I have 3 months of my twenties left and couldn’t be more excited about the big 30!
Complete (41%)
· Start a blog (1,253 hits from 10 different countries)
· Run the Savannah, GA half marathon (have since run another in Nashville, TN and planning my full marathon!)
· Take my Dad to the US Masters (best day ever)
· Register to vote by mail
· Be elected to the board of a non-profit organization (Dean’s Diversity Advisory Council)
· Complete a mountaineering course (need to get up a big mountain again soon)
· Have laser hair removal (bald as an eagle)
· Big Brothers Big Sisters - 2 fun activities a month
· Tour the White House
· Move into a two bedroom apartment (Best housing decision ever: deciding to live alone. Second best housing decision ever: spare room for visitors!)
· Spend the day at the US Whitewater Center
· Buy and successfully operate an i-phone (changed my life)
In process (34%)
· Eat lobster in Maine (May with Brian)
· Be debt free by 30 (on track-ish)
· Get my green card (paperwork submitted and pending)
· Go to Disneyland (June with Emily)
· Attend a Jimmy Buffet concert (June with Jenny and Britt)
· Climb Mount Mitchell (July)
· Go to every museum in Charlotte (seriously behind)
· Streak the lawn at UVA (graduation weekend – so inappropriate)
· Attend every class at the YMCA gym once (50% complete – will step it up)
· Plan a 30th birthday party (got the people and ideas – just need to lock down bookings)
Serious risk of not happening (24%)
· Visit Barcelona (no time! Will do trip at Christmas)
· Watch a Nascar race (conflict with Darden graduation)
· Go to Bonnaroo (conflict with Disney)
· Read every Man Booker Prize winner since 1982 (have really embraced TV in my 29th year. Grey’s Vampire Diaries, Mad Men, West Wing, The Office, Modern Family)
· Visit Joshua Tree National Park (will combine with hiking Mt. Whitney by year end)
· Try online dating
· See Niagara Falls (will go from Toronto in fall)
