2012 Year End Survey

End of Year Survey

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?

1) Travel to Chicago

2) Went to Wrigley Field

3) Traveled to Myrtle Beach along with my friend Ana

4) Worked two jobs

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I didn’t make any resolutions last year

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Nope

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Nope

5. What countries did you visit?

None

6. Where did you go on vacation?

Chicago, Il

Myrtle Beach, SC

7. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?

Nothing really.

8. What date from 2012 will be etched upon your memory forever and why?

May 5th. The day I arrived in Chicago.

September 1st. That was the day when Trey proposed to his girlfriend. I had to be the babysitter for her daughter though lol.

September 5th. My trip to Myrtle Beach with Ana

Christmas Eve. The day I turned 30 🙂

9. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Turning 30.

Traveling to Chicago and Myrtle Beach.

Saving up state quarters

10. What was your biggest failure?

Not being completely serious about saving money

11. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Nope

12. What was the best thing you bought?

My desktop and monitor

13. Who’s behavior merits celebration?

Jenny for getting pregnant and having her baby in a couple of months 🙂

Trey for proposing to his girlfriend

Ana for finding a man who cherishes and loves her

14. Who’s behavior made you appalled and depressed?

No one

15. Where did most of your money go?

a) bills

b) travel related

c) gas

16. What did you get really, really excited about?

I always get excited whenever something good happens to my friends

17. What song will always remind you of 2012?

I don’t know honestly

18. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. Happier or sadder?

Happier

ii. Thinner or fatter?

fatter

iii. Richer or poorer?

Richer

iv. Older or Wiser –

Definitely both

19. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Spending more time out of the house instead of being home all the time

20. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Ignoring house bills

21. How did you spend Christmas?

I spent Christmas over my sister’s house

22. How will you be spending New Year’s Eve?

I spent New Year’s Eve at home

23. Did you fall in love in 2012?

Nope, I didn’t.

24. How many one-night stands?

None.

25. What was your favorite TV program?

The Walking Dead

Touch

<b?26. Do you hate anyone that you didn't hate this time last year?

Nope

27. Who is somebody you will probably never see again after this year?

Fe

28. What did you want and get?

a) A new monitor and desktop

b) to see Wrigley Field in person

29. What did you want and not get?

a relationship

30. What was your greatest musical discovery?

None haha

31. What was the best book you read?

Didn’t read a book last year

32. What were your favorite films this year?

a) The Avengers

b) The Amazing Spider-Man

c) The Dark Knight Rises

33. How old did you turn on your birthday (and what did you do)?

I turned 30. I worked part of my birthday. Afterwards, I finished shopping for my mom.

34. What is one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

A new car lol

35. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?

jeans and t-shirt

36. What kept you sane?

My friends

37. Which celebrity/public figure do you fancy most?

None right now

38. What political issue stirred you the most?

None

39. Who did (do) you miss?

No one because I keep in touch with those who are dear to me.

40. Who was the best person (people) you met?

Monika from OD. We started texting and talking on the phone, and she is amazing! We would talk hours at a time about anything and everything. I’m glad to consider her a friend 🙂

41. What was a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012?

Take care of your home first and then spend your money wisely

42. Tell us something you’ve learned about yourself.

I no longer want to get familiar with asking for extension to pay bills

43. If you could relive any day from 2012, which would it be and why?

The day I was able to bring my power bill to a zero balance

45. Did any of your predictions for the future come true in 2012?

None at all.

44. What was the funniest thing that happened to you this year?

When a couple of hispanics came up to me while I was at Sears and started speaking to me in spanish.

45. What was the worst thing that happened to you this year?

When the Sears store closed in my town

46. What was the best thing that happened to you this year?

Working two jobs

47. What was the hardest thing you did this year?

Having to work 40 hours a week with our senile manager at the old Sears store.

48. A new food that you were introduced to:

I don’t know to be honest

49. What traditions were started?

Every summer, I’ll try to and fly out to Chicago for a couple of days

50. What traditions were broken?

Sending out Christmas cards to my OD friends

51. Did you save any Chinese fortune cookie fortunes from this year, what do they say?

Nope I didn’t

52. What is something you have vowed to never do again?

Never work during a store closing again

53. Headlines in the news from this year that you’ll remember most:

Newtown, Ct

Aurora, CO

54. What is something you took for granted in 2012?

Being current on bills

55. Are there any memorable slogans that describe and/or are from this year?

Nope

56. Where were you last New Year’s Day (2012)?

I believe I stayed home

57. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

I don’t even know lol.