Julie will turn forty in about a year, and she can see the darkness at the end of the tunnel, (she has already had a mid-life crisis.) As a result she decided to write: "Forty Things I Want To Do Before I Turn Forty."
Then she suggested that I write: "50 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 50." (Due date isn't for three more years.)
But here it is:
50 by 50
(or what I want to do before I grow old, haggard and useless)
18) Visit all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
19) Taste a beer brewed in each of the 50 states plus; the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, just in case #18 doesn't happen.
20) Get away with something. Feel guilty. Confess. And be praised for my honesty.
21) From a dark, moonless beach on Ocracoke Island, watch the Perseids meteor shower one more time, and take lots of pictures.
22) Gamble big in Los Vegas without fear of loosing. Or at least, win a Big Mac in McDonald's Monopoly.
23) I'd like to know that my son enjoys doing at least one thing with me, as much as I enjoyed fishing with my Dad. (I want to know that I'm building good memories.) I should take lots of pictures.
24) Re-acquaint myself with photography. (Maybe this should come first.)
25) Find a really nice fossil… (preferably not human.)
26) Buy my wife the huge emerald engagement ring that she deserves, to replace the one that I found in the gumball machine.
27) Go kayaking one more time … and come back alive.
28) Get in better shape, like I was when I was 18 … or, at least, watch more sports on TV, like I did when I was 18.
29) Own a house … OK, own a mortgage.
30) For once, I'd like to be completely done with the laundry, at least for a day.
31) Win a really big hand of poker, and buy a round for the house.
32) Spend a month somewhere that serves drinks (you know, the ones with little umbrellas) by the pool.
33) Get completely debt free … except the mortgage in #29.
#28 is my favorite. Ya gotta have goals!
I understand about the laundry. It is never "done." It's rather annoying.
Posted by: Robin P | July 20, 2004 at 10:52 PM