My blog turns one

It's hard to believe that I started writing here just a year ago because so much has happened since. During my first post, I was a fresh MSU graduate, back at home for the summer with my parents. I didn't know it at the time, but it was the last summer my family would spend together in one house. A year later, I'm living hundreds of miles away and working at my first "real" job. And so much more has happened in between. I've:

Worked at The Detroit News.

Watched my best friend move to New Jersey, my mom move to St. Pete Beach and my brother move to Orlando.

Covered a chemical plant explosion and a new "breed" of designer dogs.

Interned at Fermilab, in Illinois, and tried my best to learn about the world of particle physics.

Watched the MSU football team and the Pistons lose, again.

Saw my childhood house put up for sale.

Celebrated as my cousin Jakob was born.

Learned about neutrinos.

Moved to Switzerland for three months for an internship at CERN.

Visited Italy, France and the Netherlands.

Attempted, and failed, to learn French.

Ate a lot of cheese and chocolate.

Moved to Long Island and started all over again for the third time in a year.