Big birthday this week. Time for a revised bucket list. There are two sections:
the completes N=47,
and the new list (6 new additions and removed 15)
New List:
- Meet Brene Brown
- Foster dog(s)
- Create one 3-day weekend each month
- Visit San Miguel with JoAnn and Adele and JB
- Take dad's ashes to the East coast
- See Elton John perform (April 2022)
- Go back to Greece with JB to visit Delphi and Agora and maybe the Odyssey cruise.
- 15. Read my old journals and then destroy (In progress)
- 22. Learn some Hebrew
- 23. Publish an article in a journal
- 33. Spend a week on the Vineyard.
- 35. Visit the wailing wall.
- 38. Spend a weekend at a retreat in silence (The Cenacle?)
- 39. Read all the books on my shelf.
- 40. Volunteer in a literacy program or the pet shelter.
- 43. Learn more about Buddhism.
- 51. Read the story of David.
- 52. Read every page of the Bible.
- 54. Attend Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services at temple.
- 55. Go to a supreme court session with Sarah.
- 56. Walk the El Camino (1 week then all of it)
- 58. Spend a month at Big Sand Lake.
- 61. Find myself. (always in progress)
- 68. Finish my bucket list 100. (writing it and doing it!)
- 74. Retire by 63 and drive an RV rental cross country.
- 77. Swing on a swing set with Sarie like little kids do, just like I saw the two older women in September 2011 at Joe's Pond.
- 79. Attend a gospel church service on the west side of Chicago.
- 81. Build my own labyrinth in the yard.
- 82. Spend more of my days reading, walking, working on class stuff. Eat when hungry, sleep when tired. (Just like at Joe's Pond in September 2011.)
- 85. Spend January in AZ or NM or FL.
- 86. Civil war tour with Martha and Andy
- 87. Practice yoga daily
- 88. Visit Aunt Karen and Uncle Roger in AZ
- 89. Master breathing while swimming (in progress).
- 91. Visit Prague.
- 92. Cruise with Captain Kate again in the Western Caribbean and go snorkeling
- 93. Visit HEEFS to volunteer with Esther the Wonder Pig.
- 94. Downsize to a ranch or duplex
- 95. Meet my grand-godchildren
- 97. Become fully debt free including car and house
- 101. Shave my head
- 102. Spend at least a week in Santorini
Complete:
1. Teach at a major university (done)
2. Go to Rome (done)
3. Ride in a helicopter (done)
6. Volunteer at a food kitchen.(done)
7. Volunteer at a pet shelter. (done 2011)
8. Go back to Greece and the islands with JJ and D. (done Sept. 2010)
9. Own a beach property (done)
10. Visit Alaska (done 2011)
11. Visit North Dakota (done 2011)
12. Visit all fifty states (done 2011)
13. Be a professional photographer (Tyra handles this one for me)
16. Get my slides digitized (done)
17. Graduate from college (done--twice)
18. Clean my office
19. Organize my office closet
22. Translate some ancient text (done Jan. 2011)
24. Make a difference in the life of others (in progress)
25. Love and trust someone fully (done)
26. Love and trust someone fully again (done)
27. Giggle (always)!
29. Have a dog who I love like a child (done x2)
30. Pay someone to clean my house and mow my lawn (done)
31. Buy really nice sheets from Marshall Fields without looking at the price tag.(I tried to in 2009 but there were none I liked. Besides, Fields is now Macy's.))
34. Attend an authentic Passover Seder. (done x2)
36. Walk out my door to the lake with a book and a cup of coffee.
37. Be important to kids. (done)
42. Go to Esalen with Dorian. http://www.esalen.org/ (Went to Mago retreat in Sedona AZ instead)
45. Visit living history farms (done)
46. Learn to play the cello (in progress 2010, started in May)
47. Rescue a dog. (done)
49. Forgive and forget. (done)
57. Go to the opera and understand it. (done)
62. Have a fire pit. (done, July 2011)
63. Visit Asheville/NC (done 2018).
65. Be first. (done with JB)
66. Own a VW convertible bug. (done)
67. Have more Chicago based friends. (done)
69. Read Walden. (done 2019)
70. Study Homer's Iliad. (fall 2011)
71. Rent Joe's Pond house from Gary and Chris for 3 weeks to reflect on life. (done Sept.2011)
72. Visit D.C. during the Cherry Blossom Festival (done April 2011)
73. Teach Homer's Odyssey (planned spring 2012)
76. Go to Vienna with Janene. (done 2015)
78. Have a monthly massage appointment for at least one year. (done and still doing)
83. Have comfy wooden Adirondack chairs.
89. Master breathing while swimming.
96. See Billy Joel perform (done May 2016)