- have a surprise party thrown for me (for my eighteenth birthday- thanks Miranda! :) )
- wear red lipstick
- go to prom
- visit a castle in Europe (Warwick Castle in England)
- visit Britain with my best friend
- see a Shakespeare play in Shakespeare's hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon (Much Ado About Nothing- it was fantastic.)
- have a tea party
- get my caricature done
- cosplay (so far: Katniss, Black Widow, Rapunzel, Anna (frozen).)
- go to Disney World with my best friends
- be able to do makeup well
- have a baby fall asleep in my arms
- have pretty nails
- go to a concert (Lifest, Kari Jobe)
- go to London
- go to college
- dye my hair red
- solve a rubik's cube
- write a song
- be able to speak with a British accent (thank you Doctor Who / Sherlock / Harry Potter)
- decorate my room with quotes and lyrics
- read 100 books in a year
- make smores around a fire
- get a pet (Brittany, Loki.)
- learn how to waterfall braid (Thanks Acacia at State Fair!)
- learn how to drive
- ride a horse
- be good at walking in high heels
- overcome depression (whose arms hold the fatherless, whose voice do they hear? who sits with the prisoners, and stands for the one in fear?)
- be good at playing the piano
- make a snow angel
- be an aunt (Caleb and Reeve!)
- know how to sew
- get my license
- make a quilt
- learn how to play chess (Thanks Grandpa Hillen. I miss playing chess with you!)
- go to Disneyland (as a little kid.)
- attend a poetry reading
- take voice lessons
- join a choir
- have a fun job (costume department ftw)
- go on a date
- see wild horses in person
- join a sorority (Kappa Delta Chi!)
- run a mile without walking or stopping
- run a 5k (33:30 time)
- learn the bachata
- go on a tinder date
- learn a dance routine, and then do it! (Images, bachata, zumba)
- do something that scares me (audition for chapel choir: made it!) (go to Europe for a summer job)
- visit France
- visit Paris
- visit the Louvre
- see the Mona Lisa in person
- see the Arc de Triomphe
- eat a pastry from a French bakery
- visit the Eiffel Tower
- pray inside the Cathedral of Notre Dame
- visit Switzerland
- visit the original Lake Geneva in Switzerland
- take a train through the Alps
- shop in Paris! (1 euro blazer!)
- have lunch at a café in Paris
- visit Lyon
- travel Europe with my brother
- visit Austria
- Liechtenstein
- eat an authentic strudel
- visit Italy
- visit Florence
- visit Rome
- work in a restaurant
- try a bidet (not a fan)
- visit the Colosseum
- visit the Vatican
- see St Peters
- say the Lord's Prayer inside St Peters
- try Italian coffee
- shop at the Campo de Fiori
- haggle successfully, in Rome
- go to a hole in the wall pizza place in Rome(Dar Poeta, amazing pizza!)
- learn Italian (posso parlare italiano, solo no molto bene :) )
- speak French (actually pretty fluent!)
- take ballet
- join an acapella group
- go on a mini golf date (friend date with Elizabeth, mini golf at Captain Sundaes!)
- go swing dancing (joined swing dance club)
- landed my first pirouette! (11/15/16, late night practicing while Ciara watched stuff on her phone lol)
- get my splits: right leg front
- adopt another dog (Oscar (Dobie), a dachshund-chihuahua mix, a foster dog from Aunt Sheila!)
- find my girl friends (Tessa and Lily <3)
- see my name in print ("I Didn't Know What You Wanted So I Got You Flowers" published in Opus spring 2017)
- win an award in English (Brubaker award for rising achievement in English literature)
- Mellon Scholars award! (mvp of Mellon Seminar along with Annika)
- study abroad (Nantes, France, fall 2017.)
- have my first kiss (Anass Rahal, September 21, on the corner of the street...)
- makeout for the first time.. no details :P
- visit Poland
- visit Germany
- get a black leather jacket at a vintage place in Berlin
- be bilingual (yes!!! finally.)
- cut my hair very short
- go to south africa
- go to swaziland
- try crocodile
- try worms
- try chicken feet
feb 14 2015 ∞
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