Things I'm Proud Of

1 I have never smoked
2 I have never done any drugs
3 I have never gotten drunk
4 I have a job
5 I work for my money
6 I am no longer a free loader
7 I got accepted into college
8 I passed my advanced standing for my Art Degree
9 I graduated High School
10 I have finished the first book in my novel series
11 I have got a substantial amount done on the second book
12 I still have an apartment
13 I am getting descent grades this semester
14 I have passed all my classes at Northwest so far with a C or higher
15 I never gave up on school
16 I never gave up on my family (even if they drive me crazy sometimes)
17 I have been with my girlfriend for three years
18 My future Sister-in-law turning her life around
19 Her trying to be in her daughter's lives
20 I finished two years at Maple Woods Community College
21 I got my Highschool Diploma
22 I walked at my Graduation
23 I tried out for my high school's Theatre Department's Shorts during my Senior Year
24 I got picked for two short plays for Shorts
25 I performed in Shorts
26 I still have a relationship with my mother
27 My sister got married two years ago
28 I have passed all my Art Classes with a C or above
29 Most of those classes were passed with a B or above
30 I didn't have to take a drawing class at Northwest because I passed an equivalent back at Maple Woods
31 Getting my drivers permit at age 15
32 Getting my drivers license
33 My new kitty Spaz
34 My close friends and roommates getting engaged
35 My mom getting an apartment after selling the house
36 My Sister graduating college
37 My sister getting a teaching job
38 Getting an apartment
39 Keeping up rent and staying in our apartment
40 Staying in contact with my friends (even though I wish I could do it more often)
41 Visiting my family more often due to a new work schedule
42 Not quitting my not so amazing job
43 Making more hours due to the new schedule
44 My dearly departed dog Midnight
45 Me passing my Lifeguard certification three years in a row
46 Keeping my Lifeguard job back in Kansas City for three consecutive summers
47 Keeping my job at the BP gas station back in Kansas City for two years before it closed down
48 Keeping up my new work out schedule
49 Cutting back on soda
50 All of the creative writing I have done in the past and currently done