#20. See a psychic

I have accomplished my first goal! Last Saturday (11/22/08), I went to the Texas Renaissance Festival and saw a psychic. I suppose technically she was a fortune teller, but she did a tarot reading for me, and also looked at my hands at one point.

Here are some of the things she told me:

1. I worry too much
2. I should stop letting other people put their problems on me
3. My job outlook is good
4. I am going to make a lot of money next year
5. I am going to have one kid

Are any of those future things true? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

28. How anticlimactic.

My birthday has come and gone, and I'm now less than 2 years from 30. Amazing.

The first task that I will most likely accomplish on my "30 before 30" list is #20 - See a psychic. My husband (Rick) and I will be visiting the Texas Renaissance Festival this Saturday, and there are numerous palm/tarot readers there. They also have lovely crystal balls and wear lots of scarves and do readings in gypsy wagons, all of which are absolutely essential in seeing a psychic!

Hopefully I will have a full post about it with pictures in the next week or so. I can't wait to hear my fortune told!

Also, when I get back home, I may begin work on #12 (Wardrobe purge). I must confess that I have been itching to get started on that one for a while now.

In other news, Rick just found out that he has a short conference in San Francisco in April. If I can tag along, I may be able to knock out #13 and #28 in one fell swoop!

Gearing up

It's about a week before my birthday and I made a minor revision to the list. I replaced "bungee jumping" with "eat paella and ratatouille." I never really liked having both bungee jumping and skydiving on the list, because I feel like skydiving is the ultimate bungee jump. And I have never eaten either paella or ratatouille, but I would like to try them both. This list item might be slightly complicated by the fact that I'm a vegetarian, but I hope to work something out.

Also, I should somewhat qualify #14 (Close a bar). I did recently have the opportunity to close a bar in Omaha, but it closed at 1 a.m. and there was some sort of weird "bar time" thing going on, so I'm not sure that counts. (What kind of bar closes at 1 a.m.?) So, this goal is to close a bar at 2 a.m. (standard bar-closing time).

T-minus 8 days to 28!