Janus Looking Back

It’s New Years’ Eve. Well, for me. Maybe it’s already 2019 where you are. Anyway, today I’m looking back at 2018.

January

• Celebrated 9 years of marriage
• Got rear-ended on our anniversary trip
• House decided to literally fall apart
• Moved to a new place

February

• Ran the Cupid’s Crawl 5k
• Started my 11th re-read of Dante’s Divine Comedy

March

• Ran the Neuse River Bridge Run 5k
• Did lots of cooking

April

Sold the house

Celebrated 5 years of blogging here (!)

May

Finished another school year

Awarded Teacher of the Year

June

• Reviewed John Fea’s Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump
• Ran the “Must Go Faster” leg of the Life Finds a Way race series
• Watched the World Cup

July

Toilet broke

Ran the “DinoDNA” leg of the Life Finds A Way race series

Met John Fea

Raleigh SuperCon

“The Originals” finale in Covington, GA

Greensboro WizardWorld

August

A tweet of mine becomes short-lived meme; so short I can’t even find a picture of it anymore

Ran the “Raptor Run” leg of the Life Finds a Way race series

School begins

September

Smokey passes away

Hurricane Florence causes us to evacuate for two weeks

Reconnect with by my brother Leroy and his wife, Julia

October

Met Cressida Cowell (How to Train Your Dragon)

Interviewed Karen Swallow Prior for Christian Humanist Profiles

Met John Scalzi (Old Man’s War & Collapsing Empire)

Scalzi called my pie “exquisite”

November

Ran the OBX Marathon in 3:58:06

First ever Death Wish Coffee

Black Friday tradition

Krystal developed bronchitis

Krystal broke her ankle

December

Met Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments/Infernal Devices/Shadowhunters)

Ran the “Dino Dash” leg of the Life Finds a Way series

Candlelight 2018

Turned 33

Christmas shenanigans

Met my reading goal for 2018