In exactly 2 weeks I will enter the Gimble Eye Center in Edmonton and come out a new woman. For the low low price of $3600 I will be the proud owner of some new and improved laser(ed) eyeballs. While I am hoping for better than 20/20 (just because it seems very bionic woman-ish) I will settle for being able to see my alarm clock in the morning.
Many folks these days have a "Bucket List" of stuff they want to do in their lives- I made one when I was sick and before the movie came out so mine was called "Shit I Get to Do Because I Didn't Die". Not quite as succinct, but it gets the point across. Laser eye surgery was in my top 5, along with scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef, climb a mountain, run a marathon, visit all 7 continents and stick my toe in all 5 oceans. I think some revisions will have to be made soon because my top 5 will soon be my top 2.5 I have been scuba diving at Great Barrier Reef, my eyes will soon be fixed, and I've been to all but one ocean. Damn Arctic Ocean, with it's limited road access. As far as continents go, I have technically been to 4, though I feel like South America deserves more exploration than just Trinidad (which may or may not be part of the Caribbean, depending on who you ask) and the airport in Caracas, Venezuela.
Normally I am not partial to checklists as a way of traveling: ie. go to country 1, see landmark a, b, c; go to country 2. repeat. But in a grander sense, I feel like my list is just a rough framework. A blueprint to encourage me to get off my lazy butt and shut off the xbox and go DO something. Anything. It's certainly worked so far.
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