Friday, December 1

My Bucket List

 There was a movie not too long ago, entitled Bucket List or something like that, staring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nickolson, as two terminally ill cancer patients.  Nickolson was a billionaire.  The two made a list of the things they would like to do before they died.  Of course, for Freeman, it was pure fantasy but for Nickolson, he had the money to make it happened and invited Freeman to experience their bucket list.  He was reluctant but there would have been no movie if he had not agreed.


Well...  that is all fine and good...  and the concept made for an entertaining movie and the contrast between black and white...  since death and dying does not discriminate.


In 2015, my wife and I retired.  I was 67 and she was 62.  For the first few years before COVID, we traveled somewhere all the time, both inside the USA and overseas into Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean, Alaska, and Hawaii.


COVID hit and we did not go anywhere to speak of for two years if my memory serves me well other than Myrtle Beach, SC, bring disinfectant, masks, and gloves with us.  A baggy to put the TV remote into.  We did not wear gloves and masks on the beach or inside our condo once we cleaned it and refused daily maid service.


NOW... back to the bucket list...

Well...  I don't have a bucket list...

Hard to believe, I know...

But, there is nothing else I really want or need to do...

  • I don't have a desire to try and become wealthy
  • I don't have a desire to skydive
  • I don't want to see China or Australia
  • I don't want to stay in a $1,500/day hotel room
  • I don't want to fly first class overseas in an aircraft
  • I don't want to experience zero gravity in space
  • I don't want to visit all 50 states
  • I don't want to cruise around the world
  • I don't want to fly in a blimp
  • I don't want to see Artica or Antarctica
  • We are already debt free
  • There is no possible way for me to be cancer free
  • I don't want to wax the hair off my body
  • I don't want to see the ocean floor
  • I already experience regular bowel movements
  • I have already written several novels
  • I don't need anymore friends
  • We've already downsized to the perfect house
  • I don't need to win at chess or checkers
  • I don't want to learn backgammon
  • I don't want to have sex with a humanoid sex robot

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