2012: October, November, December, The End!

This whole writing 4 posts because I really wanted to end the year with a nice round number of posts was just silly. Just plain silly.

Chris and I are currently watching Asian CNN, which is delayed half an hour, to watch the ball drop.  Which mostly means that we've been watching far too much Kathy Griffiths and Anderson Cooper attempts at humor, but really mostly making me feel very, very sad for the state of television.

On that same note, I somehow made it through the entire year without ever hearing about this poor little girl Honey Boo Boo until she was interviewed by Anderson and Kathy.  Then I had to Google that shiz, and oh my word?! What is this?  I don't understand.

So, let's finish this up. It's almost midnight there, and as this blog is still set to Eastern Standard Time (refusing to let some things go, even seventeen months later), so let's get 'er done!

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October.

 October was a month of birthdays! I celebrated mine a number of times, it seems.  I wrote about all the things I've learned in my 27 years on earth, which, if you glance at it quickly, is seemingly a great exercise in narcissism as it's basically a dozen pictures of me.

We celebrated Pchum Ben for the second time, this time with our host family.  We also celebrated one year of life as official Peace Corps Volunteers with champagne and pumpkin bread (an excuse to learn to make easy caramel sauce and eat a lot of it.)

I got into a bus accident, but all was well, and I got serious when discussing the state of women here in Cambodia, and how much I fear the negative and unintended impacts of voluntourism. Also, I was far less serious for the majority of the month.

November.

Kisses to November. Good month, November.

I wrote a post every single day in November. This made for some interesting posts, and some other ones that are mostly filler that I probably shouldn't link to.

We watched the returns of the presidential election in our home, on this little screen, with this fan cooling us off. We were very happy with the outcome. I also chipped my tooth. Chris wanted to know why we take pictures of ourselves in mirrors. I captured an entire day in the life here.

November was absolutely the month of food. I have more pictures of food than anything else in this month.  Our biggest accomplishment was making Thanksgiving dinner for 100 peeps.

We spent the end of November preparing for our second Christmas here, in an attempt to make me far less sad and dejected than I was last year.

December.

 This month, we ran a race at Angkor Wat.  I somewhat did a daily reflection challenge. I shared why I was incredibly sad in May (and still get twinges of sadness), and asked you what your "drink" is.  I basically summed up the reasons why I lie awake at night, unable to stop my braining from thinking all the futures in all the worlds, and the success of my Camp GLOW.

We spent Christmas in Kampot and with friends. It was a wonderful holiday season.

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So kisses to you friends!  Here's to what I hope was a wonderful 2012 for you, too!