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We started 2009 by celebrating my 25th birthday at the infamous Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, CA. The food was excellent, the ambiance was romantic, and the staff even gave us a tour of the kitchen!

Most of January and February was spent organizing our up-coming wedding. We had our fairytale wedding in March surrounded by nature with our closest friends and family.

Afterwards, we had a four-day minimoon in Napa and enjoyed world class food, wines, and the wonderful company of my sister in law and her husband.

We started the process of changing our names in April. Rob and I now share same middle and last names.

In May, we were busy attending all the faires and festivals in our area, including the Hawaiian May Day Festival, A La Carte and Art Festival, Boogie on the Bayou, and Maker Faire. We also celebrated Rob’s 28th birthday at Rabbit’s Foot Meadery and Chez TJ’s.

We celebrated 4th of July in Lake Tahoe and watched fireworks over the lake.

A lot of the late summer and fall months were spent hanging out with friends and catching up with people that we haven’t talked to in a long time.

The Franz Ferdinand and Green Day concert was the most enjoyable concert we’ve ever attended. We had the opportunity to witness Rob’s ex-business partner and his fiancee tie the knot. Rob got to fly internationally for the first time when we visited my aunts and cousins in Taiwan. It was great seeing them after 9 years and I learned a lot from that trip.

October was a fun month with all the different harvest festivals going on. We took salsa classes at our local community center, attended the Bridge School Benefits concert at Shoreline, and spent Halloween at a rockin’ party where we demonstrated our new salsa moves. My first interview with CASV went well and I began the 2 month long training, background check, and interviewing process.

I was busy in November with training and various events that we and our friends hosted. Thanksgiving was a success. Our friend D and I cooked up a storm in her kitchen and we had a lot of fun doing it .

We went hiking a lot in December.

I finished training, was sworn in by a judge, and picked my child. I also began interning for the city under the new mayor. Rob and I got to meet Thomas Keller at the Ad Hoc cookbook signing, which was awesome and one more thing off of my bucket list. Tonight we fly to Ohio to visit my mother in law and her family for Christmas and will be flying to New York for New Years. We booked a hotel right near Times Square so it’ll be an exciting end to an exciting year!

Now that we’re in the final days of 2009, I wonder what 2010 has in store for us…

Will Sophia be able to attend the graduate school of her choice? Will Rob get a raise? Will they be able to move into a new house once their current lease ends? Will Meow finally stand up for herself from Zahki’s bullying ways? Find out next time on Skeptickle…