The Bucket List

These are the things I want to do before I am 30. I have six and a half years to do it.

1.) Play “spin the bottle”
2.) Play “truth or dare”
3.) Bungee Jump
4.) Drive cross-country
5.) Go to New York City
6.) Go to Washington, D.C.
7.) Water-ski
8.) Stay up all night and watch the sunrise
9.) Fly somewhere..anywhere
10.) Be completely honest and vulnerable with another human being
11.) Be assertive
12.) Give up grudges
13.) Refuse to judge
14.) Rest in the moment
15.) See something intrinsicly (sp?) beauitful
16.) Do one brave/new thing every day
17.) Watch AFI’s 100 top movies
18.) Eat the 13 pound pizza in Atlanta, GA
19.) See a Broadway show
20.) Travel to England
21.) Read all of Jane Austen’s book
22.) Fall in love
23.) Buy a ridiculously beautiful piece of jewlery
24.) Slap someone
25.) Buy a new car
26.) Smoke a pipe
27.) Drink a shot of Patron
28.) Visit the Amish
29.) Be on a game show
30.) visit Los Angles

It’s been a while.

Well, it’s been about…well, a month. I told you that you shouldn’t hold your breath about my updating my blog.
Grad school sucks major balls. I hate it. Like, I’m grateful to be here but i’m so sick of school, it’s not even funny. i’m sick of the classes. i’m sick of the people. i’m sick of the homework and the pointless projects. i’m ready to start my life.

i think a lot of this has to do with my fabulous week-long vaca to Palm Coast, Florida. In five years, I have not had a decent spring break vacation but it was definitely worth the wait. It was beautiful, peaceful, and most importantly fun. it’s been a very long time since i had that much fun with people my own age.

i also learned something important. my family doesn’t need me anymore. i don’t need to feel guilty when i want to go and experience something new. It felt good to go and just relax and not have to worry about if I was letting my family down or going to disappoint my mom. it was nice to just be Jessica Barton, the person. Not Jessica Barton, the student. Not Jessica Barton, the daughter. Not Jessica Barton, the sister. Just Jessica. And it also helped that I was in a private resort which was amazing.

But after having this new experience, I want to have more. I’ve realized that with a little bit of creativity nothing is impossible. I have limited myself with lame excuses: it’s too expensive, i don’t know anybody that will go with me, blah, blah, blah. I have to be brave and make decisions. So that has lead me to create my own “Bucket List” (if you haven’t seen that movie…WATCH IT!) What is on my list? Well, stay tune for the next update.