Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

2011: A Look Back

Around this time each December, I start reflecting upon the events of the last 12 months. Sometimes I attempt to oversimplify things and conveniently place each year into one of three piles. There's the good pile, the bad pile, and the indifferent pile. Every year features elements of all three, so it becomes difficult to clearly classify each 365 day period as one of those three options. Personally, I am eager to flip the calendar and welcome 2012 with open arms. Despite that, I don't want to diminish all of the good things that happened throughout 2011. So, without further ado, here are the events I will reminisce upon fondly from 2011.

January
- Our nephew met an Elvis impersonator at a Bulls game
- A sneezing fit turned into head trauma

February
- SnowSnow...Snowtorious

March
- Applied for MLB's Ultimate Dream Job
- An Arizona Super Adventure

April
- Celebrated 20 years of US Cellular Field
- Discovered the most back-stabbity board game of all-time

May
- My ballpark journey, one year later
- Susan completed her MBA

June
- I love baseball, but I am a [insert team name here] fan

July
- Huzzah! Vintage base ball comes to Elmhurst

August
- My baseball library quadrupled in size overnight

September
- Visited two new redo ballparks | Mets and Yankees

October
- My first MLB playoff game (with a happy result for Susan)
- My second MLB playoff game (with a bad result for Susan)

November
- That old card catalog

December
- Hosted another successful holiday party