Bye bye 2008, you kinda sucked I think.

Since Facebook came along I sure have been neglecting the blog, so I figured what better day to post a quick update than the last day of the year?

Mostly I'm writing this for me so that one day next year I may look back and read this and remember 2008 for being the awful and wonderful year it was. Lots of good stuff happened this year, and lots of bad stuff happened this year. In fact, I consider this to be the single most traumatic and chaotic year of my life I think, but at the same time, I wouldn't have learned so much without the chaos. So without writing a novel....

Big lessons from 2008:

1. Live life to its fullest, because you really don't know how much time you have. I have a bigger fear of regretting something I didn't do, not something I did. Go big and have fun doing it!
2. There are a million guys out there. Not a single one of them is worth losing your soul over.
3. There are a million guys out there. Half of them are assholes and half of them are amazing, kick-ass rock-stars. One of those rock-stars is mine, he just doesn't know it yet ;)
   
4. Believe in yourself and never change who you are.
5. There's no room in life for drama. Shape up or shut up. Life is too short.
   

On a lighter note, I also learned the following lessons this year:

1. Snowboarding fucking rocks, especially when you start carving turns, picking up some speed, and actually passing people down the mountain.
2. Rock climbing is a fun way to terrorize your brain.
3. Pump tracks are highly addictive.
4. Crashing into prickly pear cactus sucks.
5. A year off due to injury healing isn't so fun, so take care of the body! (No more stupid home gymnastics....for now).
   

And of course, what year-end wrap up wouldn't be complete without a list of goals for 2009. I always have a lot of goals, so I'm just going to list the big ones.

1. Carve down Alpental on the board. Hmmm, maybe that's a dream for now....
   
2. Kill it in XC MTB races.
3. Become a dirt studette by doing some riding and clinics in BC. I'm guessing a Fernie clinic and too much time at Whistler will probably result in a budget rearrangement to procure a big bike, but that's a whole 'nother story...
4. Qualify for Boston!!
   
5. Complete a Half Iron.
6. Do some outdoor rock climbing.
7. Find a guy who can keep up and put up with all of this stuff. And maintain my bikes :)
   

Happy New Year!!