Erin & Chase : 2012. Aka the greatest year yet. {picture overload}

Anna was in the MTC. She and her companion (who she knew from PGHS) both had green pea coats.

Remember THIS post? And how I was so dreading 2012?... Man, I'm so glad it came. Even though 2012 was Anna-less (in person...we talk every week via email!) it has been the best year thus far.

Because Anna was gone, I played with lots of friends. Dave and Tali are great.

I slaved away that semester and got my first 4.0 ever!

I started dating a really funny nerd who I was smit with immediately.

He and I spent nearly every day together.

And then I left for 6 weeks to live out of a suitcase in Italy.

I met and became friends with some of the greatest girls I know.

And guys. Remember Devin?

Got a sunburn in the most beautiful place (after Paris) I have ever been.

Me and Steve. Love him. He would walk me back to the hotel so I wouldn't have to go alone when I had Skype dates with my man.

Rode a gondola in lovely Venice.

Ate WAY too much gelato (and somehow lost 10lbs?...explain that to me.)

massagi? (on the beach in Monterosso- part of the Cinque Terre)

Then, a few of us ventured to Paris. Oh Paris. It was so magical in every way.

Proof that I've seen the Mona Lisa. At the Louvre. Spent 6 hours there. And I still didn't see everything.

Then I flew home to the states (God bless America. I remember being so relieved to be home) where my mom met me in NYC. We spent 5 glorious days there going to Live with Kelly!, The Newsies... I dragged her everywhere. And found a new favorite shopping area in SoHo.

Came home and this guy was still here waiting for me.

This was not a happy day, but one that changed everything. This was the day I was so angry with Chase/my last day at Taco Amigo (where I worked more than 1/3 of my life. wowza).