Let those two titles soak in! (I’ll wait…)
It’s the thanksgiving season and I have a little bit of idle time.
I was counting my blessings today. The list is endless. Life is very good!
I went to see North Texas play Western Kentucky today. I only got to see half of the game because my two companions were ready to abandon ship during the first quarter. It was raining. They were cold. I made them hold out until halftime. They got colder… they couldn’t get wetter. We left. It hasn’t been a good season for my Alma Mater. While I was making dinner, a trip to sonic, I was listening to the post game show… North Texas 27… Western Kentucky 26.
I missed out on a great second half of football. I let me two companions know what they made me miss… they are twelve… they will forget about it… what? They already have. My Dad made me change the channel during the 1979 Cotton Bowl because the University of Houston was spanking one of my favorite teams, Notre Dame. Notre Dame won. Probably the greatest come back in Cotton Bowl history… I didn’t get to see it. I haven’t forgotten.
Today made me think about all the things I have been able to do in my life… and all the things I need/want to do in the time I have left.
In his book, Lou talks about his list of things he wanted to accomplish. He broke this list into five categories… including financial, professional, spiritual, husband/father, and excitement. Lou listed the following from his excitement category;
Jump out of an airplane
Land a jet fighter on an aircraft carrier
Travel the ocean in a submarine
Go white-water rafting on the Snake River at Hell’s Canyon
Be on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
Attend a White House dinner with the president
Meet the pope
Go on an African Safari
Become a scratch golfer and play the Top 50 golf courses in the world
Run with the bulls in Pamplona
In the five categories… Lou listed 107 goals… achieving 99 at the publishing of his book.
So… that’s what I’m going to do… start a list… of things to do and places to see… and see how many I can scratch off before I wear out my last pair of shoes… the list starts below. Feel free to leave a comment with suggestions… I might just add it to my list.
Jump out of an airplane (yes… a perfectly good airplane)
Bungee jump
White water raft
Throw out the first pitch at a major league baseball game (without the one hop)
Play one on one with Mark Aguirre (my basketball hero)
Earn a doctorate in education
Finish my career as a high school principal
Live in a foreign city for six months to a year.
Spoil my grandchildren (this one can wait about 20 years)
