Well I Never!

How’s your life? Have you done anything interesting with it? Is there a lot left to do? The internet is filled with many such lists as the one below, and I can certainly put an “X” next to “did one of these checklists”. Let’s see what else I can mark as something I’ve done in my life:

(X) Gone on a blind date
( ) Skipped school
(X) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Florida
( ) Been to Hawaii
(X) Been on a plane
( ) Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
(x) Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers
( ) Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang Karaoke
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(X) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose or elsewhere
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Danced in the rain
( ) swam naked
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies
( ) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
(X) Been in a hot air balloon (Inside the balloon portion of one, while it was on the ground.)
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
(X) Seen the Statue of Liberty ( “seen” yes; been up close to, no)
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
( ) Been on a cruise and loved it
(X) Traveled by train
( ) Traveled by motorcycle
( ) Ridden a motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco Cable Car
( ) Been to Disneyland and Disney World
(X) Truly believe in the power of prayer
( ) Been in a rain forest
( ) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
(X) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
( ) Been water-skiing
( ) Been snow-skiing
(X) been snow-sledding
(X) Been river rafting (I’m counting riding down a choppy river in an inner tube)
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game
( ) Been to a National Football League game
( ) Raced a car

I can probably do better in the next 50 or 60 years...