2011 was AWESOME! 2012 has some competition. It's GEAUX TIME!

2011 was filled with some big and exciting changes and I couldn't be more grateful for them. Of course, I say this after the trials and tribulations are behind me and only memories I recall from the depths of my mind.

Here's a mini timeline of 2011 highlights for Kyle and I.

Jan
I apply to grad school

March
I am rejected from LSU based on my GRE score
I appeal the decision

April
I am admitted to LSU Grad school

May
I receive an assistantship
Kyle goes for his first interview

June
We visit Baton Rouge and LSU to check out the campus and find a place to live
Kyle gets a great job to support us

July
Kyle and I move to LA

Our first holiday season in Louisiana is behind us and my goodness has it gone fast! And to think, all that transpired between now and a year ago zipped by faster than the speed of light and I sit here in my cozy little house, watching football games as I did a year ago; yet this year I am in LA and not in FL. I've completed my first semester of grad school with great success, made some wonderful friends, and am enjoying the last couple of weeks of my break completely and totally happy.

Kyle and I are just a couple months shy of when we met nearly six years ago. I knew then there was something special and remarkable about this area. I knew then, I would live here some day. I am here and I am absolutely loving it! Kyle is near his family, and though I miss mine terribly I could not think of living anywhere else and be as happy as I am now.

For New Years Kyle and I went to Commander's Palace in the Garden District of New Orleans. Talk about spectacular! Read a little on the history of the Restaurant by following the link above. Here's a line or two that capture's its antique essence.

"Here in the Garden District George W. Cable entertained Mark Twain; here Jefferson Davis spent his last days. And here, in 1880, Emile Commander established the only restaurant patronized by the distinguished neighborhood families. He chose the corner of Washington Avenue and Coliseum Street, a site that had been in turn, part of the J.F.E. Livaudais Plantation and the faubourg of Lafayette. In 1854 it was engulfed by the city of New Orleans and by 1900 Commander's Palace was attracting gourmets from all over the world."

We had a wonderful meal and were serenaded by a couple of different jazz trios. It truly felt as if we were transported back several decades and we closed the night and 2011 finally, Home.

                      

Happy New Years, 2011!