A day in the life of an asphalt cowgirl

11/13/2017 - 08/10/2020 1. Go to Colorado 2. Margaritaville 3. See Mountains 4. Fly on a plane 5. Go Camping 6. Visit 15 Museums (6/15) 7. Visit 5 national parks/battlefields/sites (1/5) 8. Go to Music Festival 9. Go to a wine tasting 10. Go on a vacation by myself 11. Stay at a bed and breakfast 12. Chicago 13. Hot Springs, AR 14. Move (Leave Springfield) 15. Bonne Terre Mines 16. Alley Springs 17. Meramec Caverns 18. Harry Truman Sites (2/4) 19. Go on a cruise 20. NOLA 21. Boston 22. Get a museum job 23. D.C. 24. Nashville 25. Kayaking 26. 5 art galleries/museums (2/5) 27. NYC 28. Go fishing 10 times (0/10) 29 Go to a Zoo 30. Wonders of Wildlife 31. MLB Game 32. NHL Game 33. Roller Derby 34. PBR 35. Race 36. 5 Rodeos (2/5) 37. Bingo 38. Lindsay Ell Concert 39. Brett Eldredge Concert 40. See a play 41. Read 4 works by Fitzgerald (2/4) 42. Drive In Movie 43. Read 140 new books (20/140) 44. Join a book club 45. Watch 10 TED Talks (2/10) 46....

Do you ever get this urge to run? To just drop everything that is currently going on in your life and just run away? Pack a bag and gas up your car and start driving? That’s how I feel every single day of my life. I just have this wild streak running through my blood. I want to see the world. I want to more than just see the world, I want to live it. I want to tangibly feel each and every city in my hand. Breath in the thick and smoggy air of New York. Soak in the Delta Blues. Bask in the sunshine in the middle of a field somewhere in the middle of Montana. I have this crazy notion stuck in my head telling me that I wasn’t just born to stay in one place and die there too. I was born to see the world. Born to walk alongside the Seine and take Holy Communion in a city that I cannot pronounce. I have this crazy notion that maybe I am not alone out here. That there are a multitude of people just like me, but they are too afraid to realize their full potential. Too afraid to spread their wi...