Soooooo it’s my birthday. It doesn’t matter how old I am. Not. important. at. all. Let’s just say that I’m old enough to look back and realize how young I was when I thought I was old and young enough to still think that I’m old.
I know I must be old because for the first time I am very thankful that I’ve always looked a whole lot younger than my actual age. People now assume that I’m 20 years old and I am more than happy to let them think that.
This is also the first time that I’ve felt that I’ve accomplished “enough”. Not that I’m finished by any means, but that I’ve done pretty much everything I’ve ever wanted to do with two notable exceptions. Now I’m in the position where I actually have to think up more stuff to do.
In all defensible birthday vanity see below a list of some of the bestest stuff I’ve been blessed enough to do.
In no particular order:
- Traveled to: Japan, Italy, Austria, Lichtenstein, France, England, Scotland, Australia, El Salvador, Hawaii, other parts of the U.S and most of Canada.
- Bungee jumped. . .twice
- Jumped out of an airplane
- Scuba dived the Great Barrier Reef
- Got lost in Paris (awesome)
- Used my French in Paris and my Japanese in Osaka.
- Was a weekly newspaper reporter
- Was a weekly newspaper Editor
- Had my poetry published in an anthology
- Had a photograph sell for $450.00
- Had a photograph in a calendar
- Photographed weddings
- Swam out to an out-of-bounds tropical waterfall with Jenn
- Bought a house when I was 20 and sold it for double what I payed :)
- Built my second house where I can see the mountains!
- Got my darling little Jack, who brightens my world every day
- Got over my fear of horses
- Watched the sunrise from the top of a volcano and then biked down it.
- Had the best practicum ever with 1 Platoon, complete with BA and rockets.
- Had surgery allowing me to breathe properly and lessen my allergies
- EMT school - so much fun!
- Saved a life
- Organized a big mock accident with Tara
- Did a few shifts with Halton Region EMS in Ontario
- Got to rock a lot of calls with one of my best friends.
- Paramedic school
- Delivered lots of cute little babies
- Learned to snowboard
- Saw fireworks at Disneyland
- Medical mission in impoverished villages around San Salvador
- Sang on stage with Tim Hughes
- Drove down the Oregon Coast
- Surfing!
Yup. Done lots of fun stuff. I’m a lucky girl.
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