversation with my brothers, who i love even when they don't do what i want
• putting new energy into old friendships and being rewarded with continued friendship agreements
• live music and general inspiration
• opshopping in my hometown
• poached eggs and coffees at goldfish bowl
• the bottle of bourbon i recently invested in
• the sunday session i just partook in with some cool kids

lows may include:

• having to rethink my plans when i'd already purchased a fucking german dictionary
• my need for physio; between my ankle, hips and ribs (apparently), shit is getting expensive
• running into the back of a stranger's car with my car
• not always knowing my next move in life with any certainty
• missing whistler (and yes, sometimes wishing i'd never left)
• being far away from kindred spirits met in canada and missed to pieces
• not having time to write letters to people who really deserve my letters
• being broke and paying for it
• that time i was housesitting and a chicken broke into the house and shat on everything.