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Thursday Thirteen
By liedele | December 27, 2007
There are a lot of things I want to do before I cross the great divide. There are also several things I am happy to never do. It’s not that I don’t have a sense of adventure, I do. I love life, but there are some things I don’t need to do and I’m glad I’ve figured that out, before I let someone talk me into it.
1. I don’t need to jump off anything big, with a parachute, a rubber band, or anything else tied to me.
I’m scared of heights and I see no reason to bother to get over that phobia. I can find no compelling reason to fix it.
2. I don’t need to eat bugs, organ meat, or a large rodent.
You won’t see me on Survivor choking down a raw fermented rat with bugs on it. Ain’t gonna happen.
3. I do not need, nor want, a near death experience.
Dead’s a long time. I don’t need a preview of the event.
4. I have no desire to sail around the world in a sailboat.
I’ll take a large ship with a swimming pool, a captain, adult beverages and odd dinner companions, but I’m not about to do it without all of the above.
5. I don’t need to look like I’m eighteen again.
I would not rule out plastic surgery, but bras fix, what I can’t afford and I like some of my wrinkles. Not all of them, mind you. I can stop aging now and be happy.
6. I don’t need a another, “time of the month.”
For something I used to desperately want, it’s extremely over-rated.
7. I never need to change another diaper.
Do you hear me kids? Get going on this potty training thing. Move it.
8. I don’t need to be famous.
Yes, I’d like to sell a lot of books. Every author loves that idea, but I don’t need my face printed on the back of them. I never want someone trying to sneak up to my house and root through my trash to find out what food I’m eating that keeps me too fat.
9. I don’t need to be thin.
I’m not thrilled with my weight. I could lose some, but my marathon next fall will help with that.
10. I don’t need to go a lot of places.
Sure, there are a lot of places I long to visit, but I may not get to all of them and I am happy with that. I accept that I will not see one thousand places before I die, without the benefit of a Mega Millions win.
11. I don’t need to see space.
There is enough of it in my head. I would not, even if I could, pay for the experience of having a rocket strapped to my butt and being flung out of earth’s gravitational field. I like Terra firma.
12. I would prefer not to go wreck diving.
I dive. I won’t dive in a wreck. I’ve already had a close encounter with a moray eel. I’m over that.
13. I don’t need to be rich.
Money would be nice. I would like it, but if I never get rich, I’m okay with that. I’m not about to give up family time in pursuit of wealth. If it’s money, or kids, I’ll take kids. Maybe not the gray hair, but the kids.
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February 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Well said!
though if I ever have insane amount of money, I’ll have a grand library in my home.