My Summer Goals!

As an unemployed youth who has a lot of free time, I have been lying around dreaming off all the fantastic and fascinating things I want to do this summer. So I have complied a list of all the things I want to do during the season of the sun...

Pratiquer Mon Francais

I love the French language. I have always dreamed of living in the French countryside. I would would wake up early in the morning and go the markets and spend my afternoons reading and eating strawberries. In order to live in France without being HATED, I need to become some-what fluent in this language.

Bike to the City

Though I am 17 years of age, my parents have deemed that I am "too irresponsible to have a driver's license." I mean sometimes I forget to feed my cats and I don't exactly remember to turn in my library books when they're due, but at the same time, I'm not addicted to crack and I haven't been arrested. By Tina Turner's standards I'm very responsible! But whatever. Since I am not allowed to drive a vehicle, I have had to find other modes of transportation. Recently, I discovered that there are a lot of bikes in my basement. So, I've been waking up around 8 am and going for 5 mile bike rides. My ultimate hope is to be able to bike 20 miles and hang out down town for the day.

READ

During my junior year of high school, my English teacher gave out a 4 page long list of books to read before starting college. So far I have read 60 out of the 200, and since college is right around the corner I need to do a little speed reading. NO, I am not going to read 140 books in 3 weeks (although that would be really cool). I want to read at least 20 more on the list before starting my college experience. If you want your own copy of the list check out:

http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html

Adventure!

I live a very sheltered life in the confines of upper middle class suburbia, and I've decided that I want to feel a little dangerous when I button up my cardigans...I don't know where this will take me, but I am excited to find out...

Yours Truly,
Katie W

P.S. Summer's almost over, what goals are you still striving to complete?