2010 - what! The future! We are in it!
This one is going to be fantastic. I can feel it.

I thought as a fun little game, I'd list up some highlights from this last decade, in which I went from age 15 to age 25. (possibly the strangest realization I've had in a while) And I thought 5 to 15 was big.

2000: Sophomore/Junior year of high school: I go to extra 5am practices to fight my way back onto Juniors/Seniors swim team. Grown up Cindy will look back on this with awe.
2001: Junior/Senior year of high school: I survive AP American History/my first dance concert since age 4. AP history exam yielded a 5, dance concert yielded really embarrassing video tapes.
2002: Senior year of high school/Freshman year of college: The memories are endless. Also the year I met Jess. Epic.
2003: Freshman/Sophomore year of college: Why was I so scared of college? I hate calculus and physics. I love everything else.
2004: Sophomore/Junior year of college: ROME. Life changing. And then studio. Sleep habit changing.
2005: Junior/Senior year of college: Studio is all consuming but completely fantastic. Solid solid friendships are born at 3am while sharing drafting dots. And Marie Antoinette the cat supersedes Jess as the coolest thing in my life.
2006: Senior year of college/Year one of grad school: In the same year I decide I don't want to be an architect, I go to Spain, I get into grad school, I go to Disney World, and then I go back to Rome. And then I move into DC. And start classes again. And start working at Paper Source.
2007: Year one/Year two of grad school: Realize I have found what I love. Let's go save some buildings! At some point or another, work three part time jobs in addition to grad school. A girl's gotta support her fancy urban lifestyle.
2008: Year two of grad school/Year one of real life: But I was just 15 yesterday! Graduate for good. Get a real live full time job. Downsize to one part time job.
2009: Real life: So it is. I manage to bring the Rome tally up to 3 and then spend the rest of the year celebrating with the gang I've been with since good ol' 2000.


And here we are! Let's bring on the next 10 years!