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Monday, March 28, 2011

I have a hobby.

I saw this at a local book sale I was at, thought it was funny.

I guess I didn't know that humor was a hobby, learn something new everyday.

I go to this book sale with some friends from work, twice a year. They have thousands of books and its very hard to come out of this sale with only a few books. The books are cheap, so most trips I can buy 4 or 5 books for under $20. This trip I picked up a 515 page story of a guy who walked around the world, for $1. I also picked up a travel book with mention of Glacier National Park, which is on my bucket list, for $.50 and a book on bad trips for $4. I usually spend my time in the adventure book section, since I love to read about crazy people who do crazy things, like climb Mt. Everest or follow the Amazon river from source to mouth. I'm currently on my second book on the Amazon death wish trip. This guy makes it and the group from the first book I read on the subject made it, but they both wrote of several expeditions that lost members trying to accomplish this monster task.

Speaking of a bucket list, am I the only one that doesn't actually have a list? I'm guessing no, but I'm learning the more and more people actually have a list. I'm not sure if the lists were inspired by the movie or if the had them before, but I think I need to come up with one. I had a conversation with a friend today, and she told me that with all of the stuff I have been through lately, I need to take care of myself and my needs/wants. Of course, that is easier said than done with a job a wife and three kids to take care of, but she has a point. I certainly can't go out every night, or buy the toy I want, which is actually a shed so I can put all of our crap in it and get my truck back in the garage and help me with storing the gardening stuff, but maybe I can find smaller things to do. I actually think planning a vacation to Glacier, even though I can't take it yet, would be extremely relaxing. I'll get that list started and maybe someday, I can cross a few things off.

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