2013: A Year in Review

NOTE: I wrote this on the 30th of December of last year (also known as earlier this week). I couldn't get around to posting it until now.

If a year in my life went down as mediocre, 2013 would fit the bill. Of course, there were some highlights this year, so it wasn't all bad news. In fact, some of it was fantastic news.

On New Year's Day, I started working at the Sears in Massena. It was nice to finally have a paycheck coming in. Sadly, it seemed that when all was said and done, almost none of the paycheck remained in the end, after expenses and whatnot on my car. I quit Sears in March, mostly because the $7.25 an hour was not able to cover enough. Less than a week later, I had an interview with Southwest Airlines that sadly went nowhere (were my nerves too jittery?). I was at least glad I had the opportunity to interview with a great airline.

This summer, heavy renovations began on the house in Ferndale after the place was mostly cleaned out. I spent five weeks of that summer helping to renovate the dilapidated structure, and as I write this, all that is left to be done is insulation, minor roof repairs, sheetrocking and some final electrical work, all minor stuff for me and my stepdad. The heavy work left to be done is finishing the kitchen and bathroom. The bathroom should come first, as it would be nice to have a place to shower and use the toilet comfortably while up there.

This fall, I tried figuring out where life would take me. I'm now realizing that this might have been my "holding pattern" year.

Now I look forward to 2014. Just let it be a little better than 2013.