a quarter of a century

When I turned 25 (a few years ago) I started really freaking out. I hadn't finished college, I wasn't buying a home, I didn't have children, I was pretty much a hedonistic party girl. So I made a bucket list, before it was a movie and a popular idea. I threw myself into a photography class, ceramics, horseback riding. I returned to the fertility clinic.
Now I am another quarter of a century old, and I finished everything on the list but one. I need 9 hours to finish my bachelors degree. So, I have a new list. Not a bucket list, cause I have no plans to kick the bucket. It is the how can I have fun with my life list.
I want to ride in a helicopter, I want to go to Costa Rica, I want to ride a zip line, I want to learn to played the Bowed Psaltry (yes I own one!), I want to go to Alaska, and I want to hike the Appalachian Trail. Oh and I want to finally finish writing my book, even if it is never read by anyone. I did do one thing from the new list - I went parasailing. It was wonderful. There is no noise but the wind, it is beautiful and I could have stayed up there much longer.

So bring the next quarter century on, I can handle it!