Yeah, About That “List”

Back in October, I made a list.
Because we know how much I love lists.
About 25 things I wanted to do before my 25th reunion.
Remember that list?
Well, it isn’t going as swimmingly as I’d hoped.

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First off, I’d like to establish that no one in my graduating class seems to know of any 25-year reunion going on.
Here’s what stymies me- they had a five-year reunion.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENS IN FIVE YEARS!
Some people aren’t even through college in five years!
Balding hasn’t even happened!
Beer guts aren’t yet appearing!
Who wants to see your classmates after five years?
But 25 years?
Hell yes.
Bring on the receding hairlines, stretch marks, and camaraderie about peeing when you laugh.
So I hope something is in the works soon.
Because it’s really putting a damper on my list.

So in honor of my 25th reunion possibly not happening, here is my somewhat failed list.

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1- Go whitewater rafting. What was I thinking? My parents had told us about this great place near them in Tennessee where the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 held their rafting events. Who even knew rafting was in the Olympics? When we were there visiting over Christmas, Mike and I went on a little adventure looking for this whitewater rafting site. Only to get lost in what became a scene out of Deliverance and we skedaddled out of there. So something tells me that if I can get lost, with the help of GPS and maps, I have no business going rafting, to begin with.

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2- Take an airplane ride all by myself. My husband and I have an agreement: we won’t go together alone anywhere on a plane until the girls are older. Think in their twenties older. It may seem odd to you, but I just don’t want them to be orphans just because we needed an adult getaway.

Morbid? Totally. Realistic? Possibly.

I am going on a plane with my oldest child this June – this is way out of my comfort zone.

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3- Run a 5k– check! Did this in September and am running jogging crawling another at the end of May.

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4- Eat sushi. Yeah, the more I thought of this one, the more I realized eating sushi has no business being on a bucket list if you never care if you ever eat it. Although, at the writing of this update, Rebecca is still trying to get me to a sushi place. 

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5- Follow through, in everything I do–  I used to be a habitual canceller. Now I make sure that I don’t overbook myself, follow through. I’m proud of myself for this change.

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6- Drink a tequila shot. I have a blogging convention in July and am rooming with four of my blog besties. I can guarantee this will happen then.

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7- Get a spa facial. Mike bought me a gift cert to a spa for Valentine’s day this year and I could’ve gotten a facial but I opted for a massage. Why? Because I didn’t know when the next time I would get to go to a spa would be, and I love me a massage. So I took the safe route and now I feel guilty that I didn’t go outside my box and try the facial.

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8- Bikini wax. I must have been high when I wrote that list. This isn’t happening. Next.

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9- Become a more patient parent – yeah, right. Next.

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10- Save at least a grand in a saving account no one knows about. Life has been a bitch to our family this spring. Not happening.

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11- Relive my love of snow skiing with my oldest. Nope. Next.

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12- Go on a mom and me overnight trip with my tween. In June, we’re going to Disney together with my mom and dad, so we will check this off then. This is also the trip I was referring to on # 2.

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13-Pay off a 1/4 of my debt. Refer to #10.

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14- Lose that extra 10 pounds. I think I gained 10 pounds since I wrote this. My pants fit, so I’m happy.

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15-Write something meaningful on the Facebook walls of my 120 friends. I gained 60 friends from blogging since then. I tried my best.

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16- Try to meet a new friend in every arena of my life and don’t give up after the first try. I have enough amazing friends in my life  and they fulfill me completely. If I meet a new friend, I happily welcome them into my world, but I am not busting my rear to find new ones.

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17- Learn to sew. Thanks to Rebecca, I did this! She taught me how to sew this fall when I was making Ella’s Halloween costume. I even have pictures to prove it:

 

18- Eat a Chicago-style hot dog. I’ve had PLENTY of opportunities to eat a Chicago dog, but I don’t like poppy seeds.

So I am sticking to my hot dog made on the grill.
Without poppy seeds.

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19- Volunteer in a soup kitchen or a food bank. I was supposed to do this in the fall with a friend, but it fell through. So I want to be on the lookout for this.

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20- Redo our primary bath for under 150 dollars.  We did do this one!  Here is the before and after:

 

 

21- Go on an overnight getaway with my husband. I must’ve been on cold meds when I wrote this list.

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22- Read the Bible. Cover to cover. Going. To. Hell. I haven’t even lifted the Bible since I wrote this post. I can barely get through an issue of People or Us without being interrupted or falling asleep.

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23-Run three times a week. Rain, snow, cold, or shine. I think I actually stopped running the day after I wrote this post.

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24- Watch less TV. WAS I UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHEN I WROTE THIS? Going into winter, THIS is what I decide needs to be on my bucket list?? Really???

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25- Learn how to grill. (hanging my head in shame) I think we all know how this ends.

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So I only accomplished 11 things on my list.
That’s like, what?
Half my list!
And there won’t even be a reunion, anyway.
So really, I am winning.