summer bucket list

This is kind of sad. After this summer I'm going to have to find a real job-one that probably won't give me three months off during the summer, unless I end up teaching, and even then I'll still have to prepare for the following school year. Even this summer isn't a complete vacation since I start classes at the end of the month. Because of this, I intend on having as much fun as I can before I land on my ass in the real, grown-up world.

1. Go to the Great River Shakespeare Festival plays
This doesn't start until later in June, but I'm really excited for it. I've heard the past performances have been really good, and I'm looking forward to seeing this year's: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Henry IV.

2. Take advantage of the practice rooms in the PAC
I spent a lot of time in the practice rooms freshman year when I was in concert choir. I loved going late at night when it was nearly empty so I could sing loud and not worry about anyone hearing me mess up. I haven't had any reason to use them since then, but I kind of miss plunking out a melody on a rickety, out-of-tune piano and singing along. This summer might be the perfect opportunity since there are even less students on campus now.

3. Play hide and seek
A few English students suggested playing hide and seek in Minne. I'm not sure how well this will work out, because the only hiding places I can think of are classrooms and offices which would probably be be locked at night, but hey, we're English majors. If we're creative enough to write stories, poems, and screenplays, we're creative enough to find good hiding places in Minne.

4. Go ghost hunting
Yes, I'm a massive nerd. But hey, Winona is old and I like scary stuff, so just having a reason to let my imagination run wild sounds fun.

5. Explore downtown Winona
For as long as I've gone to school here, there are a lot of places I haven't been. There are so many great shops and cafes downtown and I haven't been in a lot of them.

6. Kayaking on the lake
I didn't even find out that they had free kayaking until last fall when it was too cold to go, so I definitely want to take advantage of that this summer...and if I don't capsize my kayak it will be a minor miracle.

What else should I add to the list? Not much time for fun stuff this week-I'm moving into a new apartment and I have to have everything cleaned and packed by Saturday. I should actually be packing now...OR I could go to bed and just put off doing everything until the night before it has to be done. That's always worked out for me so well in the past.

'Night!