Summer Bucket List!

Have you ever had a list of things to do and wanted to do NONE of them? Yeah, me too. All the freaking time. I like lists, writing things down with boxes next to them. Then I get to check off those boxes when I've finished, and I feel productive.


At the end of every to-do list I've ever made remain these few items:

• Kitty litter
• Laundry
• Mow lawn
• Brush pets

If you looked at my current list, you would find three out of those four things need accomplishing. I mowed the lawn yesterday, go me!


Some days when I need a happy boost, I put fun things on the to-do list:

• Sleep in
• Eat chocolate
• Catch up on TV
• Beat high score on current game I'm obsessed with

I like the second list better.


This summer I wanted to challenge myself, a lot. As a writer I find myself often times inside at my desk, caught up in writing a novel, all the while the weather outside is delicious. I only know that because all my Facebook friends are posting about it.

Since I finished a long winded project not two days ago, I need to keep the momentum and have things to do. This idea came to me a couple of weeks ago when I began compiling the master list. It's a lot and very challenging. During the summer I will blog about the various things I've done. 

The Classy Geek's Ginormous Summer Bucket List:

Ask a random stranger what Hogwarts house they’re in.

Visit a library you’ve never been too before.

Read a book recommended by a friend.

Cook a meal for a Facebook friend.

See a shooting star.

Attempt to sleep one night outside.

Catch a fish.

Pick an official summer song.

Make root-beer floats for a group of friends.

Explore a forest.

See how many fireflies you can catch.

Play with children’s toys and have fun.

See a movie by yourself.

Send out Christmas-in-July cards.

Re-read the entire Harry Potter series.

Celebrate an obscure holiday and go all-out.

Write a letter to J.J. Abrams concerning Star Wars.

Go somewhere for each letter of the alphabet.

Listen to an old favorite on the cassette player.

Watch an entire season of a TV show in one day.

Build a sand castle.

Give out free lemonade.

Play a sport at least once.

Go on a road trip to someplace new.

Draw with sidewalk chalk.

Ride on a carousel or a Ferris wheel.

Spend a whole day barefoot.

Lie on the grass watching the clouds float across the sky.

Put together a 1000 piece puzzle.

Go to Laser Tag.

Use a British accent for a whole day.

Write a message in a bottle or tie it to a balloon.

Make a “I’m _ and you’re watching Disney Channel.”

Super glue a quarter on the ground.

Find out how many licks it take to get to the middle of a tootsie pop.

Ride a train.

Go to a music festival.

Pay for something in all pennies.

Floss for three days in a row.

Figure out what all the buttons on the TV remote does.

Go to the mega mart and place notes on cars saying: “Sorry for the damage.” Watch.

Make S’Mores.

Paint and decorate pet rocks.

Make paper airplanes and race.

Create a wild design on your fingernails or hair.

Participate in a summer reading program.

Go a day without drinking anything but water.

Fly a kite.

Make up a story.

Stay off the internet for a day.

Have a lightsaber duel.

Bike ride to work at least once.

Run around with wind catchers made from party streamers.

Cover yourself in temporary tattoos drawn with watercolor crayons.

Build a marshmallow sculpture.

Go on a date.

Drink every Capri Sun flavor.

Climb a tree.

Watch the sun rise and set in the same day.

Leave sticky notes all over something.

Diet Coke and Mentos.

Destroy a watermelon.

Answer the phone like Buddy the Elf.

Go to an “Open Late” restaurant past midnight.

Create a bouquet of wildflowers.