Mr Frodo!!

So here is the dealio. I have not read the entire book "The Fellowship of the Ring." I was maybe 50 pages from the end when I put it down, never to finish it. I remember reading that a dark cloud flew over head, and Legolas freaked out about it, but then I stopped. I don't know why I didn't finish, but I do regret that a little bit... so now I have to read the whole series in order.
I have lived my life without regretting too much. I do regret not taking chances that were fairly risk free, but I was still too chicken to do them. I regret accidentally giving Preston Pond a bloody nose right before Sunday Evening Discussion. I regret making an AIDs joke to a man who turned out to be gay. I regret not dedicating myself to a single thing in my life, because I was so afraid of failing that I refused to commit so that I could never know that my best wasn't good enough, because that would hurt too much.
This isn't at all what I was planning on writing about when I started typing tonight. I was going to talk about my mom's wonderful pork chops (tomorrow, I promise). Instead, I am realizing that I do regret things in my life. As of right now, if I had it to do over, I would make changes. I have yet to reach that point where I am afraid of losing the great things in my life by going back and changing my mistakes. I don't have a beautiful marriage with a wonderful wife and children, or that perfect job that allows me to work 25 hours a week and still make bank. So as of right now, I can look back at life and say 'crap... shoulda done that different.'
I was talking to my mom at dinner tonight (SUCH PORK CHOPS!!!), and she joked that I need a pre-mission bucket list. I instantly started rattling off a plethora of things I always wanted to do, but didn't. I want to take a chance, and attempt to accomplish these things before I leave. So if you get a random text or call from me in the near future, just know that you are on my bucket list.