Before 30 List

Thanks for all the congratulatory messages. Though the proposal wasn't really a surprise, Justin all dressed up in a monkey suit was.

Anyways, was talking to E the other night and amongst many happy squeals we stumbled on the subject of before 30 lists. I had created one a while back.. i think before the dawn of my 25th birthday since I thought then, that having 5 years to accomplish everything on that list would be feasible. Course you all know what happened to my old blog.. obliterated from the internet world, and thus my world. I never had a paper copy of that list.. but I do remember a few things that I can thankfully put a check next to...

• get engaged or get serious with a super special someone (check)
• go to china (check - mid june to mid july 06)
• start a side business (check - jenny and i are starting a little event planning venture, mostly concentrated on wedding planning. the timing couldn't have been more perfect. Site soon to come).
• own property
• acquire a canine buddy
• compete in a triathlon
• run in a few marathons and half marathons (check)
• work overseas (check - my amazon.fr parisian stint)
• travel to australia
• learn to scuba dive
• exhibit my photography in a gallery(check)
• travel to africa
• learn Japanese
• taking a thai cooking class
• travel to japan

Hmm.. this was clearly not the entire list and frankly, some of the bullets are quite broad. I'll have to work on it a bit and repost when I'm less busy with a launch.

Again thank you for all the sweet notes on our engagement.