Complete a fortnightly get out and do something challenge, working towards getting a life ;)

I bought a kite off ebay last week (above) and it’s arrived! I’ve never had one like this before, but I wanted to try a traditional diamond shape. It has two handles and in the instructions to lift it off the ground you need a helper but I was going to fly this on my own, so hopefully if I run with it I might get it off the ground! Thing is I need a good windy day for this activity, so I guess the flying a kite challenge will have to be a spontaneous one! So this week I shall have to do something else instead :)

I went to my fairy goddaughter’s graduation party. It was in the middle of suburbia in the land of look a like houses. I got lost even with a map. I finally spotted a house with more vegetation then the rest & knew I had made it. My best friend shares a passion for plants.

My god daughter was very pleased & gave me a gift – an early birthday present. It is a ceramic statue thing of Cinderella & her Fairy Godmother. It was a really sweet gift.

I conversed with a few people, mostly my god daughter’s older sister, who is same age as Boy & was a friend of his in high school. Ate the obligatory food & then left.

Then since I was all dressed up I made a surprise visit to my Mom who was acting in a history tour. She was pretty pleased. It was the end of the day’s events so we went out for dinner & then plant shopping.

All & all a nice afternoon – but the best part really was putting on a grubby tee & planting some more pots in Mom’s garden. hehehe

I love the idea of this challenge it’ll give me something new and different to look forward to when going out, other than the same old shopping for necessities which is the thing I only really go out for at the moment, and I try to avoid doing that if I can help it!

So I’ll going to brainstorm a few ideas… At the moment I think some challenges that I can do on my own and enjoy my own company to boost my confidence going out are a good idea :) Then move on to some more daring things that involve meeting and talking to new people eventually (gulp!).

I love Flutterbyflyby3’s idea of flying a kite and I’ve not done that since I was a kid so that’s on my list! also…

doing some drawing outside,
do a painting outdoors,
take a picnic to my local park and spend the afternoon reading a book,
Maybe go for a bike ride and make up a route through my local woods (hope I don’t get lost!),
Maybe go take a mat and do some yoga outside at the park, now that’s a bit daring for me!
Spend time exploring and taking photos,
Maybe go on a wild flower hunt and see what I can find (I’ve got a couple of flower books so would be nice to make use of them)
Visit an art gallery…
Go to the library…

I can’t drive so I can only do things that are local, unfortunately couldn’t do something like go to the beach or visit a new town right now, I will do in time though! Any other ideas please comment, I can’t think of anything else right now but there must be so much more things to do!

Great! I’m on the team now, thanks Flutterbyflyby3!

How to I get into the team version of this goal?! I feel all on my own, help!

As discussed months ago, today I flew my kite. It was a lovely Spring day and most of the family went. The Monkey (formerly known as Chunk) fell asleep in his stroller watching the kite. I believe he was very impressed with my skillz.

On Tuesday I decided that rather than staying home, while the Boy was at Uni,m Chunk & I would go out to lunch at McDonald’s. I don;t eat much fast food, and if I do it is take out. For me, this was an actually an outing. We went out & ate and people watched while we ate.

As dinner ended, I had a phone call inviting me to lunch, so even tho we had just eaten, we went to lunch for the socialization. It was a really great afternoon!!!

I went to Florida and the Mardi Gras in Pensacola. We ate out, we saw a parade, spent time walking along the beach, visited museums. I think that was good for the last part of February.

Now I have up & quit the bookstore. One of my reasons was that if all I do is work, I never can do a thing. The job really didn’t pay much, not even minimum wage. I just like hanging out in bookstores. Over the last decade the business has changed, as have my duties. I rarely got to chat with customers any more. By quitting I am able to have a little free time to do some actual hanging out again!

On last Thursday night, I went to the movies with my son & his two best friends for the MIDNIGHT showing of “Watchmen.” I didn’t get home until 3 AM. I chatted with him, his friends, the theater manager – the Crow’s twin brother.

Then on Saturday night everyone in family went out for the Boy’s birthday. We went to the nicest Italian restaurant in town (not chain) and spent a long leisurely meal. Even the Chunk enjoyed the outing.

I am calling the first couple weeks of March challenge completed.

The majority of my team mates have dropped this goal. Anyone interested in doing this?

I own a swimsuit! Mom & I shopped for about three hours. I hate clothes shopping so when I do it, I power shop! I found a swimming suit, several tops & a pair of dress slacks for the trip to Scotland.

Tonight Crow & I did go to see Underworld 3 – The Rise of the Lycans & it was awesome!!! I so much prefer vampires & werewolves to chick flicks!!!

I feel like I almost have a life!!! I went out two nights in a row! I will now retreat into my shell for a few days to recover from the excitement.