May 17, 2009
Summer of Splendor 2009
Huzzah! I'm going to UAB med school is fall, thank the Lord. Before I kiss my sweet freedom goodbye on July 27th, I'm going to live my life to the fullest. I'm taking suggestions about how to have a summer of splendor, and making a check list.
Entries so far:
- bike downtown at night
- go to Brewfest
- go to L'Abri in Boston
- go to a Barons game (completed!)
- eat tomatoes from my own garden
- get better at speed scrabble
- watch the first season of LOST
- read Pablo Narula in spanish on my front porch
- volunteer at Jones Valley Urban Garden
- bike to Pepper Place Farmers Market in a skirt
- big meal for all my neighbors
- swim at the lake, sail on pontoon boat at roommate's parents' house
- play Nertz with friends
- Bollywood movie night
- tea party
- get caught in rain while watching fireworks with lovely boy (completed!)
- berry picking
- costume party
- sleep outside
- hiking at Oak Mountain State park
- see Andrew Bird and Calexico
- jumping into waterfall (yipes!)
- explore innercity Birmingham with bikes and cameras
- swim in local quarry
- go to double feature at local drive in theater
- learn to taste fine whiskey and go to a whiskey bar
- start journaling
- see the view from each overlook in Birmingham
- go to the top of a skyscraper
- ride bike over Red Mountain
- dance party at the top of a parking deck
- read and write haikus with my mum
- have a girl's sleepover with my sister and cousins
- stay up all night talking and then get pancakes
Clearly I have my work cut out for me. Leave suggestions!
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