My Roaring Twenties

My friend recently wrote a fun post on her blog listing the 30 things she plans to accomplish before turning 30, which of course inspired me to think up my own list. 

First let me say, thus far, my twenties have been pretty cool. I survived college, settled into a job and grew at a great company, bought a house and as we all know, married my lovely husband. Not too shabby. But of course, there is always more to be done. 

I actually do have quite some time to do this, as I am still 26 for three more months, so we're looking at roughly three years to knock off the below items. Do you think I can do it? I think so.  

Here is how I plan to make these last few years of my twenties roaring. :)

1. Finish a 10K road race. Let’s hope I can do that one this spring or summer!
2. Relax more. Stress less. Enough said?
3. Go to Italy and Greece
4. Get involved with something in my community. I'd love to coach a youth sport.
5. Write and publish something. –This one is a big to-do. This blog may have to suffice for the time being. 
6. Go back to California to see Miss Foley before she moves back to the east (where she belongs) and visit my Dad in Florida as much as possible.
7. Re-do our pantry to make it a laundry room and pantry.
8. Build a back deck onto our house
9. Host an annual holiday party – we started this one last year! 
10. And on that same note, host a family holiday dinner at our home..
11. Add a very small in-ground pool to our yard. Billy will laugh when he reads this one. I might lose this battle, but I’ll try hard. A blow up kiddie pool might have to do if Billy has anything to say about it. 
12. Finding a way to return the amazing support given by our parents, siblings, family and friends through our entire wedding process. It takes an army to get through planning a wedding these days and I certainly felt like we had one helping us. I hope I can return the favor to you all one day!
13. Going to bed by 10 PM every night. This one seems silly but Andy Cohen literally ruins my sleeping pattern. I love BRAVO and I love him, which often leads me to not falling asleep until 11:30 when his show is over..
14. Learn how to use my stand mixer and food processor that we were given as wedding gifts. Would you believe it when I say I haven’t used either of these once? I know, it’s a crime to all woman-kind. 
15. Take a ballroom dance class. Billy would tell you that every time I watch Dancing with the Stars I start dancing around our house for the remainder of the evening, declaring that I should be on the show if they ever decide to have Dancing with the Normal People. One can dream, right?
16. Dare I say this out loud…. (get pregnant) – WHEN I AM 30 – and remember, I am only 26. Let’s all relax.
17. Get an SUV and a beach sticker. I think going to the beach might be one of my favorite things to do. 
18. Learn how to drive standard. Just because.
19. I’ve talked about this one before, but get a vegetable garden going and try to actually keep the plants alive. 
20. Earn a Master’s Degree.
21. Go Zip Lining.
22. Drive to the Cape and see one of those lovely Great White sharks that have joined our New England shores. 
23. Learn to cook more Middle Eastern recipes… my Grandmother gave me one of her very own recipe books recently, which I am SO excited about. If I can cook any of them half as good as she did, I’ll be a happy woman.
24. Watch all of the Godfather movies. Can you believe I’ve never seen them?
25. Read more. This is one of those things that falls to the bottom of the totem pole when you work a lot and don’t get enough rest.
26. Visit Manhattan once a year. I loveeee going to this city. And lucky for me, a good friend recently moved to Hoboken, which is right outside of the city, so this might be easier done than I think.
27. Attend a talk show’s live taping. I would LOVE to go to the Ellen show, or Bethenny Frankel’s new show coming this fall, but any show would do. 
28. Go to Las Vegas. Billy said the other day that if he doesn’t go to Vegas before he turns 30 he has failed at life. 30th birthday party idea, Mr. Glynn?  
29. Officially change my name! I have been married for about 9 months now and have yet to formally change my name. I haven’t decided on how I want to do this, as I want to keep Omar somewhere, so I might be Amelia Carolyne Omar Glynn – too long? Probably? Who Cares.
30. And lastly, staying happily married. I don’t plan to just do this until I’m 30, (of course), but I hope we’re still in the state we are in now, which is happily married and in love.

So that’s all for today. I feel tired just thinking about all of the above! But this was a fun one to think up. I am sure I’ll add things to the list as life changes throughout the next three years but this feels like a good starting point.

Here's to making whatever decade of life that you're in a roaring one!