Monday, August 31, 2009

28, You Have Been Good to Me.

It's not quite over yet, but in a couple weeks, I will turn 29 and enter the last year of my 20s. Wow! The 20s have been fantastic! So full of adventure, so rich in relationships, so many new, challenging, and rewarding experiences, so much stretching and growing. I love that no matter how much I plan, I never really know what the next year, week, or day will hold. As someone who also LOVES random lists, things I did for the first time in my life at the age of 28...
  • Bought a bed
  • Payed rent
  • Went dancing at a gay club
  • Got pulled over
  • Got a traffic ticket
  • Went to traffic court
  • Used a security badge to get into my office at work
  • Visited Florida
  • Paid for glasses without vision insurance
  • Went on a blind date
  • Drank sangria
  • Rented a car
  • Met Real World cast members
  • Went to a Washington Nationals baseball game
  • Threw up in a taxi
  • Ate crocodile meat
  • Drank Kyrgyz vodka
  • Had brunch at Cafe Lalo, the place Meg Ryan waits for Tom Hanks in "You've Got Mail"
  • Did an Apple Pie shot on a rooftop
  • Picked someone up at Baltimore/Washington Airport
  • Visited Washington National Harbor
  • Went Contra-dancing
  • Became a blonde
  • Attended a church service at the National Cathedral
  • Voted by absentee ballot
  • Attended the Presidential Inauguration & Concert
  • Heard Barack Obama speak live
  • Lost my cell phone on a roller coaster
  • Visited the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot
  • Went to a sing-a-long piano bar
  • Finished my first semester and year of graduate school
  • Took out a renter's insurance policy
  • Heard Brian McLaren speak live
  • Bought a hair straightener
  • Saw a drag show
  • Bought something off Craigslist
  • Wrote a paper longer than 20 pages
  • Went to a Baltimore Symphony concert
  • Got a non-California driver's license
Trivial or not, it's amazing how much NEW can happen in a year! Here's to loads more new experiences to add to my "resume" in the year ahead--the last of a decade!

2 comments:

Derek said...

I LOVE this list. I also love how many of those items involved me. LOL. I think come November I may need to make one of these lists cause I had some first's this year as well.

LisaJean said...

i cannot fully express my deep & abiding love for lists. i'm glad i share it with you :-). make your list in Nov; it's so fun to see all the new a year can hold!