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About Me

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)

zondag 7 augustus 2005

Making progress...

1.) Work Friday at 4 AM (8 hours) and Saturday at 11:45 (13 hours).

7.) Do entire Yale application. (Process is completely online and will be available August 15th.)

8.) Do entire Brown application. (Also online, but won't be up until September.)

9.) Do entire Harvard application. (Again, online but have no clue as to a date. Also still need hard copies of their 2006 recommendation forms.)

10.) Switch digital cameras with Dad.

12.) E-mail swim team about potential party on my last day (?).

13.) E-mail Gainesville buddies about meeting up next week.

15.) Remind Dad about wanting tickets for next Saturday's preseason Jags game.

16.) Repack Gainesville stuff now, while I still remember what goes and what stays.

17.) Find and buy those damn elusive iPod headphones. Catie gave me hers!

18.) Weigh my NL suitcase on the baggage scale at Publix.

20.) Figure out which of those thesis topics I want to use (see below) and get cracking.

21.) Work Monday 11:45 - 19.45.

22.) Get in touch with the Dutch masters team in Gouda and work out the logistics to join it.

23.) Make a massive bank transfer to my Dutch account.

24.) Actually study for the GRE.

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