30 before 30, redux

Okay, so I've got about three weeks until my job starts. I want to make the most of this time! What better way to kick off the summer than to review the 30 Before 30 list I created last year for my 28th birthday and try to knock out a few things. I should go ahead and add some as well, since I really only listed like 22, I think?

Here it is:

1) Read the New Testament [I'm halfway there...]
2) Plant a (herb?) garden
3) Perfect grandma's chicken and rice [Well... I cooked it again, but I'm not sure I quite perfected it!]
4) Learn to cook Ajiaco
5) Attend Catholic mass in Italian Latin and Spanish (neighborhood churches around here do that sort of thing) [Latin mass attended; next up, Spanish!]
6) Get a Brazilian wax [This was supposed to be the 'gimme' for my wedding, but I kinda sorta chickened out...]
7) Be able to do a new hairstyle (no ponytails) [I learned how to properly blow-dry my hair and straighten it... I'm counting that as a win.]
8) Introduce T to my Colombian relatives [This New Years....]
9) Learn to hem / basic sewing
10) Record my dad's life story
11) Visit my bro in CO or wherever he is [Did it last December!!]
12) Run in a race [Gonna train to run the big city 10k next May!]
13) Play on an intramural/community sports team
14) Get a bike
15) Go back country camping
16) Go fishing
17) Spend a night dancing at a Latin music club [I've danced my behind off at a couple places this year :)]
18) Shoot a roll of film & frame a new picture for my walls
19) Take a Tae Kwon Do class
20) Take a yoga class
21) Publish a zine
22) Ride a wave on a surf board
NEW ADDITIONS
23) Take accordion lessons
24) Be a regular volunteer
25) Visit at least two local museums
26) Do an agility course with E
27) Play blackjack in a casino
28) Get a spray tan
29) Visit a farm with my mom
30) Take a road trip with T

Ok.... this is gonna be fun! I haven't gotten far yet, but I can definitely tackle these items within the next year and some change. This time last year, I had fallen down the stairs and hurt my leg, gotten sick with bronchitis and was about to lose two family members, one completely unexpectedly; and I was planning a wedding to boot. This summer, I pray, will be more relaxing, slower-paced and inspiring. Woo hoo!