Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Where did my 1001 days go?

I could have sworn I had another year left on this... However, it appears my 1001 days are up and I should evaulate how far I got. And see how many of those 101 are being recycled onto the next 1001 days!

1. Cut spending to under £50/week.
I think I may have been delusional on writing this. However, I hadn't anticipated moving to London. FAIL
2. Start horse-riding again.
Again, hello - London. I ride the Tube. FAIL.
3. Join a university club or society - (23/9/09 - Dance Soc)
Double success as I joined the netball team at my new uni :)
4. Go to at least one surgical skills workshop - (26/10/10 - Suturing Workshop)
5. Get a paper published.
Nada. I have a potential place as third author on my supervisor's thesis. FAIL
6. Assist in theatre - (24/8/09)
Over 80 assisted procedures and counting :D
7. Get under 9 stone again! And stay there....
Ha. I may have managed this momentarily last summer. This winter I put on 5kg. FAIL.
8. Get engaged.
I got single instead. FAIL
9. Dye my hair (first time for everything!) - (1/6/09)
10. Own a piece of jewellery that costs over £100 (not inc engagement ring).
I lost the necklace that would cost £140 to replace, if that counts. Not that it will now be replaced given that it was my first anniversary gift from the now ex.
11. Make the first incision.
Still bloody nothing.
12. Learn to love my body.
See #7. 5 fecking kilos.
13. Go skiing - (25/4/10)
14. Read at least 250 new books (fiction!).
72. Well that was a pathetic attempt. A book every fortnight. FAIL.
15. Own at least five items of furniture.
Desk, ottoman, chair, bookcase, stool!
16. Blog at least once a week.
Me, commit to anything on a regular basis? Non.
17. Make financial plans for the future, including investing my savings.
I had a joint savings account with the ex. And an ISA. That counts.
18. Learn to organise my bills.
And then I moved back into halls and no longer had any bills...
19. Learn to tile a wall.
Nope. I learned to paint my nails though.
20. Learn basic plumbing.
Nope.
21. Learn how to fix the 'lectrix.
Still nope.
22. Learn to fix a car.
I bought a car, with the boy's money. Haggled it down by £400 and got 6 months tax and a free cam belt thrown in.
23. Become proficient at woodwork.
I can dismantle and reassemble a flatpack desk by telepathy alone.
24. Cook a three course meal, from scratch.
Tried to cook for friends for my 21st birthday. Ending up dropping the chilli ladle on a friend's lap.
25. Cook Christmas dinner for at least four people.
Not since first year...
26. Visit Rome.
Yes! With my baby brother, interrailing. See also: Florence, Pisa, Milan.
27. Visit Prague.
I cannot get over my apathy about Eastern Europe.
28. Visit Paris - (9 - 13/8/10 avec R)
29. Go to Asia.
Nah.
30. Go on an impromptu road trip.
With R. Headed for Castleton, ended up traversing Snake Pass and half of Derbyshire :)
31. Watch the ballet.
The Nutcracker, by English National Ballet at the Coliseum. I heart the mouse king.
32. See a musical in the West End.
Nope.
33. Give blood. - (28/6/09)
34. Sign up for the Marrow Register - (May 2010)
35. Watch the sun rise with someone I love.
Not that I recall doing so deliberately.
36. See the stars, and be able to name some.
Nope.
37. Completely give up ready meals.
Halls means ready meals.
38. Move my favourite things from my parents' house to my new flat.
Everything is *back* at my parents. Yay halls.
39. Not cry for a month.
Fairly sure I managed this most months. Except this one.
40. Not seriously injure myself more than once per academic year.
ROFL. 2010/11 - eye casualty. 2011/12 - 3 A&E trips for ?#
41. Take up Ballet again - (9/09)
42. Exercise at least once a week.
Joined the gym. Going to body pump, and legs bums tums. *proud*
43. Paint my big canvas.
Nope.
44. Have a professional photo shoot of me and R together.
Well that won't be happening now...
45. Be a research guinea-pig.
So near yet so far. Signed up for an asthma trial, which then clashed with uni.
46. Have a place on an intercalated program applicable to my career plans.
Halfway through it :D
47. Own a designer handbag.
Does Aldo count?
48. Win NaNoWriMo.
Epic NaNo dropout within the first week.
49. Visit Edinburgh.
Yes - Easter 2011. Calton Hill, Holyrood, the zoo...
50. Dance in the Uni Dance Soc Showcase - (21 & 22/3/10)
51. Cannulate - (26/9/09)
52. Recycle all recycleable rubbish.
I'm not the recycling type.
53. Ride a roller-coaster. A real one. At Alton Towers. (8/7/09)
54. Swim in the sea at night.
The north sea just looks so unappetising.
55. Steal a road sign (preferably 'man putting up umbrella').
Nope.
56. Attend an Aberdeen FC Vs Celtic game at Pittodrie
Nope.
57. Ask a stranger where they bought their shoes.
Nope.
58. Get a credit card, and use it responsibly.
"Responsibly"? Thankfully vague.
59. Have a joint bank account - (19/09/10)
60. Make friends with my neighbours.
No, just no.
61. Be in two countries at once.
62. Go to a Ceilidh.
Many - K's wedding, MedSoc Ball 2012, bsc ceilidh 2011...
63. Own a pet.
I can barely look after myself...
64. Declutter my wardrobe.
Expansion is the new decluttering.
65. Attend a uni ball - MedSoc Ball(20/2/10)
66. Tend a garden.
Nope. Concluding that I like concrete.
67. Find the study style that suits me.
Last minute, cramming, 4am?
68. Get a 20 at least once a semester. - Feb 2010 (Principles of Medicine I)
69. Have sex outdoors.
*whistles*
70. Stop buying greetings cards - make my own.
I heart Paperchase too much.
71. Make up with Hannah.
Oui.
72. Visit Sweden.
Nope.
73. Climb a munro.
This looks unlikely.
74. Come off Prozac.
75. Meet a giraffe.
Damn you Edinburgh Zoo for your lack of giraffe.
76. Ride in an ambulance (20/7/09)
77. Witness trauma treatment on-scene.
Yeh...
78. Ride in a helicopter.
Grump. No can do.
79. Work at the London Olympics.
Nope - moving out of London beforehand.
80. Have a job in uni town - (12/1/10 - Present) - Posh GP practice
81. Make a curry from scratch - (09/10 - chana masala)
82. Have a professional bra-fitting.
No thankyou.
83. Wear heels to uni.
Once, maybe.
84. Talk to my lil bro at least once a week - and not just to say 'is mum/dad in?'
Intermittently.
85. Find a new favourite author (sorry, Ms Picoult...)
John Grisham!
86. Work as a barmaid /waitress.
Yup - silver service waitress, thankyaverymuch.
87. Work as a check-out girl.
Nope.
88. Work as a secretary.
Nope.
89. Work as a manual labourer.
Nope.
90. Buy new heels without feeling guilty - (10/2/10)
91. Replace the lop-sided ponytail with a new look.
The lop-sided bun is a win.
92. Celebrate New Year in a different country.
Next year?
93. Save a life.
Nope.
94. Write a will.
In the absence of anything to leave, I think this can wait.
95. Study first, procrastinate later.
*dies laughing*
96. Have a FaceBook free fortnight.
Not this decade.
97. Go to the cinema alone - (19/10/10 - The Social Network)
98. Buy/sell on eBay.
Bought far too many pretty shoes..
99. Knit a full-sized item of clothing.
One sock, a pair of gloves...
100. Watch at least twelve new movies a year.
I recall one movie this year.
101. Write a new 101/1001 list...
Shall do...