An (incomplete) list of things I never thought I'd do (and did!)

1. Move to China: I never even wanted to VISIT China

2. Be fluent in another language: I struggled through a couple of years of French in High School, tried my hand at a little Hebrew in college but never knew I'd be fluent in another language, let alone one as crazy as Turkish

3. Enjoy riding a scooter to work I cried when Josh made me ride with him **and wrecked** a motorcycle on our honeymoon. Now I'm the proud owner owner of a great little scooter of my own and I ride it in CHINESE TRAFFIC. (with a helmut, mom!)

4. Be a Mac Girl: But it's true, "Once you go Mac, you'll never go back." Hmmmm.... wonder if Apple would pay me for that slogan?

5. Raise my kids in an apartment: maybe one day we'll be in a house....sigh....

6. Love Liturgy: I never wanted to be "stuck" repeating other people's words. Man, I had no idea....

7. Spend time in Africa: another country (okay, continent) not on my "must see" list but I'm so glad we've spent as much time in South Africa as we have. I sure do miss it (and Niel and Alece, and Thrive Africa...)

8. Teach at a University: Write a book? YES! (no I haven't) Get a Master's Degree? YES (no I haven't....yet) Teach at a university? Never thought so! 

Hmmmm.... there you go. That's a start anyway. What's on your list??

(*This is from Chana, by the way)

Comments

[alisa]

What a great list! An adventurous life to be sure. I've had my own list going in the back of my head for some time, too--maybe I'll blog about it later this week. Love you and have a great day (night!). Wish I could see you on that scooter! (Have Josh take some footage)

[jen ambrose]

I like your list. It is like the opposite of a bucket list (of which I am not a fan).
The move to China thing is one of them. I always hoped if I had an expat life it would be somewhere that had better coffee, like Rome or somewhere.
Another one for me is bake and bake often. My mom hated baking anything--cookies, cakes, pies, etc. In fact, I have never seen her bake muffins. I don't know if it was because of the mess or because she liked being skinny, but I grew up with little in the way of baked goods in our home. Now that I have kids, any day is a good day for muffins or bread or a pie or something like that, even here in China (though it is kinda expensive hobby here).

[alece]

how did i not know you were blogging?

i've missed you.

[Kate Wang]

"u will never know~~~" that's the most fun part of life, maybe
i've never thought being an English major
nor studying in the US
nor toast breads every morning
nor wrote 3 more than 4 pages long amerincan history papers already
u'll never know

[Rachel]

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