What Dreams May Come . . .

So, here I am, Thursday night, laundry's done, place looks good . . . did a little bit of handy man junk around the house today (emphasis on little bit), and I was thinking about what I should blog about, cuz I felt like I wanted to . . . .


I have a lot of dreams. I'm not gonna make a bucket list here or update my current one - God only knows how many lists I make A DAY, so I don't feel the need to make another. But in one of my journals / writing pads, I decided to scrawl the words REAWAKEN IMAGINATION across the top, and then think of all the things I've always wanted to do that I didn't need someone else with me to accomplish.

Keep in mind, I think it would be uber sweet and romantic to do most of these with my girlfriend/wife/significant other, but that's been my problem for the last little while - limiting myself in what I seek to do by deciding to forego certain experiences until someone special is in the picture . . .

Screw that. We're not promised tomorrow, so I'm not gonna wait till I'm in a "relationship space" or with someone to try and do some of these things.

I'm going to go to, in no particular order, Holland, England, Scotland, Iceland (which I was kinda picturing as a honeymoon spot, but what the hell - it's still beautiful there), Uganda, Thailand (both of those for much different reasons than the previous countries), to school to get a master's, to Lulu.com to publish my novel, to any cave anywhere once I take up spelunking, to every ocean and surf, to somewhere for surf lessons . . . .

Sure, some of my really big dreams (havign kids, being a husband and father, Saturday morning walks around the backyard in search of worms / frogs / leaves / snowmen, depending on the season) are gonna have to wait for Her. And that's cool. But I'm not going to be idle while I wait for that day.

So . . . just a little glimpse into where I'm at in this particular season of life. What I've shared is by no means everything I plan to do, but it's a good start. And I'm giving myself the rest of my life to complete it.