38 and 12

I am officially 38. And I have 12 year olds. Having concurrent birthdays really makes the whole passage of time thing feel like a hammer smashing down on your illusion of youth. But, we're all healthy and happy and life is good, so what does it matter how old we are?

Well, it does matter in the sense that I now also officially have less than 2 years left to complete my 40 by 40 list. I've got numbers 3, 13 and 20 all cued up, so that's good. But somehow I still have 18 things left!! Yikes.

In honor of my birthday - and as a distraction from thinking about the fact that my babies are 12 - I thought I should make a plan for which items I'm going to check off the list in the next 12 months....

Ok, so already planned:

#3 - Eat Joel Robuchon's 16-course tasting menu in Las Vegas - this is BOOKED for one week from today!!!!!

#13 See the glaciers in Alaska - this is BOOKED for August!

#20 Take a cruise - we are cruising to #13!

What else can I feasibly take on in the next 12 months?

#2 Bake a pie from scratch - yes, I can do this. It should be relatively easy now that I'm been to pastry bootcamp.

#17 Get another tattoo - yes, this is going to happen. I know what I want and I just need to have it drawn...and then inked. I can do that this year.

#24 Learn how to play poker - given how much I love the casino, it's stupid that I haven't learned this yet. I can do that this year.

#34 Read Don Quixote - everyone tells me I don't really want to do this, but it seems that I do, so this might as well be the year.

#35 Write each one of my friends a letter saying what they mean to me - yes, I can do this. I will do this. I need to start now and work through them over the year.

#38 Learn to change a tire - again, why haven't I just done this? I can do this. This summer even...Even if I never actually have to use this knowledge because I have a cell phone and AAA.

#39. Cook a lobster - sounds like a dinner party! Maybe I should combine this one with #2. Could be fun.

Ok, so that leaves a solid 11 things for my 39th year of life. At some point I will have to decide what qualifies as making exercise part of my life...and I may need to start entering contests. But at least I've got a plan...