I am sitting here thinking of things that I have never done. Things I would like to do. But I fear that the older I get the odds of doing these things diminishes exponentially.
1. Skydive--This is on many people's lists, but I really mean it. I want to jump out of an airplane, feel my cheeks suck in to my face, spread my arms, and fall. And then find the red cord, pull it, and discover a functional parachute.
2. Run a Marathon--I think at one point this was a possibility. I could run quite a long ways. Or at least saunter. I no longer think I could even saunter twenty-six miles without a nap.
3. See the Pyramids-There are a lot of things I'd like to see, but for whatever reason this one sticks with me. I don't need the camel ride, done that. Just plop me down on the banks of the Nile, preferable not in flood season.
4. Watch an egg hatch--This was supposed to be standard in Kindergarten, but I was sick that day. Decades later I still haven't seen this with my own eyes.
5. Hit a Home Run--Any ballpark will do. Batting practice is fine. I just want to watch that bugger go. I will even submit to steroid and growth hormone testing. No asterisk after my homer. No sir.
6. Catch a fish longer than one foot long--My dogfish was close, but it was too ugly to count.
7. Go to a Drive in Movie with my wife (and have no idea what the movie was the next morning). I don't even know if there are Drive-Ins anymore.
I've decided to try. I am going to try to achieve all seven goals in the next . . . five years. Why not?
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