i'm not really a bucketlist kind of person. i don't even know if that's one word or two. there are places i wanna travel to and big things i wanna do, but actually compiling a list with the intention that i want to do them before i die will only bring out my crazy anxiety/hypochondriac tendencies and make me feel like i have to do them as soon as humanly possibly in case something horrible happens. ugh, now i'm bummed out.
anyways, i have my first "paid time off" coming up and i'm taking a whole week off for vacation. i had to plan by vacation somewhat quickly because of the way the vacation policy is at my work. so i thought i had planned it enough far out that i could get one of my friends to take some time off too, maybe travel with me. but no such luck. it's hard because my closest girl friends are all married now. planning even a simple hang out with them can be hard. so a trip, near impossible. i'm not married, don't even have a boyfriend, so trying to plan a week off with actual fun stuff to do by myself has been really hard.
people always say that i should just do stuff by myself, even if it's something that you would normally do with a significant other. in some cases, that is outright stupid. there are some activities that if you try to do them alone it's either pointless, boring, or just plain depressing. while there are plenty of things i don't mind doing by myself, and that includes going to the movies and having dinner at a restaurant, i still draw the line with some stuff. as i was looking through Groupon for activity ideas, i came up with a list of things that i need at least one other person to do with me in order to make it fun. so this is basically me letting my friends know that i want to do these things and we can do them for cheap! so lets schedule awesome times!!!!
things to do:
ride a gondola, obviously kinda romantic but could be fun with friends
jump around like an idiot at one of those Sky Zone places, even though it's mostly for kids
go kart racing, i will seriously kick all your asses at this
paintball, more of a group thing than just 2 people
ride in a hot air balloon, doesn't have to be romantic but you can't have a fear of heights
take a trip to Catalina Island and do whatever it is people do there, maybe ride a Vespa
visit the Queen Mary, possibly around Halloween since i know they do special stuff then
do one of those movie in the park events, it's basically a picnic which you cannot do alone cuz you creep everyone else out
i also wanna learn how to shoot a gun and go to a shooting range, just to try it out. i like action movies so it makes me curious if i would be good at it. maybe get some FBI style sunglasses and a stick-on mustache. come up with a fake name like Burt Macklin but for a girl. so i guess Berta Macklin. but that doesn't sound like a hot chic. i don't know, i'll figure it out by then.
i've been doing PaintNite already but i'm always up for more.
so come on, you guys! lets do this!
