I am an insomniac. Sometimes days, weeks, and months will go by without a decent night of sleep. If you stay up long enough, you will start to hallucinate. To fill the time, I find myself wandering the house, taking the dog out for a walk at ungodly hours, cleaning the toilet, baking muffins. I think my neighbours appreciate my bouts with insomnia, as they get a batch of freshly baked morning glories....
My mind does tend to drift during these periods. I also have those, "I must inventory my life" moments. I thought instead of listing in numerical order all of the things that I regret having done, I thought I would run through a list of the top 10 things I'd like to accomplish before I turn 40. Seeing as I am running out of time...I should get to it quickly. Luckily for me, sleep is something I can give up in order to get one step closer to the finish line!
1. climb Kilimanjaro, or at least stand at it's base and take a picture
2. run a marathon (I know everybody says that, but I really mean it)
3. camp at the bottom of the Grand Canyon
4. jump out of a plane (with a parachute, versus because it's on fire)
5. have a weekend in Vegas where what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas
6. learn to make a great paella
7. write a great song with my friend Paul
8. spend a whole day in bed with the one I love
9. scuba dive in the Red Sea
10. go back to the county and city in which I was born, and get reacquainted
I have 5 and a half years to finish up my top 10 list. I don't think these things are unachievable. In fact, let me get up from my computer and get started on number six right now...
1 comment:
You know, you could smush a few of these together and kill a few birds with one stone.
11. Kill a few birds with one stone.
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