25

That's how old I am.  Yup, one quarter of a century. 

I know some day I'll be looking back on this and thinking, "Man, I was so young and naive."  But for the past 25 years, I've considered 25 to be kind of a major milestone.  And well, I'm just not anywhere near where I always dreamed I would be.  This realization has the potential to spin me into a quarter-life crisis, so I've decided to combat this negativity with some of my very favorite things: LISTS!  5 of them actually, each containing 5 items.  Get it?  5 lists of 5 = 25 things.  ENJOY!

5 Things I'm Grateful I Haven't Done:

• Been stung by a bee
• Broken a bone
• Had major surgery (wisdom teeth don't count)
• Gotten fired from a job
• Been in a car accident (unless you count the time when I was 15 and I backed into the church van... or the other time I backed into the neighbor's car)

5 Surprising Things I (still) Can't Do:

• Skip rocks
• Whistle
• Blow up Balloons
• Peel an orange
• Drive a stick shift

5 Exciting Things I've Done:

• Assist in the construction of 5 houses in Tecate, Mexico (beginning at age 12)
• Sky dive and Parasail

Sky Diving, 23rd Birthday

Sky Diving, 23rd Birthday

Parasailing - Mazatlan, Mexico 2007

Parasailing - Mazatlan, Mexico 2007

• Study abroad (pre-digital camera era)
• Milk a cow

22nd Birthday

• Graduate with a Bachelor's Degree

Summa Cum Laude

5 Things I Hope to Do:

• Order room service
• Take a journey in a hot air balloon (can you tell I have a thing for heights?)
• Get married
• Create life
• Ride in a gondola in Venice

5 Most Important Parts of My Life:

• Jesus
• Family
• Friends
• Love
• Laughter