2012 was…

a broken arm, a stolen (and recovered) car, the demise of said car, a new car purchase, our engagement (dubbed “the great cookie ban” by ben in protest over the wedding diet), handmade wedding rings, a new job for each of us, a cross-country move, a new apartment, 9 plays produced or designed between the two of us, 3 half marathons, 1 marathon (no. 5), a destination wedding, a brief “mini-moon” to the lost coast.

it was a year of so many good things (stolen car and broken arm notwithstanding) but it was a year of excess. we are both relieved to be looking forward to 2013, dubbed “our year of nothing” — the year in which we will NOT change jobs, move, or put on a destination wedding. a year to enjoy being married, put down roots in chicago, our adopted new/old home, to seek balance instead of upending the balance, to settle into ourselves. and a year to look further outside ourselves as well. more volunteer work, more energy to invest in the relationships around us, more engagement in our community of friends, fellow artists, neighbors.