So I turned 30...
it was kind of horrible really because I was still overcoming the effects of labyrinthitus which I had been suffering with since February (still have some weirdness going on, headaches etc), which has contributed to me having some depression and possibly having some kind of weird 30's crisis, plus more weight gain because I couldn't exercise and just wanted to eat cake...
BUT I've managed to make a start on some of the things on the list - I had to leave the 10k alone for now - pretty hard to train when you have vertigo, things look like they are swirling, you are fainting and suffering nausea. I will run though, I WILL!
it was kind of horrible really because I was still overcoming the effects of labyrinthitus which I had been suffering with since February (still have some weirdness going on, headaches etc), which has contributed to me having some depression and possibly having some kind of weird 30's crisis, plus more weight gain because I couldn't exercise and just wanted to eat cake...
BUT I've managed to make a start on some of the things on the list - I had to leave the 10k alone for now - pretty hard to train when you have vertigo, things look like they are swirling, you are fainting and suffering nausea. I will run though, I WILL!
General Stuff which didn’t fit in anywhere else:
2. Give blood – start and continue
Made an appointment but wasn't better from being ill, so I've made a start in as much that I have registered with them
3. Marry Tom (if I am lucky enough)
4. Kiss Tom passionately at the top of the eiffel tower
We did visit Paris but visibility was so poor we didn't go up the eiffel tower sadly, oh well I guess we'll just have to go back
5. Stay quitted (smoking)
6. Host a charity event
7. Keep eating carbs
We have a love hate relationship
8. Avoid having a baby!!!!
Hell yeah
9. Set myself a certain number of ‘no spend days per month and stick with it
Need to work on this one
10. Wear EXACTLY what I want when I want irrespective of appropriateness
Mostly
Travel to:
Loved it
12. India (Planning stages Jan 2013)
Made progress - Flights booked, fly out on Jan 9th 2013
13. Portugal (spending time in Lisbon) (Booked Sept 2012)
14. Japan
There has been talk of this for 2014 with some lovely friends of ours
15. Australia
16. New York
17. Berlin in the summer
Planning a trip for my Birthday next year, which isn't quite summer
18. Trek Kilimanjaro
19. Explore more of Northern Ireland (ongoing)
20. Edinburgh for the comedy festival
21. As many places in the UK as we can – York and Newcastle for starters (York is booked)
22. Go on safari (this might be one for the ‘before I die’ list)
23. Take my mum on holiday
Fitness/sport
Suspended training while I was poorly - something to start up again
25. Run a half marathon
26. Run a marathon (erm maybe?????)
27. Do a 30 day bikram/hot yoga challenge
Am going to start with 10 days at the Hot Yoga Centre in Liverpool, just need to find a space in the diary to fit it in
28. Learn how to do a pull up and do five in a row (I can’t even do one!)
Extreme stuff
30. Do a bungee jump
31. Go zorbing
Leisure
32. Join a book club
There is one at leaf monthly and it keeps clashing with something else - more research and/or commitment required
33. Rekindle rambling, link back up with the group and get out in the countryside again
I keep looking at the rambles and sadly at the moment they clash with everything else, I've got some free weekends coming up in July so I'm going to book one in
34. Complete a 365 challenge with Tom
He doesn't want to do this with me :o(
35. Take an open bus tour in London
36. See a Fleetwood Mac tribute band – or the real deal if ever lucky enough that they tour
37. See a Pink Floyd tribute band
38. Go to at least one overseas festival
39. Go to at least one festival a year (One planned for this year)
Second one planned and booked for this year
40. Host a murder mystery dinner party
41. Attend an organised murder mystery event
42. Learn a language – not sure which yet!
43. Take a tour of the Houses of Parliament
There is talk of this...
44. Sit in the viewing gallery at the Old Bailey
45. Learn to knit
46. Read the top 10 classics
47. Find a cause to passionately protest and demonstrate about
48. Attend a summer solstice celebration
Does speakeasy count? I think it does :o)
I have now been to 4 plus a day workshop and I am LOVING IT
51. Do an evening college course
Cookery/Food
I would say I am mastered it but I am have made some decent bread over the recent months
53. Eat in a Michelin star restaurant
54. Be a veggie for 30 days
55. Bake something new every month
56. Grow a herb garden
57. Create a vegetable patch
I'm growing tomatoes, not a full blown veggie patch but a start
58. Write a cookbook – not necessarily to be published
59. Organise my recipes in the beautiful folder Hayley bought me for Christmas!
It is now June and I shamefully haven't done this yet
60. Go to Pudding Club
61. Eat kangaroo
62. Cook with rabbit
63. Try a posh restaurants tasting menu
Outside Me
64. Own a pair of Christian Louboutins
65. Own a designer handbag – Mulberry you WILL be mine
66. Buy nothing unnecessary for 365 days – clothes shoes etc – separate challenge
67. Learn to straighten my hair
68. Get a spiral perm
69. Have dirty ash blonde hair – yes I know it’ll trash it but I want it so badly
70. Get eyelash extensions at least once
71. Get my tattoo removed
72. Get a new tattoo
Inside Me
73. Identify 100 things that make me happy
ongoing
74. Learn that failure is part of success and that no one can ever be perfect
75. Learn how to take a compliment
76. Acquire patience
77. Develop an attitude of gratitude – write gratitude lists
78. Forgive myself and give myself a break
79. Find a meditation practice that works for me and stick with it
80. Go on a meditation retreat
81. Stop worrying about things that might not happen, have happened, will never happen
No more to add to the list just yet...a couple of things I toying with like learning to spray graffiti, owning an ipad, getting another sewing machine and making stuff again...
some travel to add - we are going to Madrid for a long weekend in October - my 30th Birthday pressie from Tom (thank you thank you thank you) and I'd like to go to Berlin again for New year but I think that will remain a dream
Ta Ta for now
some travel to add - we are going to Madrid for a long weekend in October - my 30th Birthday pressie from Tom (thank you thank you thank you) and I'd like to go to Berlin again for New year but I think that will remain a dream
Ta Ta for now
