Saturday, September 25, 2010

Perhaps not quite...

There are definitely a few more things on the list that I will get accomplished. I'm going to go ahead and count Valley of the Dolls, which was done some time ago--I just didn't get any pictures so I never did an entry.

Of the 14 items left on the list, I think I can accomplish the following:

-Cook 10 things from Mastering the Art of French Cooking - This really just needs a dedicated weekend. My weekends are pretty booked up, but I may try for 10/16 or 11/6. I might even try to knock out a couple tomorrow.

-Deface stop signs with stickers - I have pretty much everything I need to do this, I just need to actually do it.

-See the Pacific Ocean - This is actually going to happen at Thanksgiving, which is technically AFTER 30, but I am going to make it by the end of the year. So, this one is a definite "no" in terms of the project, but I am going to do it.

-Close a bar - See aforementioned weekends that might be free for this.

-Read Mists of Avalon - Surely I have time to squeeze this in during the next month. I might start today.

-Parasail - It's iffy, but there may be an opportunity for this during our Disney vacation. It's just kind of expensive.

-Visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter - next weekend!

-Make a YouTube video - Again, this could probably be done at any time. I wanted to do a montage of pictures from this project, but since it won't be completed, I may do something else.

If I accomplish all of the ones above that I think I can do, I will have completed 23 of 30. Not stellar, but more than 2/3 done, and I will have done some cool things. And the stuff I didn't get done--some of it I don't really care about doing anymore (see: pilates). The point of this project was to stretch a bit, and to do some neat things I hadn't tried before. While I'm sad that it won't be completed, because I like crossing things off of a list, I am very pleased with the experiences I've had in the last two years. That said, I don't think I will try a 40 before 40.