tomorrow, saturday, 2nd October I shall be turning 29 (or, starting my 30th year)
So here are some things that I did when I was 28. It will be followed by a list of things I would like to do when I am 29.
• Went on my first long haul flight, on my first ever visit to the US of A. Chicago, to be precise. A few years ago I’d have backed out because of claustrophobia, so I was quite proud of myself. Plus, Chicago is absolutely amazing (and is where I found veggie-burger nirvana)
So here are some things that I did when I was 28. It will be followed by a list of things I would like to do when I am 29.
• Went on my first long haul flight, on my first ever visit to the US of A. Chicago, to be precise. A few years ago I’d have backed out because of claustrophobia, so I was quite proud of myself. Plus, Chicago is absolutely amazing (and is where I found veggie-burger nirvana)
• Visited Italy for the first time. Verona, Venice and Vicenza. All three places are staggeringly beautiful and absolutely unique
• Went completely car-less for the first time since I was 17 (though most of that time I have shared a car, and sometimes not even lived in the same city as my car!) so far, this has been great apart from feeling weird about being unable to offer lifts, and feeling squished when cycling home with a bag of chicken feed in my rucksack.
• lived on my own, took on custody of the menagerie due to the co-mortgagee moving out (this is ultimately a good thing. No sympathy required)
• invented the term co-mortgagee
• “broke” four vehicles and one bike and had another bike stolen. (no crashes, just vehicles falling apart)
• Became a guarantor for somebody’s tenancy (grown up)
• Became a sort- of landlady- though the phrase still makes me feel very uncomfortable and does not reflect reality!
• Met some amazing new people which makes me smile
• Did a blog
• Got myself on a proper album
• Made treacle tart for the first time, and apparently was successful, perhaps this will be how I make my fortune.
What I would like to do as a 29 year old:
• Learn to use my (hand-me down, film) SLR
• Pay off at least one of the loans I took when northern rock went wrong and I had to move house
• Visit another country I have not visited before
• Sort out at least 5 things which make me not-proud-of myself by my thirtieth
• Start drawing things again
• Reinstate roof salad (on the basis that growing veg in the garden is futile because of the chickens, but roof salad works very well)
• Build something of my own design (probably a logstore)
... that’s it really, not particularly ambitious, and i’m sure i’ve left loads of stuff out.
Never mind. Here are some pictures of a fort, because otherwise this entry is a bit light on pics.
the plan for tomorrow is a (civilised) pub crawl throughsome of my favourite parts of cardiff. I have an ill however, and am beginning to wonder if i shall even last until teatime.
• Went completely car-less for the first time since I was 17 (though most of that time I have shared a car, and sometimes not even lived in the same city as my car!) so far, this has been great apart from feeling weird about being unable to offer lifts, and feeling squished when cycling home with a bag of chicken feed in my rucksack.
• lived on my own, took on custody of the menagerie due to the co-mortgagee moving out (this is ultimately a good thing. No sympathy required)
• invented the term co-mortgagee
• “broke” four vehicles and one bike and had another bike stolen. (no crashes, just vehicles falling apart)
• Became a guarantor for somebody’s tenancy (grown up)
• Became a sort- of landlady- though the phrase still makes me feel very uncomfortable and does not reflect reality!
• Met some amazing new people which makes me smile
• Did a blog
• Got myself on a proper album
• Made treacle tart for the first time, and apparently was successful, perhaps this will be how I make my fortune.
What I would like to do as a 29 year old:
• Learn to use my (hand-me down, film) SLR
• Pay off at least one of the loans I took when northern rock went wrong and I had to move house
• Visit another country I have not visited before
• Sort out at least 5 things which make me not-proud-of myself by my thirtieth
• Start drawing things again
• Reinstate roof salad (on the basis that growing veg in the garden is futile because of the chickens, but roof salad works very well)
• Build something of my own design (probably a logstore)
... that’s it really, not particularly ambitious, and i’m sure i’ve left loads of stuff out.
Never mind. Here are some pictures of a fort, because otherwise this entry is a bit light on pics.
the plan for tomorrow is a (civilised) pub crawl throughsome of my favourite parts of cardiff. I have an ill however, and am beginning to wonder if i shall even last until teatime.
