End-of-the-Month Highlights Day

New photos have been added to the Life, 2016 album.

• Events
  • Rang in the New Year with a Yoga Friends party, followed by a weekend away in Sperryville on F 1/1.
  
  
  • Went clubbing in DC, solely for a company party, on S 1/9. Spent the night in a posh hotel.
  
  
  • Met up with friends in Fredericksburg and Colonial Beach on S 1/16.
  
  
  • Snowbound in the big blizzard, F 1/22 - W 1/27.
  
  
  • Planning to have delayed Christmas with my parents on S 1/30.


• Projects
  • Worked on the first proposal effort of 2016.
  
  
  • Did lots of snow shoveling.
  
  
  • Continued updating the Paravia Wiki on a regular basis.


• Consumerism
  • Bought a new, expensive suit for suit-y occasions.
  
  
  • Bought a new camera (Canon Powershot SX270) to replace the potato camera.
  
  
  • Finally upgraded to a smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S5) from my slide-out keyboard phone. Yes, I upgraded from a 2010 model to a 2014 model in 2016.
  
  
  • Not much in the way of amazing TV or music this month.
  
  
  • Played lots of Fallout 4.

January's Final Grade: B+, a relatively empty month punctuated by loud, flashy events and a nice blizzard.