Things that have happened since my last update.....2, 16, 17, 21, 28....... some of them bear some explanation. While I think I will go into more detail on most of them in the (near) future, I thought I might take a moment and go into what I learned about myself from the things I HAVEN'T done yet.
Interestingly enough, some of the things I haven't done would be really easy to do. When I look at the list I wonder how over a year has gone by and I have NOT checked some of these things off my list. I mean, they made it on the list for a reason...what is it that is holding me back?
Example: Paying for someone behind me in the toll line? Strange but true...everytime I go through and think about doing it I think to myself, "But what if I don't have 50 cents to get back home?" Silly.
Am I afraid that some gang of metrosexuals are going to hold me hostage and not let me get out of the 285 barrier that keeps all of us in the suburbs safe?
Not sure why I haven't given in, but I am making a committment RIGHT NOW to myself and my keyboard- the very next time I go through the toll plaza I am going to do it. Someone hold me to this. I will make a point to put $1.50 in the car when I am done here, so that I know I won't be held hostage ITP.
Two more examples that I think are related : Contributing to my IRA and interviewing my parents about their youth. What do those two things have in common? When I started to think about it, they are both signifigant in a way. Both of these items make me face the facts that like it or not, I am getting old.
I REMEMBER my parent's 40th birthdays (in fact, probably better than I remember mine or my husband's, but I digress...) If I were to hear them tell me stories of the "good old days" it would serve as a reminder that no matter how young they once were, everyone ages, people leave your lives, and children grow up and move away.
That being said, I am planning on sucking it up, facing the facts, and getting the stories. Then, once I have faced the facts that I will in fact get old one day, I will put some money away for it. I mean, I can't get old if there is no money put away, right???
Most of the other items I just need to find the right opportunity for. I will walk with my eyes open looking for them. Hopefully they will make for some good memories and some good stories. I have to make them happen, because everyone knows, I hate a quitter.
And again, look for some other new posts soon.....I am sure everyone is dying to hear about all my new addictions that were spurred from some of these things on this list.
1. Feed the homeless
2. See Ruby Falls Rock City
3. Climb Stone Mountain
4. Do Clemson tri with friends (Steph???)turned into the Warrior Dash, buyt tons of fun with Steph anyway!
5. Wear a bikini in public the YMCA made this one easy ;)
6. After a negative experience with someone, find the positive in them and let them know what it is.
7. Make a pillowcase for the Cancer center (http://www.conkerrcancer.org/)
8. Get a mammogram (EVERY.DAMN.YEAR.)
9. Apply for Survivor
10.Zumba with Darby
11. Go on a group bike ride
12. Get back to Lifetime at WW
13. Start a blog
14. Compete in a race with the goal of placing, not just finishing. Holly Springs Memorial 5k
15. Get my hair straightened.
16. Buy an expensive (over $100) pair of jeans
17. Wear these jeans with high heels
18. Go horseback riding with Mary
19. Take the kids to a drive in
20. Visit at least 1 new city
21. Take the kids to a Clemson soccer game
22. Contribute to my IRA
23. Take my girls to the “Take your daughter to Clemson” weekend
24. Make it to the bus stop one day without raising my voice EVEN ONE TIME.
25. Pay the toll for the car behind me.
26. Build a house with Habitat. This one got a little ammended due to Habitat plans, but we enjoyed the experience anyway. We ended up rehabing a youth shelter instead.
27. Learn to knit- left handed
28. Eat a meal made up completely of food I have grown and/or caught. I had a meal of tomatoes and zuchinni, but I guess it counts!
29. Show up as mystery reader in costume (stolen idea from a FB friend)
30. Get a physical. (And not just the “girly” stuff)
31. Have lunch with an old friend and catch up (Thx Chelle!)
32. Take a clay class with Kelly
33. Make a list of 10 people I know in my life that have inspired me getting there...
34. Wear pajama jeans to the mall (which means I have to get some!)
35. List 10 times I was WAY wrong
36. Support someone in something I don’t believe in, just because I love them
37. Mardi Gras (why haven’t I thought of this before???)
38. Run down “The Hill”
39. Zip line in Georgia a great time with the lovely Linda Collins
40. Interview my parents about their youth, and capture it.
