Prologue To "My Roaring 20's"

Prologue

12/11/13

On the eve of my 29^th birthday, I am filled with both fear and excitement. Fear because this is the last year of my 20’s and I know after almost a decade of partying it up, it’s time to close that chapter in my life. I am also excited because it’s my birthday, my very own holiday! I am also excited because this year I promised myself that I would cross off a few things on my bucket list, have a few new experiences, and maybe, along the way, I am going to grow up.

I will be documenting this crazy ride. It’s going to be filled with fun, laughter, experience, and hopefully no bumps in the road, but hey, we’ll cross those hurdles when they come around. I also must warn you, there will definitely be a day or two where I will end up in sweatpants, order a pizza, and watch a 7 hour marathon of Law & Order: SVU. Truthfully, we all need those lazy days, especially after those wild nights.

Well strap yourself in and here we go. Wish me luck.  Let the adventure begin!!!

58 Things To Do Before Summer Ends

55 Things To Do Before Summer Ends!!!

Have a bonfire on the beach, in your back yard, at your mom’s house.
Find a nature trail, a spot on a map, a new town you haven’t visited.
Go on a road trip.
Make a playlist with your favorite tunes.
Invite some friends over.
Or don’t.
Find a really divey bar.
 Play a song on the jukebox.
Have a drink with an old man who will tell you stories.
Buy a one-time use camera.
Take a walk in the woods.
Let yourself get lost.
Notice the fullness of the trees,
Notice the sounds of summer all around you,
Notice the way the air smells different here.
Watch some bugs.
Take pictures.
Keep exploring.
Go somewhere and watch the sunset.
Eat salt water taffy.
Listen to a lot of Top 40 music.
Go to a carnival.
Go to a county fair.
Eat your weight in fried foods – elephant ears, fried Oreos, onion rings.
Play a game.
Win a stuffed animal.
Go on a ride.
People watch.
Take more photos.
Make a fort out of pillows.
Go fishing.
Have a root beer float.
Send a postcard.
Drink beers on a porch, on a patio, on a stoop, on a roof.
Say hi to someone who walks by.
Make someone laugh.
Have a dance party for one.
Watch a meteor shower in an open field.
Have a beach day,
Have a rainy day next to a window,
Have a sick day you take off to nap in the sun.
Kiss someone you think is really great.
Drink sangria.
Have a cookout.
Hang out with someone who has a pool, a lake house, a cottage, or just something somewhere you can get away to for a while and forget about who you are.
Read a book.
Read another book.
Eat a lot of ice cream.
Visit a friend you haven’t seen in a long time.
Get lost in conversation until 3 in the morning.
Go see a movie.
Think about someone you miss.
Listen to a song that makes you feel alive.
Go to a park.
Go to a festival.
Go to movie night in the park.
Go to a playground.
Wish this moment could last forever.

Things To Do Before I Turn 30

Well I have been keeping quite on here because I had a publisher interested in turning this blog and my other stories into a book. When everything was said and done, they turned it down. So I am back to my blog and I am prepping myself for another book I will be penning.

The next book will be a journal of The Last Year of My 20's. Yes that will be the title and I am aiming for the demographic of early 20's (to see what the have to look forward to) to late 30's (to reminisce about their last hoo-rah of their wild days.) My goal is to check off a few more things from my Bucket List and put myself in some more crazy situations. It will be light hearted and the stories will not be embellished, but I cannot promise that I won't manipulate the situation at that present time to make for a better story. Also there may be some entries where it says "Thursday I ordered pizza, changed into sweatpants, and watched 6hrs of Law & Order: SVU.

Now there are 365 days to document and here is just a taste of what will be happening in this upcoming year. This is my Must Be Done List:


       1)      Swim with dolphins

2)      Skydive

3)      Mardi Gras in New Orleans, LA

4)      Take a trip through a bayou

5)      Lose weight

6)      Explore Belgium and Amsterdam

7)      Vacation at an all-inclusive resort

8)      Party on 2^nd Street on New Year’s Day

9)      Meet Betty White

10)   Go on a hot air balloon ride

11)   Attend as many concerts as I can

12)   See a Broadway play

13)   Audition for a Broadway play

14)   Milk a cow

15)   Observe the embalming process

16)   Announce to crowd that they all look amazing and I wish them all to have a wonderful day

17)   Go whale watching

18)   Go to Coney Island

19)   Go to the Drunken Monkey in Staten Island

20)   Get more tattoos

21)   Go to the Chinese New Year’s parade in Chinatown

22)   Get a pic of an elephant trunk wrapped around my arm

23)   Host an art gala of my own artwork

24)   Finish my masterpiece

25)   Learn to play the harp

26)   Publish my book

2012

So what did you do last year? Did you stick to your resolutions? Did you make a change in your life? Did you better yourself at all in 2012?

My resolutions for last year were simple. They were; learn something new and make at least one person smile a day. For the first time ever, I stuck with my resolutions, and my life was made better by it. I felt more fulfilled each time I made someone’s day a little brighter with a smile. To me a smile is everything. I love making people happy. Life is great! Why not enjoy it every chance you can? To me, brightening up someone’s day is the most rewarding thing in life.

Now as far as learning/doing something new, this year blew my mind. I am just going to ramble off a list of small accomplishments throughout 2012 this way you will know what to look forward to in the upcoming posts.

In 2012 I learned to/did:

1)      Cook

2)      Bake

3)      Ballroom Dance

4)      Partook in a flash mob

5)      Traveled around the country

6)      Got a book deal

7)      Empowered myself

8)      Lost weight

9)      Perfected/Retired “Single Ladies”

10)   Dropped some dead weight people in my life

11)   Made some new friends

12)   Survived an apocalypse

13)   ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF MY YEAR!!!

 

I hope you are ready for the posts that are lined up for you. You will definitely enjoy them.

 

The Hipster

The other day a hipster made fun of my shoes.
Called them diabetic shoes.
I rolled my eyes and laughed him off.
Turned toward him and said "They're all the rage in South Jersey."
The hipster now wears the same shoes.