So.. I adopted a cat.

I pick him up next Saturday.  I went to The Humane Society and fell in love.  I left with an adoption contract and hives... I think this might be a bad idea.

#9: Go to a country I've never been to

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

I spent four days in the beginning of this month in Puerto Plata, Domican Republic.  My sister and I took a trip to Paradise for her final Spring Break of college.  I graduated years ago, but far be it from me to miss an opportunity to go to an all-inclusive beach-front resort in the beginning of March.

It was beautiful.  I wouldn't say it was the best trip I've been on, as far as destinations go, but I had an amazing time with my sister.  The three bottles of sunblock we went through in a day and a half made sure that we didn't burn.  We enjoyed our free drinks and food.  We lounged by the pool and beach, danced at the disco and night club.  We spent a rainy day swimming with dolphins, sharks and sting rays.

This leads me to #20.  I didn't realize that I was actually terrified of sting rays.  But, it turns out that I am.  Like irrationally terrified.  I don't have any photos of that endeavor because the proof was just too sad.  Lisa and I screamed like little girls and I swear I almost cried.  The animal trainers kept screwing with us because, after all, we were scared, screaming Americans.

Yes, that's a shark on our laps.

0 Down, 30 To Go

In exactly two weeks, I will turn  28.  That's almost 30.  It got me thinking about all that I have done in my life, and all that I haven't.  Over the next two years and two weeks, I hope to accomplish these thirty tasks.  It's not that I'm not proud of where I am now - I've graduated from college, bought my own place (and a real, non-hand-me-down couch), I've been in love, I've learned to manage my crazy, I've lived in Europe, I've zip-lined and rock climbed and snow-shoed.  I've been to Hawaii.  I got into nursing school... But there's alot I haven't done.  Thanks to my friend Rob, and his awesome 30x30 list, I've started my own.  So, without further adieu, here's the list:

1. Bring my credit card debt to zero
2. Put "RN" after my name
3. Go to Nashville, Graceland and a rodeo
4. Learn to change a flat tire
5. Go parasailing
6. Go skydiving
7. Run a 10K
8. Do 100 pushups
9. Go to a country I've never been to March 4, 2010
10. Go scuba diving
11. Go blonde
12. Keep a plant alive for six months
13. Go snowboarding
14. Take surfing lessons
15. See AFI's top 100 movies
16. Paint or draw something to hang in my place
17. Get a pet March 14, 2010
18. Ride 100 miles on my bike
19. Play 18 holes of golf
20. Do something I'm terrified of  March 2, 2010
21. Buy myself an amazing piece of jewelery
22. Take a cross-country road trip
23. Host a fancy-pants dinner party
24. Read 10 classic novels
25. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
26. Scan and organize my family's photos
27. Give blood
28. Spend a full day volunteering
29. Learn to drive stick
30. ??? Open for suggestions

P.S.  My blog is pink!  :) :)