Approaching the end of my second decade…

August 12, 2008  

So much for blogging regularly about school!  In summary: I’m still loving it, I’ve had a few injuries but nothing major (touch wood), I am now teaching a beginner ballet class, I’ve improved a lot and I’ve been REALLY busy juggling it all.  The web design thing is still going strong, I’ve had plenty of work, and we’re still doing Dutch classes – I even recently wrote an article for the Dutch Courier (Dutch newspaper in Australia) which will probably appear next month.  In October, I will be performing in Flare Dance Company’s Metamorphosis – I will be in two pieces, one of which I choreographed.  I’m looking forward to it but also looking forward for it to be over and getting my Sundays back!

So, why the sudden urge to tease my poor, neglected blog with a few words?  Well, I’m fast approaching my 30th birthday and came across a highly relevant article today in The Age suggesting a list of “things to do” before you turn 30.  The list (below) is quite good actually and I’m pleased to say that I’ve done most of the ones that interest me (13 of the 30 – I’ll leave it to you to imagine which ones!).  I’m also pleased to say that I’ve done many of the things on my own mental list, but now, in this year of change and growth, I’m having fun creating my mental to do list for my thirties.  Thankfully my husband and many of my friends are already in their thirties so it doesn’t scare me, but I do feel like I’m about to say goodbye to an old, fun, friend (my twenties).

1. Buy a one way ticket overseas

2. Borrow your nephews and nieces or friends’ kids for a weekend and take them to the zoo

3. Blow a week’s wages on dinner for two at a restaurant where the prices aren’t even listed on the menu

4. Have a one night stand with an attractive stranger you met at a party

5. March for a cause you believe in

6. Move out of home and live in a share house

7. Run a marathon – or if that’s too daunting, do a fun run

8. Invent your own cocktail

9. Learn a language

10. Get a Brazilian wax

11. Have sex in the open air

12. Read the collected works of an author you love

13. Get a letter to the editor published in your local newspaper

14. See the Aurora Borealis.

15. Try base jumping or another extreme sport

16. Bluff your way into a glamorous job you’re totally unqualified for

17. Join a political party and hand out how to vote cards on election day

18. Get involved in a team sport

19. Do a road trip with a bunch of mates in a dodgy car

20. Survive a flight on a third world airline

21. Find the love of your life

22. Lose the love of your life

23. Skinny dip in the ocean at midnight under a full moon with a group of friends

24. See the sun rise after an all night rave

25. Go to a gay bar – if you’re straight

26. Go hiking in Bhutan

27. Do a ten day yoga retreat

28. Make a fool out of yourself at a karaoke bar

29. Plant a tree for the environment

30. Get fake ID saying you’re 21