Speaking about bucket lists, sometimes it's good to put down on paper. The things I can think off the top of my head as of right now:
- (Continue) kickboxing - it's a great workout, mixing things up, will teach me a bit of self defense and is a great stress reliever..
- Live in another state - the state of Washington perhaps?
- Live in a city for at least a year - Seattle perhaps? I'll settle for anything urban, though.
- Finish a second Master's degree - MA in Higher Education Administration will do. I'm 1/20 of the way there.
- (Continue) to actively donate blood - did it for the first time last month and dug the idea of it.
- Learn how to swim - doggie paddle doesn't count. I'll be the oldest person at Safety Swim alongside 2 year olds.
- Learn how to surf - the order of this is important.
- Own a home - came so close, but now I dig the flexibility.
- Learn how to fix up a home - this should follow.
- Learn how to knit - would be nice.
- Lose another 50 pounds and keep it off - item #1 should help with this..
- Write a memoir called "Becoming Sunflowerhappy" - hopefully will derive from this blog
- Own a beach home - or at least a time share.
- Become someone important at work - dean or director will do just fine.
- (Continue) to play softball at work - but I must get better!
- Play on a beach volleyball team - this summer perhaps?
- Get back on a horse - don't get back on "Red"
- Travel often - and feel comfortable navigating unchartered territory
- Get a passport - cough it up and get my ass to New Zealand
- Visit friends abroad - see above
- Take a cruise to someplace beachy - once I'm down to 130 pounds, lol
- Put myself first - so important and never done until recently
- Put my husband second - this should have always been
- Put my family and friends third - this is hard, but necessary
1. Go jetskiing - would anyone like to join me? I forgot about this one..still should be on the list..
2. Ride a horse - this should be taken care of on my next vacation, as promised by Pete..It was (insert: Red - most terrifying experience ever)
3. Live under my own roof - it may be an apartment to start, but it's something that's a really long time coming. Check!
4. Move out of state - Long Island just isn't cutting it anymore financially or aesthetically. Yeah..still feel this way..
5. Go corporate - I love HR, but staffing is not for me. Went higher ed. instead, and like it better than corporate because I get to be my funky self..
6. Take a cooking class - doesn't matter what kind. I just need some hands-on new ideas to take home. I like this, still have to do it!
7. Write a book - maybe a biography. Yup, yup.
8. Experience life without crying for six months - I wonder how many women out there do this regularly. I'm a crier and I wish I wasn't. Got better since I moved out, but never have even gone more thank a week probably. I should keep track.
9. Visit a country on another continent - been to Canada, but that's all. Would love to go somewhere in Europe, or maybe even South Africa if I ever had the money. New Zealand will be a priority.
10. Take a post-graduate class - not now, but maybe years away. It's good to keep educated. Good - doing that one better by being in this second Master's program.
11. Run a mile - without dying. Sad, but I would like to try. I can make it 0.6 miles, baby. And I will consider to try and pursue this.
Very interesting overall. So, here was my day:
- 1 cup Special K cereal with 2/3 cup low fat chocolate milk and cinnamon (pretty crazy, I know)
- 2 pieces whole wheat weight watchers bread w/2 oz. deli buffalo chicken meat & 1/2 T. light mayo
- 1 orange
- 1 light and fit yogurt
- 1 split chicken breast w/BBQ/Buffalo sauce concoction (I didn't eat the skin and sauce, essentially)
- 3 huge broccoli spears
- 1 baked yam w/ 1 T. whipped butter, splenda and cinnamon
- 10 oz. lowfat chocolate milk
- 1 hour walking outside
- 45 minutes aerobics (cardio kickboxing)
- 15 minutes actual kickboxing
More next time..
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