So accomplished

Look what I remembered how to do from our 5th grade Excel tutorials! A graph! That's right, I made it meself. Since it's almost the end of the year, I've been thinking back over how 2009 has gone for me personally. I decided to quantify the year in terms of my stress level and voila, this tidy graph was born:Fortunately the level never rose to 10, which would have meant me packing my bags and moving home and hanging out with Ben & Jerry for quite some time. That would have happened come the end of August, after a summer of interviews and job rejections and not having any money to pay my rent. Fortunately, that crisis was averted.

And looky, I'm ending up at the same level as I started the year. Guess that's because this question still hasn't left my mind: What I am doing with my life?? Though honestly I feel better about it now than I did 12 months ago. What I'm really stressed about now is getting home for the holidays. I'm crossing my fingers I will arrive absurdly early at the airport only to find all the whinings about airport security lines have been greatly exaggerated, and then I will sit around waiting for my flight in restless boredom. The one time boredom is preferred over all else!

So yes, admire my mad Excel and Paint skills, and feel free to speculate on the highs (STRESS!) and lows (CALMMMM) that was my 2009.