My kids would like to have a snow day.
I'd be good with a snow day.
A day free of obligation, frustrations, noise.
A day full of hot baths, hot beverages, scarfs.
It's more likely to happen for them, than me. But it does have me dreaming. I've decided to share my bucket list. A bucket full of dreams or ideas that I will dust off one day. These are generally not in a specific order.
1) Buy and consume a hot dog (with lots of mustard) and a warm pretzel from a street vendor in a major city.
2) Go to Tokyo to visit Sayaka. (I will bring you Tokyo Banana, my good friend.)
3) Write a book of short stories.
4) Visit Austin for real BBQ.
5) Watch a storm across the ocean.
6) Ride a horse. (Its been awhile, Arizona. I don't know if I got it in me, old girl.)
7) Participate in a drama. As an actor. I've got so much scope for it. Emotion is my life.
8) Hold and love a baby that is not my own.
9) Watch my children graduate high school. Pomp and Circumstance NEVER gets old.
10) Slow dance with a loved one. Like a princess. All that would be missing is the silver forest. Or maybe we'll have that.
11) Sing a song well. I want to sing so badly.
12) Eat an entire bowl (single batch) of chocolate chip cookie dough. (And maybe with a little help from a friend who does not care about salmonella.) My Grandma punished me one time by making me eat and eat and eat the dough because I kept sneaking it. PS - it's really hard because eventually you get sick of it. I'd like to see if that's still true.
13) Play the Cello. Like a boss. For it is the most romantic and moving of all the instruments. (Maybe Aaron will teach me.)
14) Live in Tennessee.
15) Um. This one is just tossed in here all random like but if I could have a legitimate real life replay of the "Kiss the girl" scene in The Little Mermaid... If you need anything to make that happen, short of making me mute, just let me know. Now's your moment....floating in a blue lagoon.... You get it. I don't need to sing it.
16) I want to live somewhere long enough to grow a semi respectable tree from sorta scratch.
17) Work in a bakery. When I'm old. I'd make an excellent Mrs. Claus.
18) Visit Gettysburg.
19) Meet Megan Follows. Her portrayal of Anne Shirley influenced me greatly.
20) Memorize a song to play on the piano.
21) Read 20 nonfiction books. (A tall order)
22) Write a personal letter to someone every day for one year.
23) Ride first class on an international flight.
24) Grow a vegetable garden - I've not always had the best luck.
25) Sleep on the beach.
26) Refer to the greatest show - I want to fly on a trapeze and ride an elephant.
27) Laugh so hard that tears fall. As many times as I possibly can.
Winter days are for dreaming, more than any other season. White, fluffy snowflakes falling are new dreams coming to rest on your cheeks and melt into your heart. Dreams nesting in the heart are the most likely to come to fruition.
On a quiet winter night, when time stands waiting, dreams are best remembered. For time is precious. Its moments drop all around us. It is fleeting and we do best to embrace what we are given.
Tomorrow in the snow. At your desk. In your car. Look out the window. Every snowflake is a dream. Piling up. Waiting for you.
Take chances. I'm going to. I'm on Craiglist buying a rowboat...
You have an assignment. Share one bucket item with someone you care about. Today. Just one. It will spark conversation. It might just jumpstart your life. Can't find a friend, I'm always here walking this journey with you....drop me a line.
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