My Bucket List

Everyone should have a bucket list. When I was a little girl I dreamed of being a lawyer. I have no idea why. That dream changed, and I decided I wanted to be an F.B.I. agent. Then I went to college and decided I wanted to be a forensic serologist. Basically I wanted to spend all day at crime scenes looking at, and analyzing blood. I know it sounds like a weird job, but I really thought I could be good at it. After I had to drop out of college, I decided that maybe I should try something different. I still have no idea what to do with my life. The way I look at it is, I will live one day at a time. What if I wake up tomorrow and I am 75? Because, Life does go by that fast. If I wake up tomorrow and I am 75, will I be able to say I actually lived a full life? So I have in my head a list of things I want to do more than anything else. I had to set realistic goals. I can't possibly dream outside of my budget, or my physical abilities. Obviously I will never be a super model, or olympic figure skater or anything like that. There is still time for me to be able to do these things. I am only 29 and I have the 2 things I need the most to achieve my goals. 1. Determination, and 2. Support from my friends and family.
So without further ado, here is my list. These are things that I will accomplish before I am 75!! no doubt in my mind. It is in no particular order after no.1! No.1 is no.1 for a reason!

1. See the fireworks on the 4th of July in our nations capital.
   As many of you know, I have already done this. I only live 2 hours from Washington, DC, however it took me 10 years to be able to go there on the 4th of July. I always made up an excuse to not go. I figured it would be too hot for me (which for the record, it was and I nearly died). I knew there would be a lot of people and I don't do well with large crowds of people. (There were like 500,000 people in a space meant for like 100,000, so you figure out if there were some boundary issues.) In the end I told myself that no person as patriotic as myself, who lives this close to our nation's capital, should miss this opportunity. I am more than glad that I did it, and it was one of the most amazingly patriotic days of my life, hands down.

2. Take a photography class (this is the beginning of a theme you will see)
   It's simple really: I love pictures. I would love to be able to take a picture that takes a person's breath away. I look at Ansel Adams' work and it is amazing. This item will be harder to do since a good camera isn't exactly cheap and neither is a photography class. I will do it some day though.

3. Take a cooking class (told ya there was a theme)
   I know how to cook. I know how to bake. I know how to do these two things because I know how to read a recipe. What I don't know how to do is create a meal. I want to be able to look at a bunch of different ingredients and see a meal, not just a bunch of ingredients. I sometimes make up meals for myself and even though I think they are great, I want other people to try them and think they are great as well.

4. Take a Tap Class (a work in progress, more on this in another upcoming blog)

5. Go Skydiving
    This is a far off item on the list. I figure I should actually, literally live a little before I attempt this. After all, a person with my history of head injuries, may not want to jump out a plane without having done a few other things on their bucket list first.

6. Get a patriotic tattoo somewhere on my body
   I am hoping to have this one done by the end of next year. I have yet to find "the one". I have been looking for awhile now and I know I will know it when I see it. I am thinking about getting the sheet music for the Star Spangled Banner tattooed on the top of my foot.....

This is all I have so far. I will add to the list as I think of things. I have a lot of living to do, so as I cross things off the list, I will add more things to it.  Love you all! Thanks for reading if you made it this far...........