October update.

14. Do a creative writing prompt once a week, 52 times (11/52) - in progress

I wrote about the first time I broke something the other day in my nonfiction class... which in my memory, was the dishwasher when I was maybe 9 and I heavily overloaded it with soap to the point that water and soap suds were everywhere in the kitchen. Probably not the first time I broke something, but a memorable time.

17. See five Broadway shows I haven't seen before (1/5) - in progress

I went home this past weekend and stood in line at the TKTS booth in Time Square with my sister & her friend & my dad. We ended up seeing Mary Poppins, which I originally made a face at. But it turned out to be pretty good--especially Mary Poppins' character. I liked it better than I remembered liking the movie, anyhow.

25. Learn to cook 52 recipes and organize them in one place (11/52) - in progress

I made a potato and egg fritatta tonight for Taylor & Amber & I. I was a little nervous because I hate quiche, but the potatoes in this recipe made everything perfect and it turned out to be absolutely delicious. And relatively inexpensive, which was also a plus.

27. Follow Virgina Tech & Steelers teams for a full football season - in progress

Let's see. Since the last post, Steelers lost to the Bengals, which I am having trouble remembering... I do think I watched it though. Then I was in deadline for their win v. the Chargers, which I half-watched on gamecast. And then I was home this past weekend for their win against the Lions, which I watched with my dad and wore my jersey for and that was a lot of fun. Tech... won v. Duke, which I missed because of deadline, and then won v. Boston College this past weekend, which I missed because I was in the city. They play tomorrow, which I may see the end of after Homecoming... we'll see.

56. Exercise 2-3 times a week (15/143) - in progress

I think I exercised twice the week of the 26th, and I did twice the week of October 3 too. I walked at least 80 blocks in NYC on Saturday, which I think counts as exercise. This week, not so much. I did yoga on Wednesday, but I doubt I'll exercise tomorrow with all the Homecoming festivities going on. In any case, it's been 32 weeks since I started the 1001, so I'm not quite making my goal of exercising at least 75% of the time.

96. Add a new thing October 1, 2009:

So I decided to make #96 on my list to take Taylor and Amber to the Little Grill for breakfast before we graduate. I feel like this shouldn't be difficult since we could go Sunday morning, Thursday evening, or Friday morning... but we've been talking about it since the beginning of school and we haven't gone. So that's my added goal.

--Till next time.