summing up the year

From the first draft of what I eventually sent to my mother for the annual Christmas letter:

Hannah's year has been one of many changes. She feels silly even listing her accomplishments and troubles for teh past year, though--by putting in the thought required for this letter--she now realizes what a tremendously fantastic year it was. This past spring, Hannah took on her busiest semester yet, working on every school production (in some capacity), finishing and presenting her English capstone project, and performing with an original children's theatre troupe. She also managed many late nights spent on movies, card games, and all around rambunchesness, all more fun than the similarly late nights spent on schoolwork. In May, her school years came to an end as she graduated cum laude from TSU with a BA in Theatre and English, and a minor in Business Administration (too pretentious?) Hannah celebrated with a trip to London and Dublin with several friends from school. She saw a multitude of overpriced churches, U2's Bono, and more flights of stairs than she would care to mention. These were two of her favorite weeks of life (thus far). Directly following her return to the country, she had a job interview and offer for the faith-based theater company where she now works. Hannah has been in Texas with the A.D. Players since August as a SM/box office intern. She received an unofficial promotion when the previous Rotunda SM left and thus took over those duties in the children's theater. By now, she's completed her first show on her own, and is in pre-production for the next two. Just like college, though, she's found movie, cards, and hanging out people. Hannah is guaranteed stuck with Texas humidity until the end of next August, but will hopefully be hanging around for longer.