things to do before I turn 40, revisited

So, I knocked another one off the list:

The List::

• Get a passport, and at least 1 stamp in it.


• Buy a house.


• Have a decadent, weekend fling in the Chicago LakeShore W hotel. Preferably with my future husband.
  
• Volunteer at least 8 hours/month for 6 months working with teenage AA girls.


• Take a cruise.


• Kick a$$ and take names in Madden 200X.


• Wear really tight black leather pants while kicking a$$ & taking names in Madden 200X. And look really good in them.


• Own a pistol. Legally. And know how to use it. <<I took a class in Firearm Safety & Instruction at my local police department. Very cool - and I CAN shoot, oh yeah. Now to buy that .38 I've got my eye on.


• Write the book that's rolling around in my skull like a marble.


• Visit the Motherland (no, I'm not German - I'm talking about Africa).


• Learn to scuba dive.


• Lose 100+ lbs.


• Make love naked in the ocean.


• Walk the Peach'. Yeah, I said it. WALK the Peachtree Road Race (hey, I'm being realistic - I know I can't run it within the next 2 years, so...).


• Celebrate Carnival, preferably in a country where Carnival is a BIG DEAL.


• Dance in the moonlight, in a ballgown, with my hair in a
• chignõn.


• Graduate from college. << Got my undergrad, on to my Master's


• Get married.


• Ride a horse.


• Learn how to play golf/tennis/both.

I feel good that I'm making some progress. Now there are some that are dependent on others (have to lose the 100+ lbs to get on the horse, and I can get the passport stamp, the Carnivale celebrations, dancing in a ballgown and making love in the ocean, all in one stop). But I'm happy with my progress.