This is a post I wrote last week and just never stuck up here…
Sooo… summer is almost over. I think I’ve had three or four nights alone in my house since mid-May and now I am back to my own routine again.
And so it is back to this blog.
I have lost many, many readers over the summer in part because I didn’t write for long stretches and I think in part, too, because I didn’t know what to say; I didn’t have time to talk much; I just didn’t take time to make it interesting to you.
And now here’s what there is to do: figure out what this blog will be about now that it isn’t about the first year of moving abroad.
I had my one-year-in-Switzerland anniversary this week. Mom made it like an “instead of your wedding anniversary” anniversary. To be honest with you, I don’t even remember my wedding anniversary date unless someone reminds me. Thank goodness for that!
I started the summer in the inquiry, “How good can it get?” and found myself thinking this morning about my relationship with Stefan, “How’s good’s it gonna get?” as if there’d be a ceiling, some point it certainly couldn’t pass. What a funny question to think over coffee!
Right now I’m doing an exercise… listing 100 Things I want to Be, Do and/or Have. It’s kind-of like Dad’s list of 50 Things Before I Die. Dad, what’s on your list, by the way?
What I know for now for sure is:
Short-term
I want to teach awesome classes this semester
I want to spend more time with my new beau
I want to reconnect with my communities of friends here in Switzerland and stay in touch with all my folks back home.
I want Beth to come visit me.
I want Stefan to come visit me.
I want to go on a long ski vacation in March.
For now, I want to plan only new trips that Mufasa can go on.
I want to plan something great for Christmas and New Year’s (maybe super romantic?)
Mid-range
I want to be involved somehow with kids in the next few years (having them, fostering, taking off to work in an orphanage… who knows?)
I want to swim with dolphins
I want to sea kayak with the whales in Baja or somewhere else
I want to keep traveling Europe
I want a nicer car.
I want to write and publish at least two books and several articles.
I want to get married (to someone who loves me this time).
Long-term
I want to own multiple homes (maybe 3?), all appreciating.
I want staff — like a personal assistant and a Webmaster to keep my career and communication going.
A private plane with pilot (with no mishaps ever) WHY NOT?
The doozie
I want to sing. Piano bar gigs on a regular basis. I know this is totally do-able, easy even. I already have the hot little black dresses and experience, talent, repertoire… the income would simply be a bonus. I can’t explain for the life of me why I don’t make this happen.
It’s funny how difficult it is to come up with 100 Things I Want to Be, Do or Have! What would be on your list?
