45. Go to the rodeo. Done(ish).

SO, here's the deal. I was all set at the beginning of rodeo season, when everyone's raging (it's long over, btw). Had my ticket to go see Styx, was going to meet up with a friendly of mine and it was just going to be amazing. UH-mazing. Styx is kind of my heart. And they were playing in my city, at the rodeo. Easy enough to cross off the birthday list, right?

Wrong. That Monday came and I was ridiculously sick. As in, have to leave work way early, miss a doctor appointment, and OH, ALSO, PS THE STYX SHOW THAT NIGHT because I'm curled up in bed while my stomach reenacts that scene from Alien, or something.

So I was going to the rodeo. I just didn't ACTUALLY make it there. And to be completely honest, Styx was really my only reason for going. Could not afford to drop more dollars after missing that event, but it ended up being ok because my broseph and I had some facetime realtalk that night, and I knew why I'd needed to be home and not at Reliant Stadium with thousands of screaming fans singing along to the Best of Times. Even if it meant dealing with my insides screaming at me. Or something. 

I'm still crossing it off the 48 before 24 list, because I had a damn ticket. I listened to the holographic Paradise Theater album on repeat from my bed all night, if that counts for anything. Done is done.  

xo

I'm doing 48 things (some new, some old-new) before I turn 24 next year!

1. Go roller skating (too bad they won’t be playing bad 90s music anymore)

2. Visit the Houston Zoo

3. Submit one body of written work for contest/publication

4. Submit one piece of artwork for contest/exhibit

5. Go on a father/daughter date

6. Re-learn, for real this time, how to knit

7. Sew a dress for a Life Occasion

8. Photo day with my girl C-Cote

9. Learn Russian (ish)

10. Go to a DiverseWorks exhibit

11. Photograph my grandparents

12. Record my grandparents’ stories from Cuba

13. Archive my grandparents’ photos from Cuba

14. Volunteer at a shelter

15. Finish the ALIVE art journal

16. Find a home church

17. Mail encouraging notes to strangers

18. Write a review (any kind)

19. Interview a band

20. See a show at Dean’s Credit Clothing

21. Crochet a peter pan collar

22. Dissect Ginsberg’s HOWL…because I never actually finished doing that

23. Photograph my favorite part of the city

24. Take a yoga class do yoga once a week

25. Go to a jazz club !!!

26. Officially meet my ladybird in Cali

27. Go for a nature/inspiration walk

28. Record a track and/or sing at an open mic night with my brother

29. Finish The Chevron Throw of Fail haha…

30. Sketchbook Project 2014 (since I had an utter memory lapse in 2013)

31. Go salsa dancing !!!

32. Decorate my office

33. Experience The Eagles’ entire discography, in full, on the floor. Make art to it.

34. Repaint my room

35. Go on a mother/daughter massage date thing (my neck/shoulders feel like knotted granola all the damn time)

36. Sew a pillow cover

37. Go to a farmer’s market (Pearland or downtown)

38. See a play (at the Alley, at Stages, wherever)

39. Finish my short-story-in-progress

40. Go to an improv show

41. Start my Really Important Life Mantra Tattoo

42. Go to an Astros game since I haven’t been in years (and so I can experience the abuse firsthand. Dear AL, you suck)

43. Host a themed party of some kind

44. Take a book-binding class

45. MAYBE EVEN GO TO THE RODEO. I can’t really stand countryanything, but I am a Texan, after all…

46. Interview a local artisan

47. Read two more books by Rilke and Hesse
48. TBA !