23 Things That Happened While I Was 23

Hi, friends!

Tomorrow, I'll be 24 years old. That seems strange. Instead of focusing on the fact that I don't feel nearly as grown up as I am, I thought I'd look back on some of the stuff that's happened in the past year in approximate chronological order.

1. I came up with 31 costumes and posted a picture of one each day in October.
2. I started actively fighting against MLM companies and posting about the evils of pyramid schemes occasionally.
3. I dyed my hair red, bleached it, and then dyed it turquoise within a short amount of time.
4. Jared and I attended Equestria LA dressed as Vinyl Scratch and her bass cannon.
5. We went to Disneyland three different times.
6. I discovered a seriously delicious recipe for pumpkin bread.
7. I completed Personal Progress (for the second time) after one year of being a YW leader.
8. We got a Nintendo Switch!
9. I started occasionally attempting to do things to my fingernails other than putting one solid color on all ten of them.
10. My hair became purple.
11. I started playing the piano again.
12. We went to the midnight showing of Infinity War.
13. We bought a house!!
14. I put together a pretty cool game of Family Feud for mutual and Jared came along to be our fake Steve Harvey.
15. I was a cabin mom for my stake's YW camp.
16. While helping at a church carnival, I got to operate a snow cone machine.
17. My hair became dark blue.
18. We registered to attend the last ever Bronycon in Baltimore next year.
19. We celebrated our third wedding anniversary.
20. An order from Pizza Hut was flagged as suspicious credit card activity, which I'm guessing means that Discover has caught on to how much we love Domino's pizza.
21. I started this blog!
22. I won $300 in Fandango movie tickets from a (free) Dunkin Donuts drink.
23. My original group of Beehives all became Mia Maids except for the youngest of the bunch, who will be leaving me in just a few days. (We'll be down to only two girls who come regularly!)

There were some rough patches scattered among the past twelve months, but my year of being 23 was pretty fantastic overall and definitely had a few small miracles involved. God knows what He's doing and exactly how much I can handle before I break. The next year will bring challenges, frustrations, and all that "fun" stuff just like this past one did. It will also give me knowledge, reasons to laugh, more YW shenanigans, and a lot of smiling.

I think I'm ready.

Love,

Lizzie