Happy Birthday to Me!

I will turn 30 in 365 days. As I embark upon this last year as a twentysomething, I realize that I could be one of those people who celebrate anniversaries of her twenty-ninth birthday, or I could embrace the start of my thirties with a smile.  Whatever I decide, that’s a whole year away and I plan to make the most of my 29^th year.

1.  Stay up 24 hours straight

2.  Eat raw oysters

3.  Skydive

4.  Change a diaper

5.  Watch Scarface

I’ve got a friend who is doing this project, and while I don’t know if I could come up with one adventure for each week of the year, surely I can come up with one “first” for each year of my life?  In the last few months I’ve realized that there are several “coming of ages” experiences of which I have yet to participate. 

I had my first kiss at 15 and was engaged at 17. (That didn’t work out, btw…thankfully)   I graduated from college at 21 and passed my national licensing exam at 24.  I was 23 the first time I flew on an airplane.   That same year I bought a house.  I started my own LLC at 26 and I was 27 the first (and last) time that I shot a gun. 

I have not, however, ever stayed awake for 24 hours straight, not even throughout design school...though I’ve come close a few times.  My baby-phobia has kept me away from ever changing a diaper, and I always blamed softball for missing out on whole eras of television.  Friends?  Never watched it.  Indiana Jones?  Only a few months ago did a few of us have a marathon movie weekend, but I fell asleep during the 3^rd movie. 

So…here’s my plan:  come up with 29 things that I have never done before and attempt to complete them all this year.  According to my list thus far, I need people to party with all night long, I need to borrow someone’s kid with a dirty diaper (#1 only, please), I’ve got to tandem skydive…Jumper Attorney--I’m talking to you, Gulf Seafood was just deemed safe to eat (I’ll wait until next season for that one, just to be sure), and Scarface has been added to the Netflix queue. 

As far as the other two dozen “firsts” that I need to accomplish in the next year…any suggestions?