{"id":3080,"date":"2014-01-01T22:51:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T04:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2014-01-01T22:51:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T04:51:09","slug":"2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/3080","title":{"rendered":"2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was a chaotic year. A very good one, but I feel like I haven&#8217;t really stopped moving.<\/p>\n<p>In<a title=\"Spanish Moss at the Baha'i Center by Sholeh, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/8873984805\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Spanish Moss at the Baha'i Center\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3729\/8873984805_0e5c79d154_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a> January 2013, Shea and I took our first trip together, driving to Minnesota to visit family and friends in sub-zero temperatures. In February I celebrated 3 years of condo ownership, and starting facilitating a Ruhi group of junior youth\/youth at my home every week, which I am still doing. The letter announcing the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bahai.org\/community-news\/youth-conferences\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baha&#8217;i youth conferences<\/a> came out February 8 and I started working on their coordination in the United States. In March we celebrated Naw-Ruz (Baha&#8217;i New Year) and in April I took a much-needed week-long vacation in Florida with dear friends.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Shea and I received consent to marry, and in June we announced our engagement. The planning for the conferences kicked into high gear and I spent 30 days traveling from June to August: Phoenix, San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles. While planning a wedding with my fianc\u00c3\u00a9. Let&#8217;s just say that a great many spreadsheets and emails were involved.<\/p>\n<p>Shea and I got married on August 3 and had our honeymoon in San Diego. We also attended Green Lake Baha&#8217;i Conference in Wisconsin in August.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wedding day by Sholeh, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/11699353833\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Wedding day\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7408\/11699353833_ee592dae87_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>We celebrated my 30th birthday in September and went apple picking with family. I received a job offer from my new employer in September and started work on September 30. It is my dream job and I love what I do. It is fulfilling and being an event coordinator is fun, though it is an incredible amount of work.<\/p>\n<p>In October we threw a Halloween party, in November I traveled to Las Vegas for the first time (for work) and wasn&#8217;t too impressed by anything except the food. We celebrated our first Thanksgiving together with family. In December I traveled to Colorado for the first time (for work) and then Shea and I made a quick trip to Minnesota to see family (sub-zero temperatures again!).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Hiking near Denver by Sholeh, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/11635324424\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Hiking near Denver\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5529\/11635324424_809b932141_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a>There were births, weddings, and passings, too many to go into here. Many friends visited Chicago, there were countless dinner parties and evenings with friends and family. Friday marks 5 months of marriage and we are enjoying married life (but still haven&#8217;t figured out a good answer to the question &#8220;How&#8217;s married life?&#8221;). I miss writing here and am trying to get back to it more, now that I am figuring out my schedule and crazy commute. Riding the train for 2 hours a day is a bit draining but I am reading a <em>lot<\/em> of books.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go, another year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a chaotic year. A very good one, but I feel like I haven&#8217;t really stopped moving. 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