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Hint: There was water. There was a bike. There was running.

And there was a farmer's tan.

The Bucket List

Recently a friend and I watched The Bucket List starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The basic plot involves two men, Nicholson and Freeman, who are assigned a hospital room together. Upon learning news that each is terminally ill, they make a wish list of to-dos before they kick the bucket. The movie chronicles their last adventures.

After the movie was over my friend and I discussed our own Bucket Lists. Since I am the self appointed queen of lists, I'd written one previously. Naturally.

Random Fact #1: I don't like clutter on my desk so I filed this list. Naturally.

Random Fact #2: I have no system with my personal files. I can't find my list. Naturally.

Going by memory, here are a few I wrote down:

• Compete in a triathlon ~ Done! I plan on competing again.
• Grow a rose garden ~ I attempted a vegetable garden last year and cultivated a total of three, read it again, three (3) beans. I have a long way to go with this goal.
• Visit all 50 states ~ I've got 23 out of the way.
• Own some pearl jewelry ~ Done!
• Play a musical number on the piano at church ~ Let me stop to say I don't know how to play the piano. Yikes! Why did I write that?
• Play on a city soft ball team ~ Done!
• Purchase a home ~ This will need to wait.
• Read all of Shakespeare's work ~ Friends, Romans, Bloggers, lend me your ears. For 'tis a goal that shall take a long while. I shall get to this tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow.
• Attend and comment at a school board meeting ~ Along with purchasing the home, this goal will need to wait.

My next task is to find my Bucket List so I can remember the rest. What would you put on your Bucket List?

A Little Stressed

New Year's Goal #5 : Train for and complete my 2nd triathlon.

That goal is currently on hold. One day I was running at the gym and felt a dull pain on my right foot as though I'd tied my shoe too tight. I loosened the laces and continued running. The pain increased so I ended my run early and headed home. I set up an appointment with a local podiatrist and met with the doctor last Monday. I watched as he placed the x-rays on the light and realized I knew all the bones.

I had to brag.

"I'm in an anatomy class and we just studied the foot. I know all those bones."
"Oh really? What's this one called?"
"That would be my navicular."
"Very good! And this one?"
"The calcaneus."
"I'm impressed."
...
"So, uh, what's wrong with my foot?"
"You have a stress fracture right here."

I looked at the x-ray but couldn't see the fracture. I took his word though since my foot hurt. He put me on a strict exercise plan and by that I mean NO running or biking for a couple weeks. I had to wear a glorified ace bandage for 4 days. Although the bandage was moist when he wrapped my foot, it dried and became rather stiff. I wasn't allowed to get it wet. That turned my showers into a Barnum & Bailey Balancing Act.


Really though, I'm trying to start a new trend. Michael Jackson wore one glove - what stops me from wearing just one foot wrap? I'm bringing stretchy back.

During 2008, I Resolve to...

Okay, so last year's goal didn't happen. This year my goals will only involve me - which means I can't share the blame if I don't succeed. In 2008, I hope to:

• Travel to New York.
• Write my 200th blog post.
• Learn the ins and outs of my camera.
• Find a new job; one that is satisfying, self sustaining, and purposeful.
• Train and compete for my 2nd triathlon.

Here's to 2008! What are some of your goals?