:: eye of the storm ::


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A 27-year-old PA student who wants to visit all seven continents, write a book, work at a pediatric clinic in Africa, and basically meet as many of the world's challenges as possible.

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Life List

(already accomplished)

Become a PA

Visit all 7 continents

Take a SwimTrek trip

Bike through Western Europe

Raft the Grand Canyon

Improve my Spanish proficiency

Go on safari in Africa

Trace my roots at Ellis Island

Vacation in Hawaii

Work on a hospital ship in a Third World country

Celebrate New Year's in Times Square

Visit all 50 states (29 to go: AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, OR, RI, SD, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY)

See the ruins at Pompeii

Swim in Capri's Blue Grotto

Tour Mt. Vesuvius

Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain

Tour the Colosseum

Visit the D-Day beaches

See the Mona Lisa

Visit the palace at Versailles

See the Acropolis and Parthenon

See the Egyptian pyramids

Hike the Inca Trail

Walk El Camino Santiago

Take an Alaskan cruise

View the Taj Mahal at sunrise

Hike Table Mountain in South Africa

Climb through the Amazon canopy

Walk at least part of the Great Wall of China

Get laser hair removal

Learn to surf, ski, and snowboard

Learn to drive a stick-shift

Learn to play the piano

Go on a tropical cruise

Ride horseback on the beach

Ride in a hot air balloon

Get tickets to the Olympics

Go to adult Space Camp

Witness a shuttle launch from up close

Build a full-sized snowman

Sew a quilt out of my old race T-shirts

Update and continue my Life Scrapbook

Become the oldest person to ever do the River Run

Live to be a happy, healthy 100 years old - at least!

(unlikely dreams)

vrijdag 17 december 2004

Well, today's the big day! "I'm all packed!", as L would say (right Mom? ;)). I have an astronomy exam at 10 - my last exam! - and after that I'm going to go get my check from work and drive to Jacksonville. I'll deposit my check, drive home, hunt for the missing PIN for my credit card (LOL), and then I'll leave my car there and Mom will drive me to Orlando in the van. Two hours in the car, approximately three hours to wait at the airport, eight hours to fly to London, seven hours layover in London (I should really hop on a bus and go DO something), and then an hour to Amsterdam. And then two hours on the train. Sigh. 23 hours of being 'on the move'. Oh, well, I'll survive.

I have essentially no real plans (yet) - M and I are going to the Zwaluwhoeve on Monday, and I'm trying to set up time to see L and L and C and M and P, but beyond that: nothing. Two weeks suddenly seems like a very long time. Come on, you guys, read your e-mail and rescue me! :)

Guess I better get going now... there is, after all, still studying to be done *retch*.

(P.S. R's ankle is doing much better, by the way - thanks for the good thoughts, if anyone even bothered. However, we were leaving practice last night talking about it and I said, "Yeah, I was just gonna say - be very very careful on these stairs!" And right after I said that, she tried to step over a curb, missed, caught her toes on the edge and nearly fell flat on her face again. Am I a jinx, or is she just clumsy?)

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