My Bucket List

I recently added something new to my bucket list.  I want to learn to drive a motorcycle.  It's kind of terrifying, but so are some of my other list items.  Here they are (only the ones I have not yet completed):

1. Ride an ostrich
2. Visit all 50 states.
3. Go skydiving (face my fear of falling).
4. Shake hands with a clown (face my fear of clowns).
5. Hike a fourteener (face my fear of heights).  
6. Fly in a hot air balloon (face my fear of heights).
7. Give blood (face my fear of needles -- can't until 2012 b/c of my trip to Korea).
8. When I have kids, natural childbirth.
9. Homeschool my future children.
10. Learn to ski.
11. Visit Germany.
12. Visit Australia.
13. Visit Greece.
14. Go on a safari.
15. Visit Las Vegas.
16. See the pyramids in Egypt.
17. Go to the top of the Empire State Building.
18. Own my own home.
19. Read 100 books in 1 year (I've come so close!).
20. Read the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die."
21. Learn to read Arabic.
22. Become fluent in Spanish.
23. Learn sign language.
24. Run a 5k.
25. Run a marathon.
26. Learn to ice skate.
27. Write a book.
28. Have said book published.
29. Take a cross country road trip.
30. Learn to ballroom dance.
31. Learn to play piano.
32. Visit Costa Rica.
33. Be a living organ donor.
34. Take a cruise.
35. Go snorkeling.
36. See Aerosmith in concert.
37. Witness a volcano eruption first-hand.
38. Be in a mosh-pit at a concert.
39. Learn to ride a motorcycle. 

It's not as long as some people's lists, but I already have a bunch crossed off of my list.  For example:

• I learned to change my own oil.
• I learned to drive a manual (as opposed to an automatic).
• I visited Italy (and will be going back in September).
• I graduated high school with honors.
• I went away to college (over 700 miles away!).
• I graduated college with honors.
• I found my soulmate.
• I have rescued animals (and helped others rescue them as well).
• I became a vegetarian (3.5 years now!)
• I went on a trip with just the clothes on my back (a 5 day trip to Chicago when I was living in Charlotte).
• I've touched the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
• I've been to the top of the Arch in St. Louis.
• I've been to the top of the Sears Tower.
• I've seen Michelangelo's David in person.
• I've walked through the Coliseum in Rome.
• I have been in North Korea (the DMZ).
• I have quit a job that I despised.  
• I have found a job in a terrible economy.
• I moved to Colorado.
• I played the slots at a casino (and lost).
• I completed my honors thesis.

And, I am sure there are other things that I've completed that I can't even think of right now.   I'm pretty please with how my list is going.  Hopefully I still have many years to complete it!