No Regrets, San Diego: The Countdown Begins

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It is official! We will be saying goodbye to San Diego, CA in 3 months. I have lived here for 9 years, during which a lifetime of changes have occurred (some welcomed, some met with extreme opposition). All have been for the very best. Through these changes, I have learned that 100% of the time, God places true-life angels in my path when they are needed most. San Diego is full of them. I would like to be able to say, without a doubt, that I lived each moment here to its fullest, worked diligently, wasted not, wanted not, and loved hard. In pondering whether or not I truly lived this way in the last 9 years, I started a list. It was fun, so I decided to start 2 lists. Then 3...

The bottom line is, I still have 3 months to complete my "Things I did not do, with Regrets" list, and I have 3 months to re-do everything on my "Things I did that Rocked" list....   

Things I did not do, 100% no regrets:
surf
Sea World
Legoland
party in Mexico
get plastic surgery in La Jolla
stop using my blinker while driving
set up a tent on any asphalt surface and call it camping
get to a picnic spot in a gross park at 0530 to reserve the spot
run the Rock & Roll marathon with 80 million people
go 4x4ing on the dunes
go clubbing in the Gaslamp District
become a cyclist
get a small white dog or a Chihuahua
get a tropical bird of some sort
put those stickers on my car that represent my family or neighborhood
collect shells
go clubbing in PB
drive drunk
jaywalk
talk to myself on a street corner while totally sober


Things I did not do, with regrets:
learn to speak Spanish
windsurf
enough charity
go to the Del Mar Fair
go to the nude beach when it was still the nude beach
join a community garden
go to all the used book stores
plant an herb garden
go to cooking classes
go birdwatching for fun enough times (outside of job)
take a painting class
join a church or go to church more than 5 times
run the Big Sur marathon
wear enough sunscreen
see enough sunsets at Sunset Cliffs
see enough sunsets at the beach while running barefoot
take a desert survival field course
learn to make my own Kombucha
learn to brew my own beer
forgive enough people, enough times


Things I did that Rocked:
camped in the Anza Borrego Desert
learned about desert flora & fauna
became a botanist
worked for a private biological consulting firm with awesome people
volunteered for the Natural History Museum with awesome people
learned about bugs
learned a few things about local geology from really smart people
learned my seabirds and waterfowl
met and partied with the most amazing group of friends I've ever known
discovered Sam the Cooking Guy & became a wannabe non-pretentious foodie
ran on the beach
ran on local trails
ran in local races
joined eHarmony and met my awesome Husband
quit a job that I loved to do a job that I love even more
have a baby
develop an obsession for salsa and jalapenos
develop an obsession for barefoot running
visited the Wild Animal Park
go to Humboldt county and run beneath the redwoods
invest in good polarized sunglasses
wear long sleeve tee shirts
watch a lot of breath-taking sunrises
discover yoga, which changed my life and my views on healing
discover Kombucha
started this blog :)