Changes - Updated

Before leaving for Burkina Faso in Oct 2008 I put together a list of things I thought might change while I was gone. Here is the same list with updates so you can see how things have changed. Current data at end in parentheses.

Age: 23
(Currently 26)

Gallon of Gas: $3.19 gallon (but it was $1 more two weeks ago)
($3.12)

Population of Washington Couny, WI: 129,778 (in July 2007, the most recent I could find) (This area has been growing so quickly since I was in high school and I expect it to keep growing as people move north out of Milwaukee)
(130,681 as of 2009, I couldn't find a more recent figure)

Cost of Undergrad Tuition at UW-Madison: $7,570
(It was $5,138 a year when I started in 2003) ($8,313)

Family Pets: 13 year old Snowball, 4 month old Maggie, & 12ish goldfish in backyard pond
(Snowball died in Dec 2009 and I think the fish didn't make it through the winter a few years ago but Maggie is still as wild as when I left)

Current Weight: 119 lbs on my parents scale
(I gained weight studying abroad in Kenya and have been told in Peace Corps, men usually lose weight but women gain)
(123 lbs - gained about 10 lb my first year but lost weight the second year)

Relationship Status: single & loving it

(attached & loving it except for doing the long distance thing now)

Parents' religion: Methodist
(They were Catholic when I left for Kenya and Methodist when I returned 6 months later)
(still Methodist)

President: Bush

(OBAMA!)

I am sure that I will miss out on some important events but I would really just like all my friends to wait for the big things until 2011. I don't want to miss any engagements or weddings (Tricia?), babies (Maren?), or any other significant changes while I'm gone! Is that too much to ask?

(Maren had a baby in May 2010 and Tricia got engaged Oct 2009 with a wedding planned for this June).

I'm interested to see what else will change during the next year while I'm in Belize.