Life isn't just a Crapshoot

I really don't like the fact that I am aging.

It's inevitable, I suppose.

I think the thing that bothers me the most is that many of my classmates have passed away. Various reasons, numerous illnesses and the like, it is still hard to envision those your same age dying. These are friends. People who you started a new job with, the first boy you ever kissed, friends who made you laugh or smile - none of these people were safe.

When these kinds of thoughts pass through my head, I think about how far I have come in the past few years. I remember all the firsts with pride. However, it makes me realize that no matter how many new things I have done, the possibilities are vast. I always read all the bucket lists that the internet has to offer, and decided to start one of my own. Bear in mind that this is only a fraction of the things I want to do, see and accomplish. I feel like sharing with my friends though. I am grateful every single day for the opportunities I have, the friends in my life, and those that I love. Thank you all. Celebrate life. You need to seize the most of everything. Have no regrets.

With that said, I give you Angie's Bucket List:

Visit all 50 States

Get a passport

Get at least one stamp in my passport

Own a good camera

Visit every Six Flags in the US

Hike the Appalachian Mountains

Visit the top 10 US state parks:

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Grand Canyon

Rocky Mountain National Park

Yosemite

Yellowstone

Zion Canyon

Olympic National Park

Grand Tetons

Acadia National Park

Glacier National Park

Visit foreign countries (basically, seeing how many continents I can visit)

Dance (not shake my booty type, more tango or ballroom, dressed up)

See some of the larger zoos in the US

Ride in a hot air balloon

Walk across a large rope suspension bridge

Write a novel

Be an unexpected inspiration

See and go in the St Louis Arch

Visit as many of the remaining US drive ins as I can before they are gone

Visit as many exquisite libraries as I can

Increase the number of ice creams I have tried

Always pick at least 1 new thing to eat in a restaurant

Try caviar

Visit my birthplace - El Paso

Go to Washington DC

Go to Cedar Point

Go to Kings Island

Go to Universal

Go to Knott's Berry Farm

See Mt Rushmore

See the Space Needle

Go to New Orleans at Mardi Gras

Experience the Northern Lights

Shower in a waterfall

Kayak

Be kissed in the rain

Read at least 50-100 books every year

Experience something new with my adventure companion on every trip

Have a perfect day at least once a year

Take a road trip of 1000 miles or more

Watch a meteor shower

Sleep under the stars

Go Lavender picking

Go Zorbing

Build a massive sandcastle

Go Zip-lining

Go to a giant corn maze

Go go-karting

Take an Old-time photo

Take that one unforgettable photo

It's a start. There are some things I would like to do or experience that are pretty personal. Only a few folks will ever get the privilege of that knowledge.

 I hope this makes you think of what you have yet do do in your life. What are you waiting for?

Until we meet again,

Angie