ladysprite | What Did I Learn?

Once again, time for my favorite game, what did I learn in the past year? So... what did I learn in 2015?

I learned that I can run a business.
I learned how to use Quickbooks.
I learned that publicizing myself is emotionally challenging, but necessary.
I learned that my clients trust and respect me enough to recommend me to their friends.
I learned how to do my first double-dive on aerial silks.
I learned the basics of aerial sling.
I learned how to draw blood and give IV injections without a tech to help me.
I learned better and smoother ways to premedicate animals for euthanasia.
I learned how to place subcutaneous ports.
I learned how to place nasogastric feeding tubes.
I learned that I can rock a pixie cut.
I learned that my spinning has become consistent enough to be not just usable but objectively good.
I learned that I can make an entire dress out of construction paper.
I learned the story of the day my mother was born.
I learned that if you tell people it's for a scavenger hunt they will let you get away with almost anything.
I learned how to make broomstick lace.
I learned that my Spanish is good enough that I can converse easily with native speakers after a day or two of acclimation.
I learned that sometimes depression will hit you, no matter how objectively good your life looks on the outside.
I learned how to use Hair Product.
I learned that I have enough professional expertise to write a blog that people actually find kind of useful.
I learned that my friends trust me and my skills, and will turn to me for help when they need it.
I learned that those same friends love me, and appreciate me.
I learned that it's almost impossible to fit a full-sized stretcher in the back of a Honda Civic.
I learned just how much paperwork goes into the day-to-day running of a veterinary practice.
I learned that tomatillos and Napa cabbage grow remarkably well in my yard.
I learned to get comfortable with video chats.
I learned that Peter Beagle is an amazing man, and that meeting your childhood angel is just as amazing and heartbreaking and healing as I imagined it would be.
I learned that the hardest thing about owning your own business is managing your downtime.
I learned how to drive a snowmobile.
I learned that gabapentin is a better medication for chronic pain in animals than tramadol.
I learned that nopales are delicious.
I learned that the only way to solve a problem with Mass Health Connector is to go through your state representative.

It seems like, most of all, I learned - or at least started to learn - to see myself the way other people see me. It'll take a long time to finish this lesson, but it's a good path to be on right now....