Texas Lou

This is my ongoing, never-ending, awesome list of things to do to keep myself busy, productive, constantly learning and growing, and continuously improving my life:

• Brainstorm for the business that I want to start
• Watch H+
• Read One Second After
• Read World War Z      ✔
• Learn to brew my first batch of beer
• Create my own home brewery (contingent on buying a house since I don’t currently have room for this)
• Remodel the condo bathroom (mainly replace/repair bathroom countertop and cabinets)
• Continue learning  SQL – Take this SQL course
• Continue learning CSS – Take this CSS course
• Continue learning JavaScript – Take this JavaScript course
• Play more volleyball
• Mentor with Computers 4 Kids again
• Volunteer with Team in Training again
• Start a regular wine night or wine club with friends
• Visit my brother again and see Charleston
• Visit my aunt in Northern Virginia
• Go to Busch Gardens (don’t forget I get a discount on tickets through work)
• Go to the Richmond Zoo
• Plan another trip to New York to see Newsies again or possibly another musical like Wicked
• Go to my cousin Catie’s wedding in Seattle next summer
• Go to my cousin Jennifer’s bachelorette party in New Orleans in March
• Go to Padre Island for the Owner’s Meeting in April
• Eat lunch with friends more often and stop trying to rush through my day (Friends: invite me to lunch so I have to say yes!)
• Eat lunch with Ben more often now that I’m working closer to town
• Take a trip to Blacksburg to see the Virginia Tech campus where Ben went to college
• See a Virginia Tech football game in Blacksburg
• More dinners with friends (girls nights and couples nights)
• Keep running with Ben and improving my pace, efficiency, and time
• Take another Zumba class (when the price is right)
• Take a yoga class (when the price is right)
• Call my cousin Megan more
• Skype with my mom and my family more
• Go to Steal the Pint Night at Blue Mountain Brewery more often
• Write in my blog more often
• Visit my in-laws more often
• Have more girls nights or at least try to initiate them
• Make Christmas cards to send to family and friends
• Make a visit to Nashville to visit my VGT friends that moved there
• Visit my friend Carrie now that she lives close by (or host her and her family once we have a house)
• Go to more Trivia Nights (Geeks Who Drink, Trivia Tuesdays at McGrady’s, Mellow Mushroom Trivia Night, Tuesday Trivia Night at Wild Wing Cafe)
• Go camping
• Go hiking
• Host game nights (contingent on buying a house)
• Host craft nights (contingent on buying a house)
• Collect unique bottle caps for above said craft night
• Program a game with Ben
• Work on my professional website
• Continue to work on my writing
• Take courses on Udemy
• Take courses on Coursera
• Take courses on Udacity
• Look for freelance writing gigs (with the help of this, this, this, this, and this)
• Keep up with this hilarious website
• Do the ghost tour again
• Read more of my blogs I’m subscribed to in Google Reader
• Tour more breweries
• Continue my conquering of Netflix
• Try more new restaurants and document it on this blog
• Buy a house!
• Keep up with leveling up on Fitocracy
• Keep up with my Garmin running stats
• Don’t forget about Pinterest!
• Run another half marathon
• Go paintballing (Perhaps here)
• Go to City Clay and do some sculpting
• Go to Laizy Daisy Ceramics
• Do Fun Nite Art
• Organize my GIANT pile of papers that have been collecting in a corner for 3 years!
• Get my Texas tattoo
• Watch Supernatural
• Work on some video editing projects
• Exercise my brain with Lumosity
• Be a grown-up and organize important documents with the help of this and this
• Look into compassion meditating
• Take free classes on codeacademy.com
• Make homemade limoncello
• Make homemade vanilla extract
• Read The Happiness Project
• Read I Will Teach You To Be Rich
• Finish reading Mockingjay
• Read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
• Grow my hair long enough and then cut it and donate it to Locks of Love