The End of a Chapter

So while it's no real definitive chapter, I didn't get married/get out of a relationship/graduate, it is the end of a 1001 day challenge.  When I started this challenge I was 21 years old.  I was in my 3rd year of college.  I was dating my boyfriend of nearly 4 years at the time...we broke up 10.5 months later.  I was living in a new apartment with 3 girlfriends from college in St. Cloud, MN...previously I had lived in the dorms & then with my boyfriend & another friend.  That me is long gone & that all feels like ages ago.  Now I'm less than a month away from being 24.  I started my first "big girl" job a month ago.  I'm single...and have been for nearly 2 years.  I live alone for the very first time in an apartment in Tomball, TX.  If you had told me 1001 days ago this is what my life would be like today, I wouldn't have believed you.  I read a quote somewhere that said something like "If you want to make God laugh, just tell him your plans"  So true!

Anyway...I know you're dying to know how it all turned out so here it is:

Completed - 44
#1. Begin list of 101 things to do in 1001 days
#3. Graduate from St. Cloud State University
#4. Get a new part-time job
#5. Get a "real" job
#6. Move out of St. Cloud
#9. Buy a wall size map to pushpin
#10. Buy 101 Things To Do Before You Die & complete at least one taske
#12. Complete Project 365 2010
#18. Attend 5 year high school reunion
#19. Pay for someone behind me in a drive-thru
#21. Answer the 50 questions that will free your mind
#22. Take at least one road trip
#25. Visit at least 5 more states
#29. Write a letter to future self for college graduation
#30. Finish Spring Break 09 scrapbook
#31. Start/Finish Colorado 09 scrapbook
#33. Go camping
#35. Get a tattoo
#39. Get rid of 100 un-needed things
#41. Become CPR certified
#42. Create an inventory of all movies
#44. Create an inventory of all books
#47. See the ocean
#50. Accept a compliment without pointing out my flaws
#54. Watch & photograph a sunset
#55. Watch & photograph a sunrise
#56. Go to at least 3 concerts
#59. Go to Las Vegas
#60. Create a budget
#62. Try sushi
#63. Try fish again
#65. Visit Colorado again
#66. Go on vacation with only Branden
#67. Go to church at least 6 times.
#72. Eat fresh fruit everyday for a week
#75. Do student teaching out of MN
#76. Create a first-aid/winter safety kit for car
#77. Create a list of 100 Things That I'm Thankful For/Make Me Happy
#78. Create a list of 100 Things About Me
#84. Go all out for my 23rd (Golden) birthday
#92. Have a picnic
#93. Leave 100% tip
#94. Win something
#101. Create a new 101 in 1001 list

Failed - 55#2. Workout at least once a week
#7. Visit DC
#8. Visit Europe again
#11. Buy 1000 Places To See Before You Die & visit at least one
#13. Complete Project 365 2011
#14. Turn Project 365 2010 into a scrapbook
#15. Turn Project 365 2011 into a scrapbook
#17. Complete 50 book challenge 2011
#20. Complete A-Z book challenge
#23. Send Branden a monthly deployment package
#24. Write to Branden everyday he's deployed
#26. Take a photography class
#27. Do Relay For Life
#28. Do Susan G Komen walk
#32. Complete sophomore year scrapbook
#34. Do 10 real push-ups in a row
#36. Finish Kristie's quilt
#37. Create 25th wedding anniversary album for parents
#38. Create graduation album for brother
#40. Drink at least 4 glasses of water a day for a month
#43. Create inventory of all CDs
#45. Get all VHS on DVD
#46. Get all Tapes on CD/MP3
#48. Complete 10 best things to do/see in Minneapolis
#49. Complete 10 best things to do/see in Duluth
#51. Get engaged
#52. Donate $1 to charity for every goal not completed (I don't have 54 $55 even for me)
#53. Learn to snowboard
#57. See a play
#58. Wear my little black dress
#61. Get professional massage
#64. Meet at least 2 more MIGs
#68. Plan a way to repay parents after college graduation
#69. Read 75/100 fav. novels of librarians
#70. Watch 75/100 greatest guy movies ever according to Maxim
#71. Floss every night for 2 weeks
#73. Kiss in the rain
#74. Blog/photograph each completed task
#79. Send a message in a bottle
#81. Learn to bartend
#82. Try 50/100 things to eat before you die
#83. Take guitar lessons
#85. Get my first manicure
#86. Do a boudoir photo shoot
#87. Read 23/30 books everyone should read before 30
#88. Take a pole dancing class
#89. Keep a hand written diary for a year
#90. Throw a dart at a MN map & go
#91. Throw a dart a a US map & go
#95. Go to class everyday for a semester
#96. Save $5 a day for a year
#97. Go to at least 2 Smithsonian exhibits.
#98. Create a scrapbook of Branden's deployment
#99. Create a scrapbook of my life while Branden is deployed
#100. Go on a vacation with parents & brother