Plans…
I have been reading a lot of blogs lately with lists of stuff people want to do before they die. While I thought this was kinda cool at first, now I just think that the list should be called “plans.” I am going to make a list of things I PLAN to do in the not so far off future. Here’s my go.
Go back to Europe- Nick and I had so much fun in Spain on our honeymoon 8 years ago, that really it is time to go back. I want to go to Germany, France and Ireland.
Go to China- I want to see China real bad. I think I am also pretty terrified to go so far away, or feel like I am so far away, but I think it would be an amazing, life changing, view the world differently kind of experience.
Live in the mountains/beach/cabin for one month- I think this idea is very intriguing to me. Leave for a month with very little to no technology, and truly rest. Spend everyday reading, relaxing, playing with my kids, hours outdoors, cooking together, eating together, being together. No errands, no school, no work. Leave it behind and gain some perspective on what it important.
Learn to play the cello- I have always loved the cello. I love to hear it, I love it solo, I love to watch someone play it. I want to learn to play this lovely instrument. I don’t have to be very good, but just b/c I have never really played an instrument, doesn’t mean it is too late.
I want to be proud to be an American again- I love this country. Always have. I don’t like feeling like the schmuck of the planet- too loud, too fat, too greedy, too corporate. I am not sure how I am going to do this, but I hope that I am not alone in this want and I will have a new president who will get me there. I guess we need to let the world know that the bulk of the people here have not been represented correctly for some time now….
This is so hard. I mean, just making this list and trying to REMEMBER what I want and dream of is work. This is not to say I am not ridiculously happy in my present state, but we should all have goals and dreams. I will have to add to this after some serious thinking. I see now the value in just making the list itself. I challenge you to try dusting off all those dreams on the backest shelf of the closet of your memory and come up with 4 or 5 things.
