shit to do

"your drive and determination are something i admire about you.... you know what you want, you set a goal, and you go out and do it." - jesse <3

i have goals and plans for everything. it's neurotic sometimes, but it makes me happy. i've been contemplating a 101 in 1001 or 30 before 30 list, but that seems like a lot of pressure. although, i do love list making. so instead, i present you this random list of things i would like to do in the future (near and far)...

- read as many books from the banned book list as i can
- get married, buy a house have babies & get a dog
- do something with the VA property
- open my own counseling practice
- get more comfortable in my own skin
- travel to europe: ireland, germany, great britain, scotland, italy and russia
- learn russian and american sign language well enough that i can hold a conversation
- get more tattoos
- get out of debt
- get back to my goal weight and maintain it
- actually go on this road trip neal and i have been talking about for two years
- meet/make more bloggy friends; attend bloggers in sin city
- visit bloggy friends
- reread harry potter
- watch all those shows/movies neal and i keep saying we're gonna watch/rewatch
- see the russian ballet
- see cirque du soleil
- see the thunda from down unda
- start a holiday tradition with my closest friends
- eat at hell's kitchen (or one of gordon's real restaurants)
- see an opera live
- quit this job i hate without burning any bridges (well maybe a small one, but not the cottages)


making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life” - maya angelou