June – My birthday month! Every year, I do something I’ve never done before. This year, I flew a helicopter (with an instructor and one of my best friends in the world)! It was pretty dope and everybody lived.
Bonus – I went huge this year for birthday shenanigans. I met all the animals in San Diego. I swam with a dolphin. A whale gave me a kiss. I fed a rhinoceros. And on and on. Aaaand I went to Legoland on a VIP tour and it was incredible. It was a super great (though super extravagant) trip.
July – I went to Philadelphia on a whim to be as close as possible to the place where Hillary was accepting her nomination. I waited so many years for this moment. I just wanted to be there… And I ended up (through the magic of twitter!) getting tickets to the DNC afterparty (what?!). And I saw Snoop Dogg from the front row!
August – I lost the best job I ever had. (But at least I got a sweet selfie with my boss’ boss – Jon Stewart! I guess you really can meet your heroes ’cause he was incredible.)
September – With The Nightly Show canceled, I booked a little work on Dancing with the Stars for the week they were in New York, and I had a really grand time!
October – I sang the National Anthem at two different half marathons with crowds averaging over 10,000 people. (And in December, I sang for a crowd of over 30,000! 🙂
Bonus – I got another semi-long term editing job. So, that’s pretty sweet.
Another bonus: Every year I run Rock ‘n’ Roll LA as an inspiring woman. This year – Hillary Clinton, of course.
November – I voted for (and knocked doors and made calls for and donated to) Hillary Clinton. I know we lost, but I take at least a tiny bit of solace in the fact that I was on the correct side of history. (Yep. I’m callin’ it!)
Bonus: I moved into me new TIMES SQUARE apartment! I’ve dreamed of living in the Center of the Universe since I was such a small girl. And it finally happened!
December – Ran my yearly marathon in a different state. I said that every year I’d run a marathon, and I have kept to it (since 2012)! This year it was in San Antonio, Texas… And I did the challenge where I also did the 10k the day before. *high 5*
That covers it by months. Let’s do more of a re-cap tomorrow.