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I am so sick of it all--the responsibility in life,-I can't stand myself. I work all the time... how convenient to do so--a diversion from confronting the "me" I just don't feel like addressing lately in all my perception issues and concerns and worries about the "what ifs" in this crazy life. I need to listen to what my friends say... "Relax a little." So, after teaching tonight, I came home, opened up a fresh bottle of merlot and indulged in some creative writing... just for me.
I had a blast with this... the beginnings of my Bucket List. It's so not done. Here's what I got going so far....
1. Publish my dissertation in an academic journal
2. Rewrite my dissertation as a non-fiction book and publish
3. Become a tenured professor
4. Grow a tropical garden
5. Travel to Italy
6. Be touched by a hand that loves me as much as I love him
7. Learn to drive a stick shift
8. Ride on the back of a motorcycle
9. Raise seahorses
10. Successfully grow: a peach tree, avocado tree, gardenia bush or tree
11. Attend an outdoor concert on a romantic date.
12. Get stoned on weed in a safe place
13. To be loved, adored, number one, the only one, in the life of a beautiful man—if only briefly
14. Make more money in one year than I did in 2003
15. Really learn the guitar
16. Read the Bible
17. Learn how to slow dance with a man
18. Spend a few weeks or a summer on Martha’s Vineyard or another Cape-like inspired place for writing fiction.
19. Make love in the rain
20. Get dressed up and go to a ritzy country club sort of charity event/dinner.
21. Build out a complete room as my library – old fashioned wood shelves with sliding ladder, books cataloged.
22. Publish a novel with a major house.
23. Be a guest lecturer or speaker before a large crowd
24. Win a scholarship, grant or significant recognition for research or writing
25. Learn how to BBQ on a grill
26. Paint a mural on a wall
27. Decorate one room with abandon of cost in favor of everything I ever wanted
28. Own one of them player pianos
29. Create a family tree
30. See Joel Osteen in person
31. Become active in a church
32. Quit smoking
33. Play the guitar and sing in front of friends or small group
34. Meet or talk with Psychologist Robert J. Sternberg
35. Go Christmas caroling door-to-door
36. Go on a scary amusement park ride I ordinarily wouldn’t
37. Volunteer to counsel or help cancer or abuse victims
38. Be a foster home for lost dogs
39. Go to a writer’s retreat
40. Hear someone say that something I wrote made them cry
41. To own a Jacuzzi/hot tub again and create a serene surrounding
42. To own a really good stereo system in my house
43. To have a party at my home with a band again
44. To see a show on Broadway again
45. To spend a Thanksgiving volunteering at a soup kitchen
46. To party a night away
47. Receive delivered flowers from a man for at least once in my life
48. Be at Rockefeller Center when the Christmas tree is lighted
49. To ride in a horse and buggy under the stars
50. Crochet a bedspread
51. To see autumn up north and pick apples
52. Visit the Smithsonian Museum
53. Buy myself or receive an heirloom quality piece of jewelry
54. Buy an outfit that I feel beautiful in without cutting costs…fully accessorized…shoes and all
55. Hire a maid for a time
56. Go to the zoo by myself
57. Learn to shoot a gun
58. Play golf
59. Ride in a helicopter
60. Dress up like a cowgirl and go out
61. Ride in a hot air balloon (maybe)
62. Write a letter to everyone I love.
63. Get a tattoo (maybe)
64. Be tempted but choose what is right
65. Dress up sexy and play one of them table gambling games in Las Vegas, sipping something dangerous in a pretty glass
66. Surprise someone with something so good they cry
67. Buy a ton of Archie comic books to read while sipping a blue 7-11 Slurpee (like I used to when I was a kid), order pizza for dinner, staying in pajamas the whole day.
68. Visit Canada
69. Enter a wet tee shirt contest (Wait. That might be my merlot kicking in. That’s a maybe).
.....to be continued//
I had a blast with this... the beginnings of my Bucket List. It's so not done. Here's what I got going so far....
Doreen’s Bucket List
1. Publish my dissertation in an academic journal
2. Rewrite my dissertation as a non-fiction book and publish
3. Become a tenured professor
4. Grow a tropical garden
5. Travel to Italy
6. Be touched by a hand that loves me as much as I love him
7. Learn to drive a stick shift
8. Ride on the back of a motorcycle
9. Raise seahorses
10. Successfully grow: a peach tree, avocado tree, gardenia bush or tree
11. Attend an outdoor concert on a romantic date.
12. Get stoned on weed in a safe place
13. To be loved, adored, number one, the only one, in the life of a beautiful man—if only briefly
14. Make more money in one year than I did in 2003
15. Really learn the guitar
16. Read the Bible
17. Learn how to slow dance with a man
18. Spend a few weeks or a summer on Martha’s Vineyard or another Cape-like inspired place for writing fiction.
19. Make love in the rain
20. Get dressed up and go to a ritzy country club sort of charity event/dinner.
21. Build out a complete room as my library – old fashioned wood shelves with sliding ladder, books cataloged.
22. Publish a novel with a major house.
23. Be a guest lecturer or speaker before a large crowd
24. Win a scholarship, grant or significant recognition for research or writing
25. Learn how to BBQ on a grill
26. Paint a mural on a wall
27. Decorate one room with abandon of cost in favor of everything I ever wanted
28. Own one of them player pianos
29. Create a family tree
30. See Joel Osteen in person
31. Become active in a church
32. Quit smoking
33. Play the guitar and sing in front of friends or small group
34. Meet or talk with Psychologist Robert J. Sternberg
35. Go Christmas caroling door-to-door
36. Go on a scary amusement park ride I ordinarily wouldn’t
37. Volunteer to counsel or help cancer or abuse victims
38. Be a foster home for lost dogs
39. Go to a writer’s retreat
40. Hear someone say that something I wrote made them cry
41. To own a Jacuzzi/hot tub again and create a serene surrounding
42. To own a really good stereo system in my house
43. To have a party at my home with a band again
44. To see a show on Broadway again
45. To spend a Thanksgiving volunteering at a soup kitchen
46. To party a night away
47. Receive delivered flowers from a man for at least once in my life
48. Be at Rockefeller Center when the Christmas tree is lighted
49. To ride in a horse and buggy under the stars
50. Crochet a bedspread
51. To see autumn up north and pick apples
52. Visit the Smithsonian Museum
53. Buy myself or receive an heirloom quality piece of jewelry
54. Buy an outfit that I feel beautiful in without cutting costs…fully accessorized…shoes and all
55. Hire a maid for a time
56. Go to the zoo by myself
57. Learn to shoot a gun
58. Play golf
59. Ride in a helicopter
60. Dress up like a cowgirl and go out
61. Ride in a hot air balloon (maybe)
62. Write a letter to everyone I love.
63. Get a tattoo (maybe)
64. Be tempted but choose what is right
65. Dress up sexy and play one of them table gambling games in Las Vegas, sipping something dangerous in a pretty glass
66. Surprise someone with something so good they cry
67. Buy a ton of Archie comic books to read while sipping a blue 7-11 Slurpee (like I used to when I was a kid), order pizza for dinner, staying in pajamas the whole day.
68. Visit Canada
69. Enter a wet tee shirt contest (Wait. That might be my merlot kicking in. That’s a maybe).
.....to be continued//
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6 comments:
its that time of the month again Doreen ;)
I am truly impressed with the length of that bucket list.
Mavis...HOW DID YOU KNOW?
like bloomin clockwork you are :D
I've taught many persons to drive manual transmissions. My favorite was a former partner's daughter who then wrote some sort of college education dept. term paper on teaching manual skills using that as the basis.
Making love in the rain is not all it's cracked up to be. Your ass gets wet.
R
You don't know how to drive stick????
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