2011: The Year That Was

A few reflections on this past year.


Favorite Class: 
Am I allowed to to pick a class where I was a TA instead of a student? (Why yes, yes I am allowed to, since I pick the categories.) Okay then: Heat Transfer. 

Longest time spent studying for a single test: 

Time spent working on a take-home exam isn't exactly studying per se. But I hope to never come close to matching the 35 hours I spent on my convection mid-term. (Addendum: how could I forget? I took three oral exams! I doubt I hit 35 hours of study per exam, but I didn't keep track.)

Number of nightmares about final exams: 
I really don't remember.

One thing I won't miss: 
Trying to find time to study for oral exams while being a student, an RA, and a TA.

One thing I will miss: 
TK in the house. But he goes from a house with eight dudes to a house with one woman. Marriage. Who can blame him?


Miles on my car: 

1300. No joke. Stopped at a gas station 5 times this past year.

Strangest Thing That Happened to Me: 

Corneal erosion in the left eye. Sounds like the eye is disintegrating. Thankfully, it's not (and it's treatable).

Best memories from an event:
Last year I said, "It's a stretch to call a 10-day trip an event." Okay, then. This year I'll pick a 4-week "event": Monica's visit to Minneapolis this past summer.

Best memories from life in general:
I'll be honest: we have some really hilarious conversations around here. And some really deep ones.

Title of a Book I Would Write:
How to Eat for Less Than $5/day. Problem: the content isn't even enough to make a pamphlet: shop at Aldi; cook at home.


Book that impacted me the most (after the Bible):

Charity and Its Fruits, by Jonathan Edwards; Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands, by Paul Tripp.

Song that impacted me the most:
How Firm a Foundation

Doctrine that impacted me the most:

And [Jesus] said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." (Mt. 22:37-39, ESV)

That is the point of all those spiritual disciplines.

A whole year later...
What's much different from last year is that not much is different from a year ago.


Share a few reflections of your own in the comments section.


Past Years
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010