Hello again,

I wanted to create one last blog before the new year to sum up my year.

2011 has been an interesting year. I had a lot of goals that I didn't meet but good alternatives to take place of those goals.

First trip of the year was the Philippines for an entire month. It was so much fun and I loved being with family all the time. We ate almost every 2-3 hours and I managed to lose weight as well. Time went by and we had to go back home.

I was on a job hunt for a few weeks and finally landed an awesome job with TubeMogul beginning of March as an accounting associate. I was so excited because it's my first real job using my degree and I felt so accomplished and proud of myself. It took me a while to get a hang of working 8+ hours a day and waking up early to commute to work but I got the hang of it and am able to balance out my life now.

A few downfalls this year was the fact that I lost my first car due to a really bad car accident that totaled my car. I was going to chiropractic appointments for 4 months and finally was able to settle my case this past month or so. I'm glad that is over with and hope that it won't happen to me or anyone I love because it was a scary time and feeling to have been in that accident.

I finally went on a trip with my sorority sisters to vegas for the first time and it was an awesome experience. 5 days with crazy girls taking 2 hours each night to get ready to go out and eating panda express almost every morning made our trip so memorable. I can't believe there was 10 of us that actually went! It was fun while it lasted and I think we might do another trip in 2012 but not sure if it will be vegas again or Miami!!

Relationships aren't meant to be perfect and there's definitely been some rough patches with my relationship with bubba this past year. I hate fighting/arguing but sometimes it's what lets the truth come out. I don't regret all our arguments otherwise, we wouldn't be where we are now. We can't live in the past and think about what happened in the past all the time. We have to move on and live in the present. I think we got stronger as a couple as well as individuals. We don't rely on each other as much as we did when we were first dating and are still able to manage our relationship and know that we have to work at it all the time. You can be comfortable but not to the point where you don't care anymore. I think we just took our experiences and learned from them so that in the future, something like this won't happen again. Although I know it will take some time to actually get there, I'm just going to have to learn to be patient. Good things come to those who wait. :)

Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas were good and all the presents I received were great! i got a kindle fire, a new hello kitty korean blanket, hello kitty pillows, TOMS, clothes, & steve madden shoes. I'm definitely grateful for all the love I got this year and really blessed to have such a great family and great boyfriend & his family to give me things I really don't deserve.

In 2012, I want to be able to create and reach more goals and have fun with what I have and who I'm with because we can only live once and life's too short to limit yourself to the everyday routine. I'm definitely looking forward to actually doing my resolution each year and lose weight. I'm such a slacker but I'm going to make it happen this year. I want to be able to plan more trips and save more $$ so I can get out of debt sooner. There's tons that I want to accomplish and tons I want to do but I'm just going to take it one step at a time so I know how to pace myself and make sure I do what I actually say I'm going to do. I want to be a better person and be a better daughter, sister, girlfriend and friend to those around me.

Okay i think this sums up the large events of the year 2011.

Til next time. Happy New Year!

<3 Karla