end of the year
this year saw many exciting events for me:
- i saw Eriko three times
- Eriko met my family and the love was mutual
- i took a course at UW and received an A
- i was promoted twice and now i'm a dev-lead
- i am living on my own for the first time in my life
- i took swimming lessons
- Bailey is able to come and go freely again
- I became an Uncle
i had some setbacks too:
- i was denied admission to the UW master's program
- i failed to increase my GRE math scores (they went down)
- Eriko and i had some rocky times
- i was unable to communicate in Japanese with Eriko's family
this next year is going to be (hopefully) particularly exciting:
- i will be leading a team that (hopefully) will grow by 2+ people
- i will apply to UW with improved stats (and hopefully accepted)
- i will (hopefully) begin exercising regularly and get in shape
- Eriko will (hopefully) visit me in my new place
- i will (hopefully) aggressively improve my Japanese skills
- i will (hopefully) find and purchase a condominium of my own
- i will (hopefully) continue to apply downward pressure on my expenses
- i will (hopefully) find more time to work on my lathing and computer projects
- i will (hopefully) find more pleasure in reading and learning