East by Midwest

So, I'm not much of a biker, compared to the average Davis-ite. But now here I am in the Midwest. I refused to live further than a bike-ride from work. I even chatted to the friendly bike-shop people about the dirth of bike racks on campus. But when it comes down to it, I've never worked on my own bike. I pawned past projects on others who needed to borrow a bike. So it made my list to learn to fix mine.



A great guy, who's rommate screwed me over for housing (rant), gave me an awesome old-fashioned road-bike, that I love already, though I haven't ridden her much. My first love of a bike. I popped an inner tube on my first effort to commute to work :( and today, with the help of a roomie, I changed it out! Ha, no prob, it went w/out a hitch, except I bought the wrong inner tube initially, thinking that Target must have all the imaginable sizes of inner tubes, and that my bike tire must be mistaken. 26 x 1" with the tricky air pump opening. Go figure. I knew they were really thin from my former Davis life.








No bike-lanes on the bridge to cross the river. It's probably pretty dangerous to bike around here. A friend will mail my helmet soon. This life, I will wear it. Getting used to going so fast. And learned what a hill was. But in reality, Lafayette is flat. Almost killed a tree today (see pic). They need more bike racks is all I have to say. You think I would have killed more trees by now. . .

So, busy busy internship. I have tried to make a start at these tasks, and considering my messy move to Indiana, I think I did alright. I probably stretched for 3 days in 1 week, but I won't count that 'till I keep track. I commuted to school for the first time, fixed my popped inner tube all on my own (w/Betsy's guidance) and am about to post some thank-you notes by snail-mail. I even chatted up the nice folks at the bicycle shop (Virtuous Cycles) (they noted the similarity in name to Bike Church). Haven't done much, but I'm ready for the weekend!

101 Things in 1001 Days

Mission:
Complete 101 noteworthy tasks (that may not otherwise be completed) in 1001 days.


The List:

Travel
1. visit an island abroad (Galapagos, Majorca, etc.) (St. Christopher, what what?!!)
2. learn 1 authentic dish from a native of that country
3. visit Chicago (+++)
4. visit New York (sorta)

Financial
5. make a fun fund (an account for fun activities and funded by extra-curricular activities)
6. balance a check book for 1 mo
7. estimate annual spending accurately
8. learn about investing (speak to an accountant)
9. invest a percentage of my income
10. figure out taxes
11. investigate on money from the city  fun fund

Health
12. meditate 20 min/d for 5 consecutive days 3 times (0/3)
13. be vegetarian for 1mo
14. learn 2 gluten free dishes 0/2)
15. learn 2 vegan desserts (0/2)
16. learn 5 new vegitarian dishes (1/5-coconut dumplings)
17. stretch 3 d/week for more than 5 min. for 6 weeks
18. buy an electric toothbrush (1/1)
19. modify the head ;)
20. go to the dentist regularly
21. visit a nutritionist or start taking a multivitamin
22. get 7 h of sleep for 28 consecutive days.
23. don't chat online past 1am (non-food reward for every time I do this)
24. call up some girlfriends! (:
25. do 3 things on this list when I am feeling down (1/3)
26. diva cup

Friends and Family
27. make 5 great lasting friendships
28. write snail mail (5/15)

• vet school classmates (4)
• Indy

29. send 5 care packages (4/5)

• to Aus
• to WA
• to OR
• to CA

30. become close friends with 2 family members (0/2)
31. contact 3 old friends that I haven't spoken to in a while (0/3)
32. learn my family tree +/- map it out
33. register as Native American
34. take a trip with family members
35. host 1 big party
36. call extended family (0/6)

Professional
37. speak up
38. stop saying um
39. stop saying like inappropriately
40. learn veterinary vocabulary in Japanese (visiting JP students, anatomy terms, JP client!)
41. learn veterinary vocabulary in Spanish (working on Spanish)
42. conduct one self-motivated presentation (U/S!)
43. do conservation work (0/20)
44. do emergency work and contribute money to the fun fund!
45. learn about surgery/anatomy/radiography of birds (+)
46. learn about surgery/anatomy/radiography of reptiles (student presentation) (+)

Continuing Education
47. learn up to 5th grade kanji
48. develop my Japanese grammar (vet stuff. . .)
49. learn a dance (5 classes or 1 course)
50. learn to drive a stick shift
51. teach a skill to a person or a group
52. learn to sing 10 songs
53. learn to play 5 songs well on guitar
54. learn to fix my bike (changed inner tube, multiple, multiple times, brake adjust)
55. read the news 3x/week for 1 mo (hmm)
56. learn 5 dishes from another (the same) country and perfect them
57. make puff pastry (0/5)
58. learn geography (working on it)
59. become ambidextrous

Personal Growth
60. become more chatty
61. i (no interest-resolved)
62. c (the K crew!)
63. do 6 things consciously out of my ordinary (0/6)
64. clean house regularly twice a month (0/12)
65. make my bed on 28 consecutive days (+)
66. get rid of stuff (1/1-nothin' like movin to an island)

Recreation!
67. go on 3 overnight camping/hiking trips (2/3)
68. knit a sweater or cardigan (+)
69. have brunches every mo for 20 mo or 20 total (0/20)
70. hold an informational interview with a bakery owner
71. make an estimate of startup costs for a bakery
72. come up with a working menu (see fb post, and help me with this!)
73. blog about completed goals (some)
74. watch 5 award-winning films (3 int'l) (0/5)
75. take 10 day trips or nights out in the city

• Chicago (3)
• Indy (a few)

76. dumpster dive 5 times (0/5)
77. learn 20 cheap date ideas (0/20)

• take me geocaching!! or letterboxing (No Way! There are some in Lafayett!!!)
• downtown tour by architecture or historical society
• school/college's observatory!!
• university events
• GORP has a list of hikes in North Am, World Hiking has links to local directories
• sled/snowman/snowball fight/igloo
• botanic gardens or greenhouses at the uni or in the city
• space.com and starrynight.com can tell you what you're looking at in the sky. See nightsky report on space.com
• set up a treasure hunt
• oh wait, I need a date first-sigh
• hiking/beach/picnic
• go to the playground
• guys…If you want to cook dinner, remember, she doesn’t care what you make.
• make a dinner 'menu' complete with the event or restaurant name, what is being served and a nice note about the occasion
• make chocolate-covered strawberries (with tuxedos!), or chocolate fondue, or CHEESE fondue!!
• decorate pillow-cases?? Caramel cows for sweet dreams!
• 5 more . . .

78. make and sell 5 items out of re-purposed items (0/5)
79. invent something
80. develop 2 new interests (2/2) cycling, entrepreneuring
81. plan forward for the weekend (2/20)
82. participate monthly in community service (3/24?)
83. make a dress
84. speed up (working on it)
85. learn about and grow dahlias

• they don't grow well in Indiana. .. :(

86. backup photos from mac


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