It started as a conversation between Bubba and me (or is it Bubba and I?) while we were strolling in our neighborhood. I think it went something like this:
Me: Research shows that if you exercise more in your 40s and 50s, your chances of getting a chronic illness is lowered.
Bubba: (nods)
Me: Well, I guess I'll start exercising in my 40s then.
Bubba: (shakes his head)
You're thinking one of my pre-40 goals is exercising? You're so wrong! I can never set exercising as a goal. Whenever I've tried, I failed. My list is mainly about what I love: food and travel. Here's a draft:
- Visit 20 countries (I'm currently at 14). With only 6 years between now and the big 4-0, plus a kid in tow, I don't think I can do more than 20.
- Visit 25 states (currently at 18). Road trip, anyone?
- Throw a dinner party and serve a 5 course meal.
- Buy my dream home (or at least have my dream kitchen)
- Fly my Bubba First Class for at least one of our trips abroad.
- Go to the movies alone. (Why is this on the list? Because it seems so foreign to me and for some reason, it scares me.)
- See a movie at a drive-in theater.
- Host a Halloween party
- Donate my hair to charity (I better do this soon before the grays really set in).
- Make ice cream
- Make one of Charley's Halloween costumes
- Finish a New York Times Crossword puzzle in under 7 minutes.
- Be an extra on a tv show or in a movie
- Write a short story
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