My Bucket List (Revised)

In 2013, I posted an article here called My Bucket List.  At that time, the list was quite short, having only three items on it.  As I look back, I realize that I have actually accomplished two of those three items. The odds of completing the unfinished item any time in the near future are quite remote, so I have decided it is time to update and revise my list.  In that my 79th birthday is only about  seven weeks away, it reminds me that I have probably experienced way more of my life than I will experience going forward.  It also makes me realize that on the premise that one should not kick the bucket until their bucket list is complete, I want to add items to the list in the hopes that the added items will add the necessary time to my life to complete them.  So here goes…

Item 1:  I would like to have the opportunity to walk again on thesandy beaches of the Gulf Coast of Florida.  There is something about the feel of the warm sand between one’s toes that is beyond equal.  This seems possible.

Item 2:  I would like to visit the memorial to the U.S.S. Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  I have visited the war memorials in Washington, D.C. and the emotions I felre hard to describe.  I feel a need to pay tribute to those who died at Pearl Harbor as well.  This one might be a bit more difficult to achieve, but hope springs eternal.

Item 3: I would like to travel by train to Chicago and take one or more of the Gangster tours.  However, the one caveat is, I want to do this solo.  Over the past few years, due to failing eyesight, I have lost most of my ability to do things independently, particularly if transportation is involved.  But since I will not drive the train or tour bus, I should be able to figure the rest out unassisted.  I guess this one is remotely possible.

Item 4.  I would like to revisit some of the places I visited while in the Navy.  This includes Istanbul, Turkey; Nice, France; Portsmouth, England; and Palma de Mallorca. I visited them as a young sailor, but my attention tended more towards the seedy side of these locations, and I missed out on the cultural aspects of these ports of call.  I would like to correct that.  This one is really a stretch, but one can hope.

Item 5:  I need to revise one from my original bucket list.  In that list, I spoke of dancing at all of my grandchildren’s weddings.  I mentioned that my youngest grandchild was only two, so it was asking a lot.  Since I wrote that in 2013, that two-year-old is now a teenager, but the concept has become more challenging in that yet another grandchild was added to our family, and she is only four.  I am saddened to think that this item is probably unattainable, but who knows.

There you have it, my revised bucket list.  Please wish me luck on achieving all the items, or better yet, you can donate viacash, checks, or money orders gladly accepted to help finance this list (just kidding, I don’t take checks).

That is all I have to say about that.  I hope you have positive thoughts that  will push karma in the right direction to assist me in achieving my bucket list (impossible dreams).  Please feel free to share, comment, and report me to the authorities.  Until next week, live well.