28 and a PhD

So, following in the footsteps of one of my fave bloggers, Red, I’m compiling a list of 30 things I’d like to do before I turn 30 (which will happen in 2011, I’m turning 28 in ~4 weeks, YAY!).

Here we go intertube beetchez:

1. Cut my hair, again, super short like when I was in college. See, I’ve always had medium length to long hair and when I was in college I decided to do something drastic and chop off ~10 inches of hair one Friday afternoon. I look at pictures of me back then and I totally dig the look, but since I’m overweight right now (I was ~140, size 6-8, now I’m 183, size 12-14) I need to … DONE. As of 09-21-09 my hair if officially short. Not super, super short, but definitely a lot shorter than usual
2. Lose those darn 43 pounds, or at least get back to the 145-155 range. Stupid grad school stress is driving me nuts. I cannot sleep well unless it’s a Saturday, therefore …
3. I need to finish my PhD. I started this thing back in 2003 and I need to finish pronto so I can move in with the boyfriend, start a new job, travel all the way north so I can … DONE
4. Relocate to Canada. Yup, that’s right, I will be moving to eastern Canada sometime around the summer. Don’t be fooled, the Ice Box gets pretty darn hot in the summer … and of course SUPER cold in the *gulp* 8 months of friggin’ cold weather, but I’m in love with the dude and I must go if we want to have this thing work out without the long distance we’ve had for 2 or the 4 years we’ve been together. DONE
5. Saw my own bikini or bathing suit, because I like the fit of some undies I would like to have swim apparel sawn by me which fits like it should, not like a store bought thing. Nice fitting undies would be the way to guide my creation.
6. Get a 2nd tattoo …. I’m a Nintendo Freak, thus I’m in love with those 1Up mushroom tats that look pixelated. They look so very cute and remind me of my childhood.
7. Visit my grams tomb more often. I don’t visit it very often because though she’s been dead for more than 10 years, I still miss her like crazy. I love to talk to her, I think her soul is now part of the universe, but still, I like to talk to her there.
8. Buy a kick a** DSLR so I can snap kick a** pics of everything I like and post them on my Flickr.
9. Pay off all of my credit card debt, which now is ~20K. I hope to get rid of two of them this year … we’ll see.
10. If I have a kid before 30, have a natural birth, without episiotomies or any unnecesary surgeries or pain killers. I’m an idiot that has to medicate every time Aunt Flo visits, but I’d hate for my kid to be exposed to a bunch of things and anesthesia and stuff.
11. Go to a nature doctor whatevs and get my aura and rest of self checked out.
12. Live for a few months, if not 1 year without coke or any carbonated drinks.
13. Go back to Europe and spend a LOT less, preferably after paying off credit card debt and use cash only.
14. Throw away, donate or sell everything I don’t need and live a simpler life … without too much stuff. DONE … because of #4 … it feels great
15. Have my own website and learn HTML, Perl, Java, etc….
16. Get Adobe Photoshop and/or Illustrator. The boyfriend bought a new computer which came with Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements, so I can mark this one off. I really enjoy working with PS.
17. Get a kick a** laptop.
18. Get waxed or lasered on a regular basis so I can kiss goodbye to the annoying hairs on my legs.
19. Get laser treatment for acne scars.
20. Plant my own garden and grow my own fruits and veggies, or at least my own lavender so I can make my own yummy smelling soaps
21. Get a best female friend with whom I can share girl-stuff that might bore my BF (bless his heart), go shopping, waxing, etc.
22. Fix my lovely college watch and use it again … but # 2 HAS to come true in order for it to fit :-S
23. Run a 5k or something similar once I’m fit so I can stop feeling like a slob
24. Get a nice check up of my tubes and uterus to see why I keep having painful “nature visits” …. or remove them if possible (I know it’s crazy, but I’m tired of the stupid pain) …. at least I’ll know if I can bear children or not.
25. Go thrifting at least once to see what’s all about.
26. Go to a spa.
27. Visit Chicago & San Fran … two cities I’ve heard great stuff about but never visited
28. Go back to Amherst, MA and spend a day or two there so I can reminisce of my lovely summer there.
29. Visit Cape Hatteras and spend the day snapping pics of the lovely lighthouse there
30. Sponsor my local public radio/TV station.

Here you have it friends of the interwebz. Now share yours!