Requiem for Winter '18/'19

- traveling to PNW and showing C. the Pacific Ocean;
- being surrounded by love of my friends from all over the world on my birthday;
- seeing my sweet baby niece for the first time, playing games with Musa and spending time with my brother and his family;
- dealing with ankle injury and consequences;
- visiting turtle hospital;
- seeing Seattle Seahawks football stadium from our AirBnB apartment;
- staying in the apartment that belongs to Seattle Hospital surgeon;
- presenting a roadmap in a meeting with leadership;
- relaxing at home during Christmas break and having friends over;
- spending the last sunset of 2018 and first sunrise of 2019 at the Pacific Ocean;
- meeting a stranger with 2 dogs whose names are Lola and Arnold and walking a block with him and getting to know funny facts about his well behaved furry friends;
- seeing Olya Stan after so many years;
- making little surprises;
- getting a response from Ed Templeton;
- spending lazy relaxing days with friends;
- riding a red Mustang in a passenger seat;
- High Line hotel surprise stay;
- suffering from allergy reaction;
- traveling to Albany and meeting C. friends;
- finding my dog alter ego - Lola the old pug;
- going through tough time at work;
- checking out Brooklyn boroughs on the weekends;
- John Maus concert;
- meeting my old coworkers and feeling inspired;
- treating myself with haircut;
- remembering how to use sewing machine;
- learning to compromise;

Short version: Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me

Requiem for Fall '18

- waking up and seeing the ocean;
- watching ocean sunsets and sunrises;
- making morning coffee for C;
- welcoming Olya in the States;
- struggling with imposter syndrome at work an dealing with things;
- randomly running into Andrew Vanwyngarden and waving ‘Hi’ to him';
- getting accepted to “Spooky Club”;
- speaking in front of the whole company;
- seeing so many shows: The Drums, DIIV, Wavves, Alwayys, Toro Y Moi;
- listening the stories about good times from Rockaway Beach locals, drinking coffee early in the morning;
- feeling so much support from family, friends, coworkers and mentors;
- seeing dozens of dolphins jumping out of water;
- seeing Hannah from Leicester and being so inspired by her story;
- dealing with random toilet flooding in friend’s apartment and with flooded neighbors;
- meeting Sadie and feeling welcomed in New Hampshire;
- having a road trip to Virginia with collaboratively made playlist;
- being at Mikey and Lauren’s wedding and feeling so happy;
- falling down and rolling my ankle;
- starting to support Surfrider Foundation;
- having regular meetings with mentor and learning new things;
- starting a very important process that will hopefully open up the world to me;
- going to Boston’s aquarium and being completely mind-blown;
- getting my first real vacuum cleaner(I am sooo grown up now);
- doing our little Black Friday tradition with my parents;
- walking a dog with Olya;
- meeting with Yana in NY and talking like we’ve seen each other yesterday and like we are us 7 years ago;
- cooking at home;
- solving one of the hardest stalking challenges;
- “camping” in the living room;
- meeting Jim Cummings;
- buying the most comfortable jeans ever and donating old ones;

Short version: All the Pinot, Pinot Grigio girls, pour your heart out

Requiem for Summer '18

- sharing laughs :) ;
- feeling extremely proud of big decisions made by close friends;
- getting allergy tests done;
- buying sangria "to go" and walking streets of the the most familiar city with the most special and close friends;
- asking strangers for some change because we really wanted a picture from photobooth;
- dancing in an empty bar when they play "I Follow";
- waking up early for Olya's birthday breakfast;
- struggling to deal with criticism;
- freaking our about attending a wedding, but enjoying every moment of it;
- visiting Rockaway and being even more sure that ocean makes me happy;
- running to a car when it started raining;
- waking up to flowers and coffee;
- walking familiar streets with Mom and having all the childhood memories back for a moment;
- eating the best dessert ever made - Pavlova; 
- hugging the most adorable Yahoo the beagle even when wearing all black;
- enjoying the music festival during the rainstorm and wearing plastic bags over my sneakers;
- listening to "Save Tonight" in a line for tea;
- making friends play hooky to hang out with me;
- falling down the stairs;
- celebrating Dad's birthday and coming up with a fun gift;
- randomly meeting not even mine ex-coworkers and having one of the best evenings;
- having ideas about making a documentary and getting support;
- seeing Mikes Mills poster in a gallery;
- going to Kedr Livanskiy show twice on a different continents;
- watching Minsk from an observation deck;
- having a staycation in Soho and pretending to be a tourist;
- getting a pet goldfish for a day;
- getting extra dessert for free from the nice little Greek place in Williamsburg;
- barely surviving tequila shots and summer heat;
- helping a driver navigate through New York City on a Friday night;
- being open about challenges at work and getting support from people who care;
- talking all the things in front of my apartment building at night;
- starting exciting work initiatives;
- talking on the phone till 3 am;
- meeting Hannah from Leicester in New York; 
- almost fainting in Brooklyn library;
- feeling so happy that I have my friends;

Short version: distance and time are nothing when the friendship is real