Saturday, July 30, 2011

Bucket List

I recently made a list of things that I want to do in this life. Would you like to see it? I'm much more outgoing about sharing bits of myself than I've ever been before.  These aren't in any particular order, just how they fell out of my head I suppose.

visit New Zealand
see Egyptian pyramids
visit Machu Pichu
see Aztec and Mayan pyramids
go skydiving
go bungee jumping
run a triathlon
run a marathon without walking any of it
have nice abs
learn another language (again)
visit Ireland
take painting classes
learn to watercolor
eat a French dessert in France
eat really good sausage in Germany
go ice fishing
have a family
see Easter Island
touch a Galapagos turtle in the wild
learn to surf
snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
scuba dive in the Mediterranean Sea
see the Whirling Dervishes
carve something cool out of wood
take dance classes with my husband
do temple work for all the people from my grandfather's genealogy
live in another country
plant a secret garden
play the piano good enough to play at church
give away $1,000,000
climb a mountain from the bottom to the top
chop down a tree
write an inspirational song
play the ukelele
plant a seed of a tree and then visit it 10, 25, and 50 years later
build a piece of furniture
feed a llama
say "mahalo" while in Hawaii
visit Alaska
see a broadway show in New York
ride a train
fall in love
start a fire using only a stick
ride in a hot air balloon
attend a Monster Truck Rally
publish a cookbook
play 25 songs on the guitar from memory
visit Tahiti
visit Fiji
learn to write in html
make each of my children a personalized quilt
go to a concert
make pottery
carve something cool out of stone
save a life
ollie
play the cello
help restore a vintage car and then drive in it
teach a college course
build a fence
make a phone call to my parents from another country

Monday, July 25, 2011

Updates

Well work had me a little busier than I expected. Things weren't going how I had planned them, so I looked for another job. And I found one. And I quit working where I was working. There were a lot of reasons I guess. And I think I'll be happier with the schedule at my new job.

I just wont start it until August. Which is nice because I'll have a little bit of a break. But I wont really have any income until Sept. I am working for Northside ISD. I never really thought I would go into the schools until I was married with kids or something, but right now I like the thought of the schools a lot more than doing home health for whom I was working. The schedule is much more to my liking (7:45-4) as opposed to what I was doing before (8-7:45).

Anyway, that is the job update.

Roommates are really going well. I'm liking the girls I live with. They are a lot of fun, each a kindred spirit in their own way. I feel good about being here and about the decision I made to live here.

Dating...
Wow, there is actually something to say on this topic. Usually that topic is like pumping a dry well. I've been asked out on several dates by three different people in the past few weeks, which has been a major boost to my ego.

Dare I name names... I think not.

There is the property investor: a 28 year-old who owns several rental properties and currently works in IT at USAA. His goal is to become independently wealthy via rental property and other such endeavors. I like that. I like that he wants to have time to do the things he wants to do and that he doesn't want to work in the office all the time. And I really do think he will become independently wealthy like he wants to. He is funny, and very optimistic.
Me: hey how's it going?
Property Man: oh it is so fantastic!!
Me: oh really, why?
Property Man: Well I woke up this morning and I didn't have any pain.
Me: oh that's good, have you been in pain?
Property Man: No but I was glad that I wasn't. I figured it is better to be humble than be compelled to be humble.

It was funnier on the phone than what I have written. He really is very optimistic about life though. And I kind of like that. It is different from me I suppose, but I want to be more optimistic.

There is also the Runner: a 30 year-old triathlete who can run a 6 minute mile. For pioneer day he ran the 5k in 20:30. Not too shabby. He is currently working part time and finishing his bachelor's degree at UTSA. He has served in the Air Force and speaks 3 languages. Finnish, because he served his mission in Finland, Korean because he was stationed there for a while, and English as his native language. He probably also can get by in German because he lived in Germany from age 7-14 while his father was stationed there. He has plans to go into the secret service and do spy things. And I think that is kind of cool.

Then there is Mr. Man: He is the grown up of the two. He is 35, has been divorced for 6 years and has three kids, 12, 9, and 6. I worked with his mom in the Lubbock temple and she asked if she could give him my number. I said sure, and he called. I've heard very good things about him, not only from his mother but from other people that know him from Lubbock. He is very nice, and very gentlemanly. We had a good time together. He is funny, a talented singer and guitarist. He taught me how to play La Bamba on the guitar. He speaks Spanish, and has that Latino flavor that I love.

As far as decisions on any of this business go, I'm not making any right now. I just want to get  to know them a little more. We'll see who makes the first move with anything. I've been on at least three dates with each.