2018 - Year in Review

1. Moved to Manhattan with Daniel in June! 🗽
2. Began my doctorate in physical therapy at NYU.🎓💜
3. Traveled to New York City, San Diego, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, Providence, New Jersey, Philadelphia & France. ✈️
4. Hit my 2 year mark working with San Mateo Athletic Club as a personal trainer reaching over 800 training hours. 💪🏼
5. Earned a 4.0 GPA in my last prerequisites, 3.7 GPA in Summer (11 units) & 3.9 GPA in Fall (19 units). 🎓
6. Became elected as the 2019 NYPTA SSIG Communications Chair - one of the 6 executive positions for student PTs in NY state. 📨🗣
7. Swam in the Mediterranean Sea. 🌊💕
8. Celebrated an epic good bye party with friends in Dolores Park, San Francisco. 🌁
9. Completed CEUs and reactivated my yoga and personal training certifications. 🧘🏻‍♀️🏋🏻‍♀️
11. Went to my first Mustache Bash! 👨🏻✌🏼
11. Worked full time as a physical therapy aide. 🏥
12. Explored new levels of fitness including losing 15lbs and 5% body fat through increasing my walking & daily activity. 💪🏼
13. Worked as a medical volunteer for the NYC Marathon! 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️🏅
14. Placed 4th in the regular season and 2nd in the playoff championship with our rec soccer team Midtown Maniacs. ⚽️
15. Ran my first ever official 5K (& in under 30 minutes!) 🏃🏻‍♀️🍎
16. Took a golf lesson; played my first rounds of 9 & 18 (and many more rounds); golfed at Citi Field! ⛳️🏌🏻‍♀️
17. Watched games at the NY Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, Warriors (home & away), Philly Sixers, Yankees, & Mets (vs Dodgers & vs Giants). 🏀⚾️
18. Began my NASM Nutrition certification & EXOS Performance Specialist certification. 🥗🤸🏻‍♀️
19. Did pushups for #ChoosePT on Good Morning America! 💪🏼🧡
20. Became a graduate researcher for NYU studying vestibular disorder for physical therapy using virtual reality. 👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍💻
21. Went apple picking & Christmas tree chopping in Pennsylvania! 🍏🍎🌲
22. Improved my cooking and baking skills - especially chicken dishes & cobblers! 🐓
23. Took a contemporary dance class at a Broadway dance studio near Times Square. 👯‍♀️💃
24. Watched my Dodgers make it to the World Series again! 💙⚾️
25. Sold my Mazda 3 after 9 years & 120k miles! 🚘
26. Went wine tasting in Napa. 🍇🍷
27. Saw my favorite band The Main Squeeze play at the Casbah & at Brooklyn Bowl! 🎶🍋
28. Attended a PT student conference, the National Student Conclave in Rhode Island for my birthday weekend, where we built 70 prosthetic hands for amputees. 🖐🏾
29. Experienced the coldest ever Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! (14deg F after wind chill). 🎈🎏🎁
30. Ran the Rocky Balboa steps. 🥊🐅
31. Intertubed down the Delaware River. 🍩🌊
32. Celebrated 2 years with my love. 💕