Tucked inside the diary were two of the letters I sent to Xander ten years ago. We have all the letters we sent to each other back then, but like my diary I haven’t seen them in a while. Hard to believe it was so long ago that he and I were writing letters and post cards to each other, when the internet was so new. I miss writing letters, I used to love buying pretty stationary.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nAlso in the diary was a page where I wrote the following:<\/p>\n
\n(In No Specific Order)
\n(Yes, I actually wrote that in brackets in my diary)<\/div>\n
- \n
- Ride an Elephant (2005 Update: Still on the list!)<\/li>\n
- Go to Disneyworld (2005 Update: Still on the list!)<\/li>\n
- Meet Xander (2005 Update: DONE!)<\/li>\n
- See Ireland (2005 Update: DONE!)<\/li>\n
- Meet a man I think the sun rises and sets with (2005 Update: DONE!)<\/li>\n
- Have a winter wedding with Cape with fur edges, horse and sleigh just like on Days of Our Lives (2005 Update: Uhh, no.)<\/li>\n
- Lose weight (2005 Update: *Groan*)<\/li>\n
- Turn down a really<\/em> hot guy for a date, just to see his reaction (2005 Update: haha oh jeez, DONE!)<\/li>\n
- Go out with B.M. (2005 Update: DONE!)<\/li>\n
- Have unbelievable sex like everyone else says they have (2005 Update: Bwahaha I never should have read my father’s Penthouse Letters!)<\/li>\n
- Sky-Dive (2005 Update: Maybe someday but not counting on it)<\/li>\n
- Fly in a plane (2005 Update: Done, done and done again.. bleh.)<\/li>\n
- Go on a cruise (2005 Update: Soooo still on the list!)<\/li>\n
- Figure out what the hell I want to do with my life (2005 Update: *Sigh* 10 years later and I still don’t know)<\/li>\n
- Send my parents someplace really nice (2005 Update: Not yet)<\/li>\n
- Get another puppy (2005 Update: DONE!)<\/li>\n
- Ride a jet ski (2005 Update: DONE!)<\/li>\n
- Get in my car and go wherever I end up (2005 Update: Still on the list)<\/li>\n
- Go on an African Safari (2005 Update: Still on the list)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So maybe not the most ambitious for a 19 year old girl. When I look at it I realize there is nothing in there about a career, family or any of the really imporant stuff. In comparison things like “Get another puppy” and “Ride a jet-ski” don’t really hold up. What can I say though, that’s just who I was (am?). I’m happy to see that I’ve at least accomplished some of the things I wanted to get done in my life. I certainly had no idea when I was writing “Meet Xander” that he would end up being the “.. man I think the sun rises and sets with”. Life is strange… I think I want to add a few things…<\/p>\n
More Things I Want to Do Before I Die<\/strong><\/span>
\n(In No Specific Order)<\/div>\n- \n
- Become a mother<\/li>\n
- Become fluent in Dutch<\/li>\n
- Go to Egypt, Australia, Scotland and China<\/li>\n
- Get my Dutch drivers license<\/li>\n
- Own a ranch<\/li>\n
- Move back to Canada<\/li>\n
- Have a career<\/li>\n
- Scuba Dive<\/li>\n
- Meet Andrea<\/li>\n
- Learn to knit<\/li>\n
- Take a photography course<\/li>\n
- Do something truly memorable<\/li>\n
- See something I write in print, like in a magazine or book<\/li>\n
That’s all I can really think of at the moment… hopefully I’ll have a few (2015 Update: DONE!) when the time comes.<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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