#45

So yesterday instead of studying, I decided to make not quite a bucket list, but a list of things I want to do before I become an intern....before my life outside a hospital kicks the bucket so to speak. Quite frankly, being an intern terrifies me. You don't know what the hell you're doing, and suddenly you're there to "make decisions" and "save lives" (read aloud sarcastically and with actual finger quotes).

Thank God I still have 4th year left.

And what better way to spend 4th year than with this list....50 things...(more ideas welcome)...some are small and easy like "start a new blog" (CHECK!)....some not so much. I think they are all do-able, none of them too expensive like traveling outside of Texas, or illegal, or too cheesy like "sleep under the stars," or new years resolutiony like "exercise." But most of them are just things I've always thought about doing, but never got around to it.

Sadly, I have other things that take precedence, which involve finishing 3rd year, board exams, applying to residency programs, interviews, etc......I have until July 1, 2010 - and I hope documenting all of it down in this blog will motivate me....I also hope that my friends not only partake in some of my shenanigans, but won't be annoyed when I "force" them to ;)

List:

1	Make college scrapbook
2	Put college papers/books in boxes
3	Organize closet
4	Go to Shooting range
5	Learn Spanish for reals
6	Go to SXSW and/or ACL
7	Sky diving
8	Eat at Ruth's Chris
9	Get a physical
10	Mount Bonell
11	Run a ½ marathon
12	Spa treatment
13	Learn how to swim other than doggy paddle
14	Buy a bike and hit the trail
15	Make a dent in that reading list
16	Learn how to play the guitar
17	Professional hour-long massage
18	Learn chess (and not forget)
19	Renew my library card
20	Take kiddos to the zoo
21	McNay Art Museum
22	Learn knitting
23	Renaissance fair
24	Get henna tattoo
25	Learn how to skateboard (no tricks, ok maybe one)
26	Earn yellow belt in karate
27	Start an herb/vegetable garden
28	Wear my rubber boots
29	Play a round of golf
30	Canoeing at Lake Travis
31	Horseback riding lessons
32	Fishing
33	Ice skating
34	Belly dancing classes
35	Learn how to juggle
36	Make a wire-can telephone
37	Start going to church again
38	Cook an Indian dish
39	Get wisdom teeth removed
40	Buy a spice rack
41	Do the splits
42	Use my childhood art set
43	Learn African, Middle-Eastern, and Eastern European geography
44	Learn how to speed read
45	Start a new blog
46	Have hair professionally dyed - color to be determined
47	Brew own beer (doesn't have to be good)
48	Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg
49	Missions game
50	Make homemade ninja costume for Halloween