Bonita Jaynes

Some things I want to do this year, and many of them involve playing in the great outdoors:

1. The Warrior Dash! Mud slingin’, rip roarin’, tire jumpin’ fun! It’s basically a 5k meets a mini boot camp.
2. Back-pack camping. Maybe not quite Man Vs Wild, but I’d love to have to trek for a day and find a suitable camp site. The tomboy adventurer in me demands it! As Emerson put it, “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
3. Keep on rocking out my grad classes, and I’ll begin the internship program in May! About 1 year 3 months until Masters graduation, internship completion, and the J-O-B.
4. Complete a half-marathon. I’m not disappointed in the 9 miles I finished last year, but I know I can get there again and beyond.
5. Give our Miss Kitty hugs and love, our Angelbird seedling trees and grooming, and our Skittens the Mittens belly scratches. Might I add: Cats are awesome and self-sufficient. They require food and love, and in exchange, they provide entertainment and affectionate head butts.
6. Travel. In my life, I’ve been to at least 26 states and been out of the country 3 times on various family and friend vacations, road trips, and plane flights. There will definitely be a trip to California for the ADA conference as part of the internship! Never been to Cali…
7. Life life deeply and deliberately, as I only get just one.
8. Laugh with Ryan as we play with and work on our house together.
9. Encourage our blueberry bushes to flourish, and build a hydroponics vegetable garden. “Science. It works, – !”
10. Sculpt my body into the healthiest state it’s ever been.
11. Anticipate the healthy delivery of Mark and Kayla’s precious baby. I’ll be that annoying neighbor that begs to babysit and be “Aunt Bo”. Actually, Kayla will surely dub me “Aunt Neeter”!
12. Continue with my hip-swinging Zumba classes, heart-pounding spin classes, and muscle-building weight training! I love the variety, and keeping my body guessing is a good thing.
13. Paintball! I’ve never tried it, and it looks like fun. I envision myself in camo, crouched in full gear behind a tree, sneaking up on Ryan…then SPLAT! Someone will likely have bamboozled me from the side.